FF:PGBK107 Philosophy of Ed. Sciences - Course Information
PGBK107 Philosophy of Educational and Social Sciences
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 12/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Roman Švaříček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Roman Švaříček, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Zelená
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Fri 9. 10. 13:00–14:40 D41, 15:00–16:40 D41, 17:00–18:40 D41, Fri 11. 12. 17:00–18:40 D41
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Předpokladem je mít uzavřené kurzy Obecná pedagogika a Pedagogické teorie.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Pedagogy (programme FF, B-PG_) (3)
- Social Education and Counselling (programme FF, B-PD)
- Course objectives
- The course deals with contemporary philosophical problems in educational and social sciences. It is based on close and critical readings of secondary sources dealing with philosophy of education. Dialogue and discussion will be main method for seminar sessions. All philosophical problems will be discussed with relation to contemporary theoretical field of qualitative discourse.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
-identify the specifics of the main philosophical concepts in terms of goals, principles, curriculum, teacher-student relationship, forms and methods of teaching
- present the arguments used by the different philosophical concepts of education to defend their practices
- expertly discuss the advantages and the limits of the solutions that each philosophical concept offers for education - Syllabus
- 1. What is not philosophy?
- 2. Educational aims. Curriculum, ideology, indoctrination.
- 3. Research as inquiry for truth.
- 4. Theory of truth, logic, validity, reliability.
- 5. Positivism.
- 6. Pragmatism. Dewey, James.
- 7. Philosophy of science. Popper, Kuhn.
- 8. Language and narrative approach.
- 9. Interakcionis, interpretativism.
- 10. Method, theory, relationship between theory and practice.
- 11. Quality in qualitative research.
- 12. Ethics and education.
- Literature
- PRŮCHA, Jan and Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK. Etický kodex české pedagogické vědy a výzkumu (The Ethical Code of Czech Educational Sciences and Research). Pedagogická orientace. Brno: ČSPd - Konvoj, 2009, vol. 19, No 2, p. 89-105, 12 pp. ISSN 1211-4669. Fulltext info
- MILLS, C. Wright. Sociologická imaginace. Edited by Todd Gitlin, Translated by Václav Dušek. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008, 310 s. ISBN 9788086429939. info
- ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
- Současná filosofie sociálních věd :multikulturní přístup. Edited by Brian Fay - Jana Ogrocká. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 80-86429-10-5. info
- FEYERABEND, Paul. Rozprava proti metodě. Praha: Aurora, 2001, 431 pp. ISBN 80-7299-047-0. info
- BREZINKA, Wolfgang. Východiska k poznání výchovy :úvod k základům vědy o výchově, k filozofii výchovy a k praktické pedagogice. 1. vyd. Brno: L. Marek, 2001, 310 s. ISBN 80-86263-23-1. info
- MERTON, Robert King. Studie ze sociologické teorie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 285 s. ISBN 80-85850-92-3. info
- BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
- PELIKÁN, Jiří. Základy empirického výzkumu pedagogických jevů. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 270 s. ISBN 9788071845690. info
- Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Edited by Thomas S. Kuhn. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997, 206 s. ISBN 80-86005-54-2. info
- HAYEK, Friedrich August von. Kontrarevoluce vědy :studie o zneužívání rozumu. Translated by Ján Pavlík - Danica Slouková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Liberální institut, 1995, 212 s. ISBN 80-85787-87-3. info
- Handbook of qualitative research. Edited by Norman K. Denzin - Yvonna S. Lincoln. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1994, xii, 643 s. ISBN 0-8039-4679-1. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion, week reading and writing homeworks.
- Assessment methods
- Students deal with practical assignments (usually 8-10) individually during the semester. The course is completed with an exam - essay.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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