PGK32B58 Pedagogy of Family

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Milada Rabušicová, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Pedagogy of Family is based on characteristics of contemporary family in the present day society and its basic functions. It primarily focuses on the educational – socializing – function. It studies family organization and atmosphere that are best suited the accomplishment of the educational function. It also deals with circumstances that complicate or preclude it, notorious phenomena such as divorce, incomplete family, parents’ employment, youth parenting, alcoholism, educational disunity in more generational families, etc. It pays special attention to families with children of all group ages, as well as adult-only families. Among other topics, there are introduction of several possible models of family education, issues of communication and collaboration between families and schools, as well as position of the state in relation to a family: to parents’ duty to take care of children and to children’s duty to take care of parents when adult. Students will learn about current theoretical and empirical approaches to contemporary family issues and will discuss them in panel discussion, in which they will express their opinions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic family-related terms; contemporary context of family life; changes of family functions. 2. Family of our predecessors (a view of a family in a “traditional” society) 3. Support of contemporary family. Pro-family and pro-natality issues (trends and changes in social roles of family, comparative and historical arguments) 4. Contemporary and prospective changes of family, marriage, and parenthood (based on family researches in the Czech Republic in 1990s to the present) 5. A view of a family on the basis of selected theories (sociological, sociobiological and psychological) 6. Socialization and education in a family (general background, basic conditions, principles, parenthood as life-long learning). 7. A selected model of family education (specific educational attitudes according to Adler’s concept of family education, sibling constellations) 8. Educational problems related to “atypical” families (definition and characteristic of atypical families, relations in atypical families, effects on children’s education, and examples) 9. Family with a school-child (relationship of family and school education, parental school-child support, reference to cultural capital theory and speech model theory, family-school collaboration) 10. Family with an adolescent child (adolescents’ stereotypes of parents, parents’ stereotypes of adolescents, communication, family authority issues) 11. Family of adults (adult children’s leave, comparative view of relations in family with adult children, adult children’s duties to parents, feminine and masculine roles in family and family education). 12. Importance of family traditions and rituals
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Alan, J.: Etapy života očima sociologie. Panorama, Praha 1989. Campbell, R.: Potřebuji tvou lásku. Návrat, Praha 1992. Campbell, R.: Hledám svou cestu. Návrat, Praha 1993. Demografie (nejen) pro demografy. SLON, Praha 1993. De Singly, F.: Sociologie souč
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
Seminar thesis presentation and oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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