LJPG22 Antiquity Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
dr Katarzyna Ochman (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Weissar (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Slíva, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Sat 22. 3. 10:00–14:00 A21, Sat 26. 4. 10:00–14:00 A21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the programme "Antiquity Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" and this course is to increase the professional and methodological competences of teachers of Latin language and history at secondary and higher professional schools, which will lead to the improvement of the quality of teaching of these subjects at these educational institutions. The programme is designed to support postgraduate teacher training in Latin language and literature and the history and culture of antiquity.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, trainees will be able to:
briefly summarize the content of the individual lectures,
discuss the use of the individual didactic approaches and topics presented in the course in their own Latin or History teaching.
Syllabus
  • Saturday 22. 3. Dr Katarzyna Ochman (University of Wrocław): Iosephus Iuvencius: De ratione discendi et docendi Iosephus Iuvencius sive Joseph de Jouvancy Iesuita Gallus fuit, qui ex magna parte vitam suam rebus gestis Iesuitarum conscribendis dedicavit. Antea autem munere magistri in lyceo Parisiensi fungebatur, ubi opus didascalicum conscripsit Magistris scholarum inferiorum Societatis Jesu de ratione discendi et docendi. Fundamenta philologiae classicae in hoc opere posuit maximi momenti linguae Latinae studium existimans. Magistros imprimis monet, ne ipsi umquam discere desinant atque uti se ipsos discipulis optimum exemplum praebeant. Quae omnia in hac lectione demonstrabuntur.
  • Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Weissar (Masaryk University). Using spoken Latin in teaching. The active use of Latin as a communicative language does not have an established tradition in our countries. It is not surprising, therefore, that we are reluctant to speak Latin and often even consider it a useless intellectual game. However, it has been proven and tested in practice abroad that Latin conversation in education has considerable didactic potential. In this paper, we will try to show how it can be incorporated very easily into the classroom, even though we do not otherwise teach using the direct method and work with traditional textbooks.
  • Saturday 26. 4. Mgr. Jan Slíva, Ph.D. (University of Ostrava): How Neptune Teaches Ceres to Argue Correctly, or Dramatization Teaching in 13th Century Bohemia. Henry of Isernia, an Italian exile and master of artis dictaminis, soon after his arrival in Bohemia in the 1370s took up teaching at the Vyšehrad chapter. His work at the local school is connected, among other things, with the so-called Correspondence of Ceres with Neptune, a set of eight letters from Henry's epistolary collection, which deal in an original and entertaining way with the interpretation of one of the disciplines of the quadrivium - dialectics. The sheets provide guidance for conducting a proper argument, creating a valid syllogism, and warning against argumentative errors and fallacies. All this is dramatized against the background of a fictional lawsuit between two ancient gods. The lecture will present the possibilities of interpretation and the didactic value of this unique text, which offers a completely different perspective on medieval teaching and can still inspire today.
  • Mgr. Martina Vaníková, Ph.D. (Charles University): Schola ludus, or the use of drama in the teaching of Latin. Perhaps all of us are familiar with Comenius' principle of schola ludus, which translates into Czech as "school through play". However, not many people know what kind of play Komenský had in mind - it was a theatrical play, which for him was above all an effective tool for memorising texts. Divadlo jako součást výuky však může nabídnout mnohem více a právě na to se zaměříme v tomto příspěvku.
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussion.
Assessment methods
The certificate is awarded for participation in both semesters.
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.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Výuka probíhá blokově, 2 x 4 hodiny, celkový rozsah 8 hodin.
Teacher's information
https://classics.phil.muni.cz/studium/celozivotni-vzdelavani/dalsi-vzdelavani-pedagogickych-pracovniku
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Spring 2026.
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