GPm005 Mediation of Architecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Olga Búciová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PaedDr. Radek Horáček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Markéta Peringerová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PaedDr. Radek Horáček, Ph.D.
Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Jana Nedomová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
GPm005/01: Mon 13:00–14:50 učebna 14, R. Horáček
Prerequisites (in Czech)
GPm021 An Introduction in the Art History I: The Architecture
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to teach students to work with the knowledge of theorists and historians of architecture in the process of school and museum education. In addition to the analysis of selected educational projects, students will try the implementation of a self-designed program for schools or the public. The creative process will be followed by self-reflection and feedback.
Learning outcomes
The student will use the theoretical architectural knowledge in the gallery education. Will be able to analyze projects more closely. She will be ready to reflect her own project on the basis of practical realization.
Syllabus
  • 1. - 3. Mediators of architecture (overview of educational activities at home and abroad, education policy, cooperation with schools, examples of methodologies) 4. - 6. Possibilities of mediation (conception of architecture from the point of view of psychology, philosophy, and other scientific branches, methods of interpretation) 7. - 9. Architecture and art (mutual correlation in art theory, examples of conceptual approaches within artistic creation and their transfer to teaching) 10. - 12. Why is it important to know history (importance of building information background and knowledge of context)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Petr. Současná česká architektura a její témata. 1. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 2011. 208 s. ISBN 978-80-7432-110-8.
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Alice. Architektura zblízka. In: HORÁČEK, Martin, Hana MYSLIVEČKOVÁ a Petra ŠOBÁŇOVÁ, eds. Muzejní pedagogika dnes. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008, s. 104–123 a DVD. Edice Sborník. ISBN 978-80-244-1993-0.
  • PALASMAA, Juhani. Myslící ruka: existenciální a ztělesněná moudrost v architektuře. Zlín: ARCHA, 2012. 160 s. Edice Architektura, sv. 7. ISBN 978-80-87545-09-6.
  • STUCHLÍKOVÁ, Alice. Zprostředkování architektonického dědictví (The Intermediation of the Architectural Heritage). In Veřejný diskurs výtvarného umění. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 2010, p. 129-140. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, sv. 146. ISBN 978-80-210-5390-8. info
    not specified
  • SHEPHEARD, Paul. Co je architektura?: esej o krajinách, budovách a strojích. Zlín: ARCHA, 2011. 112 s. Edice a ARCHITEKTURA, sv. 4. ISBN 978-80-904514-6-9.
  • Clover, D. E. (2016). Adult Education, Museums and Art Galleries: Animating Social, Cultural and Institutional Change. Netherland: Sense Publishers.
  • PAVLÍČEK, Tomáš. Architektura 1. poloviny 20. století v západní části Ústeckého kraje: (vývoj, rozbor a výtvarně pedagogické využití). 1. vyd. Ústí nad Labem: Fakulta užitého umění a designu, Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2005. 13
Teaching methods
analysis, discussion, project outputs
Assessment methods
graded credit for surrendered tasks and active participation in class interior and exterior (at least 80%)
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
The course has an interactive syllabus with study materials related to individual areas of semester teaching. In addition to the continuously assigned tasks from the teacher, the implementation of an animation program is recommended during the semester - ideally in cooperation with schools or for the public within the Brno Art Week event. For these programs, educational and game aids are available at the department for possible use.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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