Course: Primary education 1

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Course title Primary education 1
Course code KPP/PP1-Z
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kasperová Dana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Jan Amos Comenius and education as a remedy for society. 2. Education in the age of enlightenment in England (John Locke) and France (Jean J. Rousseau), the principle of authority and freedom in education. 3. German pedagogy of the 18th century, philanthropism and the way to school system and compulsory school attendance. 4. System and education - J. F. Herbart. 5. Progress and education, positivism and education - H. Spencer, G. A. Lindner, J. Úlehla. 6. Action and education - American pragmatic education and American progressivism (John Dewey). 7. Experimental pedagogy and "interest in the child" at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. 8. Free education, reform pedagogy 20th century - origins, concepts, discourses. 9. Václav Příhoda and the principle of rationalization in education. 10. School inter-war reform in Czechoslovakia.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 12 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 12 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course acquaints with the historical view of the aims, processes and methods of education in the broader pedagogical context. In the foreground, there are the issues of humanity education, freedom and authority in education, the role of reason and senses in the historical reflection on education, the concepts of progress in education and, last but not least, the issue of reform of elementary or primary education and the reform of the school in general. Attention is also paid to the historical development and transformation of the teaching profession.
After completion of the course student will be able: 1. to understand the content of prescribed curriculum of Primary education 1 2. to reflect the topic critically 3. to demonstrate specific intellectual skills gained in a course in writing of a semestral paper 4. to apply gained knowledge in educational process
Prerequisites
Student has basic knowledge of pedagogy from secondary school.

Assessment methods and criteria
Test

Written test.
Recommended literature
  • JŮVA, V. Stručné dějiny pedagogiky. Brno: Paido, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7315-151-5.
  • KASPER, T., KASPEROVÁ, D. Dějiny pedagogiky. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2429-4.
  • Kučera, Z., Štverák, V. Chrestomanie z dějin pedagogiky. Praha: Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 80-7184-626-0.
  • PÁNKOVÁ, M., KASPEROVÁ, D., KASPER. T. Meziválečná školská reforma v Československu. Praha: Academia, 2015. ISBN 978-80-200-2496-1.
  • Pavlovská, M., Syslová, Z., Šmahelová, B. Dějiny předškolní pedagogiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-210-5981-8.
  • POSPÍŠIL, J. Filosofická východiska cílů výchovy a vzdělávání v období novověkého obratu. Olomouc: Hanex, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7409-028-8.
  • ŠTVERÁK, V., ČADSKÁ, M. Stručný průvodce dějinami pedagogiky. Praha: Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 80-7184-797-6.
  • ZOUNEK, J.; ŠIMÁNĚ, M.; KNOTOVÁ, D. Normální život v nenormální době: základní školy a jejich učitelé (nejen) v období normalizace. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7552-709-7.


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