PdF:SO135 Changes in Modern Society - Course Information
SO135 Changes in Modern Society
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Pavla Wernerová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- SOUHLAS
Sociologie basics, political science at high school level. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Social pedagogy (programme PdF, B-SOCP) (5)
- Course objectives
- The basic aim of the subject is to reveal the relationship between the development of modern society and the change of forms of state organization.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course students: · Understand the continuity of modern society development · Can estimate the positives and negatives of each phase · Learn to read, analyze and interpret professional texts · Find the ability to link the lectured subject with its own interpretations of texts · Understand the causes of current risks (globalization, migration) and understand the logic of a proper problem solution
- Syllabus
- Syllabus: 1) Establishment of modern society and its establishment in the Euro-American area 2) Establishment of the "superiority" of the West as a sign of modernization and modern racism 3) Generalized market, money, disciplination of society as a modern social bond 4) Positives and negatives of nationalism, national school system and consequences of nationalism 5) Establishment of transnational social order as an alternative to outdated forms of modernity 6) Globalization and risky society, consequences of "democratization", risks and reasons for changes of school systems 7) Current situation: transnational mobility, environmental destabilization and migration
- Literature
- required literature
- GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
- recommended literature
- BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. Edited by Radim Marada, Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 8085959461. info
- BECK, Ulrich. Risk society : towards a new modernity. London: SAGE Publications, 1992, 260 s. ISBN 080398345X. info
- BERGER, Peter L. Pozvání do sociologie. Translated by Eduard Urbánek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Správa sociálního zařízení FMO, 1991, 157 s. ISBN 80854690801. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, text analysis, discussion
- Assessment methods
- Group work, exam Methods of evaluation are specified in the Czech.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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