SOp237 Philosophical Aspects of Social Science

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. František Trapl, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOp237/01: Thu 18:00–19:50 učebna 41, M. Černý, M. Kaplánek
Prerequisites
NOW( SOp231 Psychological aspects of socio-culturaly disitinctiv environments )
The course Cross-cultural psychology systematizes psychological findings considering influence of various social backgrounds on an individual, his development and self-fulfilment in the society. It directly interconnects psychology and social education and points out determination of human psyche in the context of various socio-cultural environment and possible ways to overcome this determination. Knowledge of other psychological disciplines (general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology) is supposed.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
• use basic terms of cross-cultural psychology • understand the influence of social background on shaping of human psyche • consider and critically evaluate the diagnosis results (especially the test ones) in relation to client’s cultural origin • suggest possible interventions to understand different cultures successfully
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: • use basic terms of cross-cultural psychology • understand the influence of social background on shaping of human psyche • consider and critically evaluate the diagnosis results (especially the test ones) in relation to client’s cultural origin • suggest possible interventions to understand different cultures successfully
Syllabus
  • 21.9. Introductory lesson, introduction of starting points, phenomenology, pragmatism, relation of sciences, argumentation. 5.10. The role of corporeality in the process of cognition and structuring of meanings, Damasio and balance 12.10. How do we think and know? The brain in the tub or in the body?
  • 19.10 From humanities to positivist science = summary of previous discussions and formulation of the result, ie paradigm shifts in the 19th century, raising the question of what science is pedagogy 26.10. Pedagogy and environment: structure of concepts and formation of meanings, architect of educational environments 2.11. Artificial intelligence, distributed cognition 9.11. Pedagogy as a social or as a humanity 16.11. Digital pedagogy, concept of onlife ontology and epistemology
  • 23.11 Aesthetics and its role in cognition, Johnson, Lakoff, Dewey 30.11. Critique of deterministic conceptions of (social) pedagogy 7.12. The idea of ​​the university, the meaning of university education
  • 14.12. Different starting points of Anglo-Saxon "social work" and Czech social pedagogy, reflection, discussion
Literature
    required literature
  • FLORIDI, Luciano. Čtvrtá revoluce : jak infosféra mění tvář lidské reality. Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2019, 273 stran. ISBN 9788024638034. info
  • ŠÍP, Radim. Proč školství a jeho aktéři selhávají. Kognitivní krajiny a nacionalismus (Why education and its actors fail. Cognitive landscapes and nationalism). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 471 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9377-5. info
  • LAKOFF, George. Ženy, oheň a nebezpečné věci : co kategorie vypovídají o naší mysli. Edited by Dominik Lukeš. Vydání první. Praha: Triáda, 2006, 655 strana. ISBN 808613878X. info
  • DAMASIO, Antonio R. Descartesův omyl : emoce, rozum a lidský mozek. Translated by Lucie Bankovská Motlová - Alžběta Hesová. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000, 259 stran. ISBN 8020408444. info
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • Černý, M. (2020). Fenomenologicko-pragmatistická interpretace hyperkonektivistického světa: k problémům filosofie informace. Brno: Masarykova univerzita
  • Cohen, R. S. & Wartovsky, M. W. (1983). Epistemology, Methodology, and Social Sciences. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Johnson, M. (2008). The meaning of the body: Aesthetics of human understanding. University of Chicago Press.
  • DAMASIO, Antonio R. The strange order of things : life, feeling, and the making of cultures. New York: Pantheon Books, 2018, xi, 310. ISBN 9780307908759. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Interkulturní psychologie. Třetí vydání. Praha: Portál, 2010, 220 stran. ISBN 9788073677091. URL info
  • LAKOFF, George and Mark JOHNSON. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 280 s. ISBN 80-7294-071-6. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
homework, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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