PdF:DEkDVT history of science - Course Information

DEkDVT The history of science and technology

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020

Extent and Intensity

0/0/.8. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable of Seminar Groups

DEkDVT/Kombi01: Fri 23. 10. 8:00–17:50 kancelář vyučujícího, R. Slabotínský

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

Basic Orientation at the Inventions and at the history of the technology (ancient times - 20 Century)

Learning outcomes

The student is capable of basic orientation in European and world discoveries and inventions from the oldest civilizations to modern times.

Syllabus

1. The Inventions and technology of the ancient times 2. Level of Education in the Middle Ages 3. New discovery in the early modern times 4. The modern Inventions and technology 5. Didactics aplications.

Literature

HOUDEK, František a Jan TŮMA. Objevy a vynálezy tisíciletí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2002. 455 s. ISBN 8071064750.
Struktura vědeckých revolucí. Edited by Thomas S. Kuhn. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997. 206 s. ISBN 80-86005-54-2.
KRAUS, Ivo. Dějiny evropských objevů a vynálezů : od Homéra k Einsteinovi. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2001. 330 s. ISBN 8020009051.

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussion, homework

Assessment methods

colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10k.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.