PdF:SO135 Changes in Modern Society - Course Information
SO135 Changes in Modern Society
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, 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: 0/50, only registered: 1/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/50 - 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 and be able to name and describe the impact of these changes on people's everyday lives, identities and social roles.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course students:
Understand the continuity of the development of modern society.
They can assess the positives and negatives of each stage in relation to nationalism and other social phenomena.
Learn to read, analyse and interpret professional texts.
Deepen their ability to relate the lecture material to their own interpretation of texts.
Understand the causes of current risks ("crisis of the contemporary family", "crisis of identities", global crisis) and understand the logic of a proper problem solution the logic of a proper problem solution. - Syllabus
- 1) The emergence of modern society and its establishment in the Euro-American space.
- 2) The relationship of modern society to nationalism, the concept of nationalism, the positives and negatives of nationalism, the consequences of nationalism.
- 3) Concepts of nation, national identity, ethnic identity.
- 4) Czech national identity - its origins and current form.
- 5) Family as a basic social unit and its transformation during the individual stages of society. Challenges and risks of contemporary family.
- 6) Postmodern society and its current risks, A risk society, the crisis of identities.
- 7) The Holocaust and modern genocides as examples of possible risks of modern society, the topic of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti in our territory and the question of the meaning of memorials in the contemporary context.
- 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
- BECK, Ulrich. Risk society : towards a new modernity. London: SAGE Publications, 1992, 260 s. ISBN 080398345X. info
- Náhradní obsah: FUČÍK, P. a M. ŠOLCOVÁ. Nové formy rodičovství: střídavá péče a hledání jejích důsledků pro děti – přehledová studie. In: Rodičovství: plány, formy a zkušenosti, roč. 19. č. 2, 2022.
- recommended literature
- ANDERSON, B. Pomyslná společenství. In: Hroch, M. (ed.) Pohledy na národ a nacionalismus. Čítanka textů. Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, s. 239-269.
- BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Modernita a holocaust. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vydání třetí, v Karolinu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2023, 330 stran. ISBN 9788024653525. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, text analysis, discussion, workshop activities
- Assessment methods
- Regular study and reading of assigned literature. Active participation in lessons and discussions. Seminar work in groups and its presentation. Assessment: Relevance of information and sources. Ability to present your prepared topic as a well-organised argument. Responding to the questions posed. Ability to relate the topic to related topics in the course, the literature read and the contemporary context of life. A written final examination with open-ended essay-type questions (answering the questions set, arguing on the basis of professional information, readings, placing the topic in the context of contemporary times and the social teaching profession, etc.).
- 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. - Teacher's information
- Individual study plan: self-study, research from assigned readings, independent written essay on assigned topic, written exam (online in case of Erasmus).
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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