SC4BK_KOMP Comparative pedagogy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides an introduction into theory, methodology and practice of comparative pedagogy. Its subject and function are defined and its importance for leraning about current educational reality is argued for. The course presents the institutional and informational bases of comparative pedagogy and an introduction to comparison of educational systems. Results and methodologies of comparative studies are also introduced.
Syllabus
  • Subject, function and importance of comparative pedagogy
  • Comparative pedagogy as scientific discipline
  • Informational and institutional bases of comparative pedagogy
  • Educational systems: structure and function (ISCED)
  • Czech educational system: the bases for comparison
  • What is a comparison and how is it done?
  • Comparative methods
  • Other methods of comparative studies
  • Methodology principles of comparative pedagogy
  • Comparative research
  • European dimension in education
  • Selected topics of comparative pedagogy
  • Czech alternative schools in an international comparison
Literature
  • POL, M.; RABUŠICOVÁ, M. Správa a řízení škol: Rady škol v mezinárodní perspektivě. Brno : Paido, 1996.
  • PRŮCHA, J. Alternativní školy a inovace ve vzdělávání. Praha : Portál, 2001.
  • BLÍŽKOVSKÝ, B.; KUČEROVÁ, S.; KURELOVÁ, M. a kol. Středoevropský učitel na prahu učící se společnosti 21. století. Brno : Konvoj, 1999.
  • WALTEROVÁ, E. Kurikulum: proměny a trendy v mezinárodní perspektivě. Brno : MU, 1994.
  • ALLEMANN-GHIONDA, C. Einführung in die Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft. Weinheim und Basel : Beltz Verlag, 2004.
  • VÁŇOVÁ, M. Teoretické a metodologické otázky srovnávací pedagogiky. Praha : PdF UK, 1998.
  • PRŮCHA, J. Multikulturní výchova. Praha : ISV, 2001.
  • PRŮCHA, J. Interkulturní psychologie. Praha : Portál, 2004.
  • ŠTVERÁK, V. Obecná a srovnávací pedagogika. Praha : Karolinum, 1999.
Assessment methods
Lectures, homework.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
Teacher's information
https://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/login/index.php
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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