PdF:SODA008 Philosophical Antropology in t - Course Information
SODA008 Philosophical Antropology in the Context of Social Education
Faculty of EducationSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- The course is designed as a mandatory in the PhD study programme of Social Education.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- In the background of every educative action, therefore also in the work of every social educator, there is a certain view of a man, certain anthropology. This view of a man is sometimes explicitly expressed through philosophical discourse, even though it is, more often, present implicitly, be it in educational concepts or principles of social work, by which a social educator is driven, or in his practical procedures. Through the content of this course students will be acquainted with selected trends in philosophy of education, which form the theoretical base of social education. Equally important are ideological principles represented by the Anglosaxon concept of social work. Having completed the course students will be able to identify ideological background of every project aimed at helping people who might be threatened by social exclusion, thus “reconstructing“ philosophical concepts which make the projects plausible.
- Learning outcomes
- The PhD students will be able to: • characterise basic concepts of social education and explain philosophical trends on which these concepts are based; • formulate strong and weak points of individual anthropological concepts which form the backbone of social education and social work; • identify principles present in a particular social project on which it is based; • evaluate a selected social project from the ethical point of view (impact on human relationships, on the environment); • propose a solution to current problems in the field of social education based on a chosen philosophical discourse.
- Syllabus
- 1. Four basic concepts of social education (Bakošová) and their anthropological background. 2. Empirical theories of education (H. Beck). 3. Dilemma of social education: searching for balance between an adjustment and individual development. 4. Question of freedom in personalism and phenomenology (Maritain, Ricoer, Pieper, Sokol). 5. Education as “cultivation“ and upbringing as “paideia“ (Palouš) 6. “Economic base and ideological superstructure“ – fascinated by marxism. 7. Criticism of the aims of modern education – “Heretic school“ – fascinated by Comenius. 8. Experience and/or education – fascinated by a method. 9. A child and a young man as a “client“ – fascinated by liberty and equality.
- Literature
- required literature
- MCKENZIE, Marcia and Andrew BIELER. Critical education and sociomaterial practice : narration, place, and the social. New York: Peter Lang, 2016, xvi, 184. ISBN 9781433115042. info
- FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of hope : reliving pedagogy of the oppressed. Edited by Ana Maria Araújo Freire, Translated by Robert R. Barr. First published. Sydney: Bloomsbury, 2014, 226 stran. ISBN 9781472533401. info
- recommended literature
- Paulo Freire : the global legacy. Edited by Ana Maria Araújo Freire - Michael Peters - Tina Besley. New York: Peter Lang, 2015, xxiii, 604. ISBN 9781433125324. info
- PAYNE, Malcolm. Modern social work theory. 4th edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xxii, 441. ISBN 9780230249608. info
- ARCHAKIS, Argiris and Villy TSAKONA. The narrative construction of identities in critical education. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, viii, 211. ISBN 9780230313958. info
- Religion and coping in mental health care. Edited by Joseph Pieper - Marinus van Uden. New York: Rodopi, 2005, 180 p. ISBN 9789042019973. info
- PIEPER, Josef. Happiness and contemplation. Translated by Richard Winston - Clara Winston. London: Faber and Faber, 1969, 128 s. info
- LUCKMANN, Thomas. The Invisible Religion. The Problem of Religion in Modern Society. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1967. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, discussion, workshop, evaluation feedback.
- Assessment methods
- oral examination
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- The content of the oral examination is the defense of the philosophical part of the dissertation.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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