So222 Social theory in the context of leisure education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is based on knowledge of social theories, which are part of the state final exams at the bachelor's level of study.
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
The course introduces the topic of social theories applied to socio-pedagogical phenomena in leisure time. The basic line of study is a systemic view of the presented theories with the incorporation of cultural and social factors, pedagogical concepts and theories of education. The aim of the study of the discussed theories, concepts, directions, principles and classifications is to emphasize the importance of shared lived reality, reflective intelligence and embodied intersubjectivity within the multifactor view of social phenomena.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students: • define the basic concepts and topics of the chosen issue, • explain specific phenomena and social events in a social context, • apply social theories in the context of leisure time, • analyze social and educational phenomena in the context of leisure time, • creates proposals for solving problematic cases of socio-pedagogical reality.
Syllabus
  • 1. Position of social science in context of science paradigm (Winch, Fay). Science revolution structure (Kuhn). 2. Social theories and their application in education phenomena. Pedagogy as non-science (Brezinka). Contemporary theory of education (Bertrand). Liessmann´s theory. Post-modern pedagogy. Theory of educational (cultural, social) reproduction, cultural capital, habitus (Bourdieu). 3. Theory of modernity and social system theory (Luhmann). Globalization (Giddens, Beck) and hyperculture (Lipovetsky, Juvin). 4. Constructionism (Gergen), social construction of reality (Berger, Luckmann). Social reserve and distribution, everyday knowledge, Lebenswelt (Schütz), self-presentation (Goffman). 5. Critical theories (Marcuse, Horkheimer), theory of power, institutionalism, oppression and supremacy (Walzer), power and bio power (Foucault), social and critical hermeneutics (Kögler). 6. Poststructuralism (de Saussure), turn to language, dispositive, discourse analysis and archaeology of knowledge (Foucault), speech act theory (Austin, Searle). 7. Social theory of media (Thompson), critical reading, writing, thinking. Theory of mass communication (McQuail). Dimension of social change (Meyrowitz). 8. Post-feminism and theory of performativity (Butler), gender, essentialism, sexual revolution, changes of intimacy. Young´s theory. 9. Theory of social justice (Rawls), theory of equal access and social inequality. Discourse democracy (Habermas). Social exclusion and inclusion.
Literature
    required literature
  • BERTRAND, Yves. Soudobé teorie vzdělávání. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 247 s. ISBN 80-7178-216-5. info
  • JANÍK, Tomáš and Petr NAJVAR. Fred A. J. Korthagen - Jak spojit praxi s teorií: didaktika realistického vzdělávání učitelů. (Fred A. J. Korthagen - Linking Practice and Theory: The Pedagogy of Realistic Teacher Education.). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2011, 294 pp. ISBN 978-80-7315-221-5. info
    recommended literature
  • BREZINKA, Wolfgang. Východiska k poznání výchovy : úvod k základům vědy o výchově, k filozofii výchovy a k praktické pedagogice. Translated by Alexandr Tuček. 1. vyd. Brno: L. Marek, 2001, 310 s. ISBN 8086263231. info
  • Současná filosofie sociálních věd :multikulturní přístup. Edited by Brian Fay - Jana Ogrocká. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 80-86429-10-5. info
  • FAJKUS, Břetislav. Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy. Vyd. 2. Praha: Filosofia, 2003, 135 s. ISBN 8070071702. 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
  • NAGL-DOCEKAL, Herta. Feministická filozofie : výsledky, problémy, perspektivy. Translated by Hana Havelková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2007, 316 s. ISBN 9788086429687. info
  • YOUNG, Iris Marion. Proti útlaku a nadvládě : transnacionální výzvy politické a feministické teorii. Translated by Zuzana Uhde. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, nakladatelství Filosofického ústavu AV ČR, 2010, 256 s. ISBN 9788070073414. info
  • WINCH, Peter. Idea sociální vědy a její vztah k filosofii. Translated by Tomáš Suchomel. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004, 134 s. ISBN 8073250357. info
  • MEAD, George Herbert. Mysl, já a společnost. Edited by Ondřej Fafejta - Roman Madzia. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 247 stran. ISBN 9788026211808. info
  • NOHEJL, Marek. Lebenswelt a každodennost v sociologii Alfreda Schütze : pojednání o východiscích fenomenologické sociologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001, 117 s. ISBN 8086429024. info
  • NEHYBA, Jan, Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ, David A. KOLB, Fred A. J. KORTHAGEN, David BOUD, Peter JARVIS, Jennifer A. MOON, Jan KOLÁŘ, Saša DOBROVOLNÁ, Jakub ŠVEC and Josef VALENTA. Reflexe v procesu učení. Desetkrát stejně a přece jinak... (Reflection in The Process of Learning. Ten Times Equally Yet Differently...). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 120 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6489-8. info
  • Zážitková pedagogika : teorie holistické výchovy (v přírodě a volném čase)
Teaching methods
Lecture, workshop, discussion.
Assessment methods
Wtritten test, seminar work.
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: 12.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1257
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
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