PGB103 History of czech schools and educational science

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jiří Zounek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Šimáně, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Oto Polouček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Kolumber (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jiří Zounek, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Zajíčková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PGB001 History of education && PGB003 Educational Theories
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on studying modern history of Czech educational system and educational science. The crucial topics are: development and transformations of educational institutions, teachers’ education, educational legislative etc. The special attention is paid to history of educational science as an independent discipline and its main figures from 1850 to 1950. The study of this issue is based predominantly on secondary literature and on available authentic materials. The main form (method) of learning is students’ research projects. The students apply their knowledge about historian’s work in solving concrete research projects. They will be able to conduct research in the area of education and educational science history. They should also have a basic insight into history of educational institutions and pedagogic theory in modern era (including contemporary situation) in our region. Students will be familiar with basic terminology, definitions, trends that are crucial for further studying history of Czech education and educational science. The important part of the knowledge basis consists in the issues of Czech education science in 20th century.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- use basic terminology and sources;
- describe trends that are crucial for further studying history of Czech education and educational science;
- analyze and describe history of educational institutions and pedagogic theory in modern era (including contemporary situation) in our region/country;
- apply their knowledge about historian’s work in solving concrete research projects;
- conduct research in the area of education and educational science history;
Syllabus
  • History of Czech Educational Science as an Academic Discipline, its Concept and Classification. Historical Research in History of Educational Science, its Methods, Phases, Results Interpretation. Stages of Historians Research Work. History of Czech Educational System. Czech Schools, Education, Education Reforms, Education Legislative, Teachers Education from 18th century to 1989.
Literature
    required literature
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Oto POLOUČEK and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. (Post)Socialist Transformation of Primary Schools: Processes, Stories and Challenges in the Czech Republic. Cham: Springer Nature, 2024, 288 pp. ISBN 978-3-031-58767-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58768-9. URL info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Dana KNOTOVÁ and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. Normální život v nenormální době : základní školy a jejich učitelé (nejen) v období normalizace (Normal Life In Not So Normal Times. Primary Schools And Their Teachers (Not Only) During The So-Called Normalization Period). Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 192 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-709-7. info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Michal ŠIMÁNĚ and Dana KNOTOVÁ. Socialistická základní škola pohledem pamětníků : sonda do života učitelů v Jihomoravském kraji (Socialist Primary School as Seen by Eyewitnesses : Probing teachers’ life in the South Moravia Region). Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 201 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-493-5. info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Michal ŠIMÁNĚ and Dana KNOTOVÁ. Dějiny socialistického školství : terra inkognita historicko pedagogického výzkumu? K problematice zdrojů poznání minulosti (The history of socialist education : terra incognita of historical-pedagogical research? To the issue of the sources of the past). Pedagogická orientace. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, vol. 25, No 3, p. 319-344. ISSN 1211-4669. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PedOr2015-3-319. URL info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav and Pavel MÜCKE. Třetí strana trojúhelníku : teorie a praxe orální historie. 2., přepracované a doplně. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 326 stran. ISBN 9788087398623. info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. Úvod do studia dějin pedagogiky a školství. Kapitoly z metodologie historicko-pedagogického výzkumu (Introduction to the Study of History of Education and Schooling. Chapters from the methodology of historical research). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 89 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6944-2. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav and Pavel MÜCKE. Třetí strana trojúhelníku : teorie a praxe orální historie. 1. vyd. Praha: Fakulta humanitních studií UK v Praze, 2011, 293 s. ISBN 9788072851454. info
    recommended literature
  • RÁKOSNÍK, Jakub, Matěj SPURNÝ and Jiří ŠTAIF. Milníky moderních českých dějin : krize konsenzu a legitimity v letech 1848-1989. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2018, 395 stran. ISBN 9788025725184. info
  • Pedagogické myslenie a školstvo na Slovensku od obdobia normalizácie po pád komunizmu. Edited by Blanka Kudláčová. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, 2018, 244 stran. ISBN 9788056801239. info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Dana KNOTOVÁ and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. “You have betrayed us for a little dirty money!” The Prague Spring as seen by primary school teachers. Paedagogica Historica. International Journal of the History of Education. Belgie, 2018, vol. 54, No 3, p. 320-337. ISSN 0030-9230. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2017.1394884. URL info
  • THOMPSON, Paul and Joanna BORNAT. The voice of the past : oral history. Fourth edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, xii, 484. ISBN 9780190671587. info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Michal ŠIMÁNĚ and Dana KNOTOVÁ. Cesta k učitelství v socialistickém Československu pohledem pamětníků (On teaching in socialist Czechoslovakia through the perspective of contemporaries). Studia paedagogica. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 21, No 3, p. 131-159. ISSN 1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2016-3-7. Digitální knihovna FF info
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Michal ŠIMÁNĚ and Dana KNOTOVÁ. Diktafon a/nebo dokument/historický pramen? Orální historie a archivní materiály ve výzkumu dějin socialistického školství (Dictaphone and/or documentary/historical source? Oral history and archival materials in research of history of socialist education). In Mücke, P.; Brychta, M. Na hranicích mezi minulostí a přítomností. Současné perspektivy orální historie. Vydání první. Praha: Česká asociace orální historie, 2016, p. 83-96. ISBN 978-80-7464-880-9. info
  • ABRAMS, Lynn. Oral history theory. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xi, 238. ISBN 9781138905399. info
  • YOW, Valerie Raleigh. Recording oral history : a guide for the humanities and social sciences. Third edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, xxi, 425. ISBN 9780759122673. info
  • KNAPÍK, Jiří. Děti, mládež a socialismus v Československu v 50. a 60. letech. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2014, 207 s. ISBN 9788075100573. info
  • STORCHOVÁ, Lucie. Koncepty a dějiny : proměny pojmů v současné historické vědě. Vydání první. V Praze: Scriptorium, 2014, 449 stran. ISBN 9788087271872. info
  • ČECHUROVÁ, Jana and Jan RANDÁK. Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2014, 756 s. ISBN 9788073085568. info
  • MOREE, Dana. Učitelé na vlnách transformace : kultura školy před rokem 1989 a po něm. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2013, 185 s. ISBN 9788024622989. URL info
  • RITCHIE, Donald A. The Oxford handbook of oral history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvii, 542. ISBN 9780199945061. info
  • KASPER, Tomáš and Dana KASPEROVÁ. Dějiny pedagogiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 224 s. ISBN 9788024724294. URL info
  • WALTEROVÁ, Eliška. Úloha školy v rozvoji vzdělanosti. Brno: Paido, 2004, 295 stran. ISBN 8073150832. info
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    not specified
  • Pedagogické myslenie, školstvo a vzdelávanie na Slovensku v rokoch 1945 - 1989. Edited by Blanka Kudláčová. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, 2019, 441 stran. ISBN 9788056803691. info
  • ŠIMÁNĚ, Michal. České obecné menšinové školy a jejich učitelé v období první Československé republiky (Czech elementary minority schools and its teachers in the period of first Czechoslovak republic). In Komenský. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, p. 26-30. ISSN 0323-0449. URL info
  • Pedagogické myslenie a školstvo na Slovensku v medzivojnovom období. Edited by Blanka Kudláčová. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, 2014, 157 stran. ISBN 9788080828110. info
  • KUČEROVÁ, Silvie and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. Birth and death of Czech elementary schools during the 20th century in border region – The common features of two stages of evolutional continuum. In XV. International Conference of Historical Geographers, August 6–10, 2012, Prague, Czechia. 2012. info
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Teaching methods
instructions for performing the project work; preparation of joint project work by the students; presentation and discussion of project papers
Assessment methods
Presentation in the class; The processing and defense of essay (online).
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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