Courses
Course title:
Philosophy of education
Faculty:
Faculty of Education
Department:
Department of Education and Adult Education
Course code:
Credits:
5
Semester:
Winter
Level of study:
Mgr.
Format of study:
Practical classes 1 [Hours/Week]
Name of the lecturer:
Language:
English
ISCED F broad:
Arts and humanities
Annotation:
Status of the course in the study program:
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with basic questions not only from the field of philosophy of education (education as a care of soul), but also with the philosophical view of questions concerning a substance and sense of world, being, life and comprehension of a man position in the framework of historical and contemporary context of society and its era. The main topics are the following: philosophy of education and its concept definition, conception of a man from the point of view of paradigms (Mythos, Logos, Theos, Mechanos), contemporary world's conception (modern and postmodern), conception of a child from the philosophical point of view and questions of education for the 21st century, position of a man in the framework of nature, space and society.