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Course: History of Education and Comeniology

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Course title History of Education and Comeniology
Course code KHI/DVK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krábek Zdeněk, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction to the history of world education 2. History of education in ancient civilizations 3. Education and the European Medieval, the role of the Church, the phenomenon of universities 4. The Czech Reformation of the 15th Century and the Creation of the Unity of Brotherhood. Brethren's unity in 16th century transformations between lutheranism and calvary 5. Comenius youth and education in the cultivated environment of native Moravia. Comenius foreign studies and the influence of the Western European Reformation. Comenius return and activities in the pre-mountain times 6. Persecution of the White Mountain - contentious writings, foreign activities. Emigration and action in Lešno - the beginnings of corrective projects 8. The Questions of Revelations and Eschatology in the Comenius Work 9. The development and transformation of Comenius 'work and the last historiography and comeniology, Comenius' reference to today 10. Educational education, transformation of education in Europe and Habsburg monarchy in the 18th century 11. New educational requirements in the 19th century, main theorists 12th 20th Century - New Theories of Education

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 6 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Students should have basic orientation of the Czech and early modern European history with regard to the history of the Reformation and religious issues.
Skills
to think historically, to apply an analytical and comparative approach to historical facts, to consciously read technical texts.
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
the history of world and European education, the main stages and important personalities. The student explains the basic characteristics of the Czech and European Reformation and places Comenius in his development, analyzes the theological, pansoficical and pedagogical work of Comenius, illustrates by way of example the principles of Comenius didactics and its interconnection with all-right efforts
Skills
comparison and analysis of the individual stages of world education, understanding of the core work on the history of the education, understanding and interpretation of the leading works by J. A. Komenský and their significance for today
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
Skills
Lecture
Textual studies
Competences
Textual studies
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Skills
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Carretero, Mario, ed., Asensio, Mikel, ed. a Rodríuez-Moneo, María, ed. History education and the construction of national identities. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publications, [2012], ?2012. xvi, 359 stran. International review of history education. ISBN 978-1-61735-935-4..
  • Čapková, Dagmar. Myšlenka lidské aktivity v Komenského pojetí dějin. Praha, 1987.
  • Floss, Pavel. Poselství J. A. Komenského v současné Evropě. Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-239-6048-2.
  • JŮVA, Vladimír. Stručné dějiny pedagogiky. Brno, 1994. ISBN 80-901737-0-5.
  • Kasper, Tomáš; Kasperová, Dana. Dějiny pedagogiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2429-4.
  • Komenský, J. A. Jak (se) učit : Vybrané myšlenky o vzdělání a výchově [uspořádal Jan Kumpera]. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-204-1123-2.
  • Komenský, J. A. Obecná porada o nápravě věcí lidských. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-239-8919-9.
  • Korthaase, Werner + kolektiv. Comenius und der Weltfriede [neměcky]. Berlín, 2005.
  • Kumpera, Jan. Jan Amos Komenský : Poutník na rozhraní věků. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Amosium servis, 1992. ISBN 80-85498-03-0.
  • Kumpera, Jan. Vivat Comenius : Posel vzdělanosti, lidskosti a tolerance. Praha, 2006.
  • Midwinter, Eric C. Nineteenth century education. New York: Harper & Row, ?1970. vii, 115 s. Seminar studies in history..
  • Petráň, Josef, ed. a Svatoš, Michal, ed. Dějiny Univerzity Karlovy: 1348-1990. Vydání I. Praha: Karolinum, 1995-1998. 4 svazky. ISBN 80-7066-968-3..
  • Polišenský, Josef. Komenský. Muž labyrintů a naděje. Praha, 1996.
  • Willemsen, Annemarieke. Back to the schoolyard: the daily practice of medieval and renaissance education. Turnhout: Brepols, ?2008. 324 s. Studies in European Urban history (1100-1800); 15. ISBN 978-2-503-52599-0..
  • Zemek, Petr - Kumpera, Jan. Jednota bratrská : Odkaz české reformace evropské duchovní kultuře. Uherský Brod, 2007. ISBN 80-254-0498-6.


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 24.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026