The aim of this course is to introduce the development of pedagogical way of thinking to students, namely the thinking of educational institutions and educational politics during particular cultural periods. Students learn evaluate historical and pedagogical phenomenons and methods of scientific work in the history of pedagogy.
The content of the course is the education during the Classical Ages, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, ..., the 19th and 20th century, especially the development of pedagogical thinking and the pedagogy itself as the scientific sphere. The other important things such as the development of relationship between the state and kirk in areas of education, the process of liberalization of education, the status of child in education, the process of "teacher profession creation" and teachers education are discussed. Especial emphasis is given to Komenský, Herbat, the reform pedagogy and education in Czech speaking countries.