Syllabus
1. Education as a science, conception of education, sources of educational information.
2. Basic educational terminology
3. Educational disciplines and their current issues.
4. Upbringing and society.
5. Educational workers, teacher's profession.
6. Czech educational system in EU context.
7. Current issues of Czech education.
8. New trends in educational theory and praxis.
Annotation
The course is an entrance gateway to the professional study of education. It familiarizes students with the nature of educational science and leads them to the mastery of modern educational terminology.
Attention is given not only to the basic categories of theory of education, but also to selected questions about teacher's and educator's occupation, Czech education system and its perspectives in the European context. Emphasis is given to value orientation of education and its significance to the humanization of education.