Syllabus
1. Introduction to educational study, sources of educational information.
2. Education as a science ? conception of education, its structure and placement in sciences.
3. Basic educational terminology and its changes.
4. Educational disciplines and their current issues.
5. Upbringing and development of human.
6. Upbringing and society.
7. Educational workers.
8. Teacher's profession.
9. Czech educational system in EU context.
10. Current issues of Czech education.
11. Educational research.
Annotation
The course is entrance gateway to professional study of education. It familiarizes students with the nature of educational science and leads them to mastering of modern educational terminology.
Attention is given not only to the basic categories of general 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 humanization of education.