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Theory of the human being and society in pedagogy

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Course ID: 3401-RL13TSP
Erasmus code / ISCED: 05.9 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0119) Education, not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Theory of the human being and society in pedagogy
Name in Polish: Teoria człowieka i społeczeństwa w pedagogice
Organizational unit: Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

obligatory courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

The issue of macro- and microvariables of the process of pedagogical impact. The specific character of functioning of social macrosystems and microsystems – chances and risks. The issue of politicizing and contexts of educational policy based on specific world views. Conservative and liberal visions of the human being and society – educational implications for defining the goals and strategies of pedagogical impact. Pedagogical impact vs. social environment. The totality of educational institutions and projects of system-based deconstruction of the social organization of education. Pedagogical utopias – visions of a new human being and ideal society. Contemporary discourses of emancipation and their importance for education in terms of social practice. Problems of society in the electronic era and problems of information society. The human being and forms of social life in post-modernism.

Full description:

The issue of defining more precisely the social function and objective of education. Cultural aspects, aspects related to a specific world view and pragmatic aspects. The issue of macro- and microvariables of the process of pedagogical impact. The specific character of functioning of social macrosystems and microsystems – chances and risks. The issue of politicizing and contexts of educational policy based on specific world views. Conservative and liberal visions of the human being and society – educational implications for defining the goals and strategies of pedagogical impact. Pedagogical impact vs. social environment. Social environment vs. educational environment – social functions of education and educational agency for forms of social life. Social changes and culture of coexistence. Pedagogical principles of the culture of coexistence vs. popular notions regarding interpersonal (cross-generation) relations and social order. The idea of the totality of education and state education. The system of educational impact as an element of social succession and social adaptation. The totality of educational institutions and projects of system-based deconstruction of the social organization of education. Pedagogical utopias – visions of a new human being and ideal society. Postulates of system-based reconstruction of society as a condition for fulfilling the pedagogical ideal of a new human being. Antipedagogical critique of pedagogical intentions, a postulate of depedagogization of education and revision of traditional concepts of social practice of education. The idea of descholarization and project of new forms of access to education. Social and cultural forms of discrimination – equal rights and emancipation. Contemporary discourses of emancipation and their importance for education in terms of social practice. The issue of efficiency and measurability of social strategies of education. Search for new forms and methods of pedagogical impact as social practice. Problems of society in the electronic era and problems of information society. Strategies of evolution of societies of “Gutenberg’s era” and “Marconi’s era” – the logics of adaptation and development in individual and social life. The human being and forms of social life in post-modernism. Crisis of execution of the logics of the great Narrations and forms of social and cultural colonialism.

Bibliography:

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Alternatywy myślenia o/dla edukacji, red. Z. Kwieciński, Warszawa 2000.

Bauman Z., Ciało i przemoc w obliczu ponowoczesności, Toruń 1995.

Bauman Z., Etyka ponowoczesna, Warszawa 1996.

Człowiek. Wychowanie. Kultura, red. F. Adamski, Kraków 1993.

Filozoficzne i ideologiczne podstawy edukacji, red. G. L. Gutek, Gdańsk 2003.

Hessen S., O sprzecznościach i jedności wychowania, Warszawa 1997.

Jaeger W., Paideia, tłum. M. Plezia i H. Bednarek, Warszawa 2001.

Kaczyńska W., Przedzałożeniowość myślenia i postępowania pedagogicznego, Warszawa 1992.

Krüger H.-H., Wprowadzenie w teorie i metody badawcze nauk o wychowaniu, tłum. D. Sztobryn, GWP, Gdańsk 2005.

Odmiany myślenia o edukacji, red. J. Rutkowiak, Kraków 1995.

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Zubelewicz J., Filozofia wychowania. Aksjocentryzm i paidocentryzm, Warszawa 2002.

Źródła do dziejów wychowania i myśli pedagogicznej, tom II, red. S. Wołoszyn księga druga, Kielce 1997.

Źródła do dziejów wychowania i myśli pedagogicznej, tom III, księga 1,2, red. S. Wołoszyn księga druga, Kielce 1998.

Learning outcomes:

The student:

1.compares mechanisms and processes of social microsystems and macrosystems.

2.explains the role of political contexts and contexts based on specific world views in creating educational policy.

3.compares conservative and liberal visions of the human nature and organization of social life.

4.evaluates pedagogical utopias and ideas resulting from the assumptions as to the human nature and forms of social life.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Written examination and active participation in classes.

This course is not currently offered.
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