Course: Theories of Adult Education

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Course title Theories of Adult Education
Course code KSA/KTVD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dočekal Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hlavinka Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Classification of theories of education 2. Traditional theory of education 3. Theory of adult education 4. Dimensions of adult education 5. Transformative learning 6. Experiential learning 7. Self-directed learning 8. Adult educator (role and typology) 9. Participant in adult education (specifics and typology) 10. Concepts of adult education 11. Cultures in education 12. Contemporary theories of education

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the discipline is to acquaint students with the basic theories of adult education and their main representatives. The main approaches and concepts of adult education will be presented.
Students are able to characterize and distinguish the main theoretical approaches to adult education, to introduce their representatives and to specify relevant concepts of key concepts of adult education.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Examination: written
Recommended literature
  • Bartoňková, H.:. Foucaultovo andragogické kyvadlo. 1. vyd. Praha 2004..
  • Beneš, Milan. Andragogika - teoretické základy. 1. Vyd. Eurolex Bohemia, Praha 2003, 216 s. ISBN 80-86432-23-8..
  • Illeris, K. (2004). Adult Education and Adult Learning. Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company.
  • Jarvis, P.:. Adult and continuing education (Theory and Practice). 1. vyd. London 1983. (kapitoly Dvojí vzdělávání; Záměry, cíle, potřeby a požadavky ve vzdělávání dospělých).
  • Jochmann, V.:. Výchova dospělých - andragogika. In: AUPO, Sociologica - Andragogica 1, 1992, str. 11 - 22..
  • PLAMÍNEK, J. (2010). Vzdělávání dospělých: průvodce pro lektory, účastníky a zadavatele. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3235-0.. Praha: GRADA.


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