Course: Current trends in the theory and practice of lifelong education

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Course title Current trends in the theory and practice of lifelong education
Course code KPG/X4CTP
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Chudý Štefan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lifelong education and lifelong learning. Learning society, learning organization. New trends and target groups in adult education. Didactic aspects and innovations in adult education. Current approaches to the education of educators. The problems of formal, non-formal and informal education and learning in the Czech Republic. Recognition of the results of non-formal and informal learning. National qualification framework and the participation of schools in preparing and implementing the programs of further education. Distance education. The possibilities and limitations of distance education. Historical aspects and comparative approach in distance education. Didactics of distance education. Author?s production for distance education. eLearning and its methodology. eLearning as a support for classic teaching. eLearning in adult education. eLearning didactics. The role and competence of tutor in distance education and eLearning. Educational communication influenced by modern information and communication technologies.Changing role and competence of teachers in the context of lifelong education. Further education and the development of educational competence of university teachers. Leisure adult education.The solution of the problem of didactic amateurism in leisure adult education. Animator programmes and experience forms of leisure adult education. Minority education. Education of disadvantaged groups of population. Education programmes for people endangered with social exclusion. Senior education ? a way to a quality in life of elderly people. Seniors as the object of education. Senior educational institutions. The role of consulting services in the education of seniors. Pro-senior education as a way to intergenerational understanding.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Study participants will be able to describe the changes that are the cause of the development of lifelong learning, clarify its essence and fundamental differences from the concept of lifelong learning, specify individual educational paths within lifelong learning, analyze obstacles to the development of lifelong learning, justify the benefits of lifelong learning for individuals and society, explain the concept of a learning society, to concretize the current trends in the theory and practice of lifelong learning taking into account specific target groups, to assess the degree of usability of distance education and eLearning in the context of lifelong education with regard to their positives and negatives, to argue the justification and conditions of their application both in the school education system , as well as in the further education of adults, compare the principles of effectiveness of traditional pedagogical communication and electronic communication, specify adequate tools for online pedagogical communication, modify approaches to education participants according to the outputs of pedagogical diagnostics, identify new roles for teachers in all spheres of education with regard to the requirements of LL and derive from them the requirements for their further competences, analyze the issue of adult interest education, minority education and senior education, argue the justification, urgency and topicality of these areas for meeting the current and expected educational needs of people in a dynamically changing society.
Knowledge of current theories and methods of lifelong learning. Critical assessment of theories and methods. Knowledge of theories of lifelong learning in relation to the theories of contemporary society.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

Independent creative activity in fulfilling individual theoretical and practical tasks in creating a personal study portfolio. A concept of a scientific paper reflecting the relation of the topic of the dissertation to the elective course.
Recommended literature
  • ALVERMANN, D. (ed.) . (2007). Adolescents and literacies in a digital world. New York.
  • BALOGOVÁ. (2007). Seniori v spektre súčasného sveta. Akcent Print.
  • BAREŠOVÁ, A. (2003). E-learning ve vzdělávání dospělých. Praha.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, I. . (2006). Sociální komunikace. Olomouc.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, I. (2007). Jak psát "distančně". Olomouc.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, I. (2006). Kapitoly z andragogiky 1. Olomouc.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, I. (2006). Kapitoly z andragogiky 2. Olomouc.
  • BENEŠ, M. (2008). Andragogika. Praha.
  • BÍLEK, M., ŠVEJDA, G. (1997). Technologické otázky vzdělávání. Praha.
  • BOČKOVÁ, V. (2002). Vzdělávání-průvodní jev života. Olomouc.
  • BURGEROVÁ, J. (2003). Nové technológie v edukácii. Prešov.
  • ČORNANIČOVÁ, R. (2007). Edukácia seniorov. Vznik, rozvoj, podnety pre geragogiku. Bratislava.
  • DePRYCK, K., MIRANDA, R., PEREIRA, A. et all. (2005). Getting started with Open and Distance Learning. Antwerpen-Apeldoorn.
  • HARTL, P. (1999). Kompendium pedagogické psychologie dospělých. Praha.
  • HOLMBERG, B. (1989). Theory and Practice of Distance Education. London.
  • JARVIS, P. (2004). Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice. London.
  • KOPECKÝ, K. (2006). E-learning (nejen) pro pedagogy. Olomouc.
  • LANGER, T., VETEŠKA, J. (2009). Další vzdělávání ve světě migrujícího trhu práce. Praha.
  • LONGWORTH, N., DAVIES, W. K. (1996). Lifelong Learning. New vision, new implications, new roles for people, organizations, nations and communities in the 21st century. London.
  • MAREŠ, J., KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. (1995). Komunikace ve škole. Brno.
  • PIROHOVÁ, I. (2006). Diagnostika v teórii a praxi edukácie dospelých. Prešov.
  • RACE, P. (1998). 500 Tips for Open and Flexible Learning. London.
  • SVATOŠ, T. (2002). Kapitoly ze sociální a pedagogické komunikace. Praha.
  • ŠERÁK, M. (2009). Zájmové vzdělávání dospělých. Praha.
  • ŠIŠKOVÁ, T. (ed.) . (2001). Menšiny a migranti v České republice. Praha.
  • THORNE, K., MACKEY, D. (2007). Everything You Needed to Know about Training. London.
  • VETEŠKA, J. a kol. (2009). Nové paradigma v kurikulu vzdělávání dospělých. Praha.
  • VETEŠKA, J., TURECKIOVÁ, M. (2008). Kompetence ve vzdělávání. Praha.
  • ZLÁMALOVÁ, H. (2008). Distanční vzdělávání a eLearning. Praha.


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