| Course title | Educational policy in national and international context |
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| Course code | KPG/XVPMK |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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Basic topics: -Characteristics of the educational politics and comparative education, the participants, methods and instruments thereof. -Current situation and trends of development in selected school systems (including the Czech Republic), the nature and consequences of the trends manifesting in the Czech educational environment after 1990. -Strategies of innovations and reforms in school systems. -School system management and allocation of resources. Ensuring the quality of educational systems. The synergy of external and internal evaluation. -Forms/models of school system as the fundament to achieve effectivity in education. Perception and use of standards. Indicators of added value. -Main trends of educational policy of EU: documents and instruments. The activities of IEA, OECD etc. and their influence on the educational policy of EU and individual member states. -Life-long learning, non-formal and informal education in EU. Recognition of qualifications. -Fundamental conceptual and strategic documents of the Czech educational policy after 1990. Their implementation and revisions. Relevant legislation and financing. -Theories of education and their classification. -Social and economic functions of educational institutions. School as an institution, organization, specific organization and community. -A summary of researches into the effectiveness and quality of schools. Perspectives of school effectiveness (concept: general, economic, organizational and theoretical). -Historical, social and cultural context and quality of school.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook) |
| Learning outcomes |
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Aims of the course/the students will be able to: -explain the educational policy and comparative education as scientific disciplines, to accentuate their practical/application nature, -substantiate the significance of comparative education and its relation to the educational policy on national and international levels, -analyze different features of various school systems including the mechanisms of ensuring their quality and effectiveness, in particular the factors influencing school systems, -characterize current common trends in various school systems (in particular in the European Union countries), -evaluate the significance of the European dimension in education, -characterize the main topics of the existing Czech educational policy in the context of European development, to assume their own attitude towards the proposals and solutions and defend it, -present different ways of identifying the key indicators of education (including the issue of finding the results and output of education) and outline possible ways of working with the findings of international research, -analyze a chosen phenomenon in detail (in relation to the dissertation) in different contexts
Aims of the course/the students will be able to: -explain the educational policy and comparative education as scientific disciplines, to accentuate their practical/application nature, -substantiate the significance of comparative education and its relation to the educational policy on national and international levels, -analyze different features of various school systems including the mechanisms of ensuring their quality and effectiveness, in particular the factors influencing school systems, -characterize current common trends in various school systems (in particular in the European Union countries), -evaluate the significance of the European dimension in education, -characterize the main topics of the existing Czech educational policy in the context of European development, to assume their own attitude towards the proposals and solutions and defend it, -present different ways of identifying the key indicators of education (including the issue of finding the results and output of education) and outline possible ways of working with the findings of international research, -analyze a chosen phenomenon in detail (in relation to the dissertation) in different contexts. |
| Prerequisites |
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Passing objects: Theory and Methodology of Science, Philosophical aspects of education, Curriculum theory and teaching.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam, Student performance
The student will submit a list of literature studied and his/her own professional scientific text in the form of a study reflecting the relationship of the dissertation topic to the issue of educational policy. This text may subsequently form part of his/her dissertation or be published. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Pedagogy (DC18) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Pedagogy (DC17) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC24-X) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC24-X) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Education (DC21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |