Charles University Prague
Faculty of Philosophy

Department of Education

(Katedra pedagogiky)

Head:  Assoc. Prof. Jaroslav Koťa

Deputy-head:  Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Josef Valenta, CSc.

Administrative secretary:  Mgr. Petr Volf

Secretary:  Eva Rejzková

Address:  Katedra pedagogiky FF UK,

     Celetná 20,

     116 42 Praha l - Staré město

Phone:   (00- 420- 2) 221 619 648

Fax:      (00- 420- 2) 221 619 660

E-mail:  ped@ff.cuni.cz

             (or: name.surname@ff.cuni.cz)

 

Educational activities:

- The department of Education provides: the Bachelor (Bc.), Master (Mgr.) and Doctor (Ph.D.) study program in the field of “theory of education” (see programmes below).

Graduates are to be client-oriented educational professionals for personal, social and moral development (education), social pedagogy, counseling, building of school curriculum and innovations, pedagogy teaching and as assistants for children with special needs and social problems.

 

- Moreover, our department also provides courses (teacher traning), for students of the Faculty of Arts (Philosophical faculty) and  Faculty of Sciences Charles University, who are going to become teachers.

 

- The department also offers courses for teachers and leisure time specialists and for teachers who do not have the required teacher training qualifications.

 

Research topics and activities:

Ongoing research projects:

 

- “The idea of school for all and the Czech education system in the European context” (Czech Science Foundation)

Contact person: hana.kasikova@ff.cuni.cz

To be finished by 2010

 

Social competences of the teacher and possiblities of their development“

(a sub-project within „Teacher profession and changing needs of the education“ coordinated by College of Education, Charles University)

Contact person: hana.kasikova@ff.cuni.cz

To be finished by 2013

 

Future project:

 

“Education with social and personal dimension – preparing and preparedness of education actors“

Contact person: josef.valenta@ff.cuni.cz

To be started by 2012

 

Programs of study:

 

Bachelor degree study program (6 semesters) :  

 

- “Education”

Offers the following courses:

general pedagogy; didactics; theory of education; history of education and pedagogy; philosophy; general – educational – developmental – social psychology; sociology and sociology of education; leisure time education; pedagogy of personal and social development; school counselling and pedagogical diagnostics; social pedagogy.

 

Master degree (4 semesters) :

 

- “Education”

Offers the following courses:

methodology of research in education, history of education, foundations of philosophical, anthropological, psychological and sociological theories of human personality, comparative education, curriculum and instruction foundations of the European education, cooperative and team teaching, internship etc.

 

- “Social education”

Offers the following courses:

methodology of research in education, social politics, social pedagogy and social intervention methods, social pathologies, social proceses management, diversity and education, counseling, methodology of personal and social education, self-development training, law, internship, etc.

 

- “Curriculum and Instruction of Education”

Offers the following courses:

methodology of research in education, general didactics, methodology of educational sciences teaching, methodology of personal and social education, diversity and education, counselling; foundations of philosophical, anthropological, psychological and sociological theories of human personality, psychology for teachers, internship, etc.

 

Postgraduate study program (6 semesters) :

 

- “Education”

Offers the following courses:

Philosophy, foundations of education, foreign language, research and methodology, other disciplines in education and psychology according to individual interest.

Other requirements: publications, participation in conferences, teaching courses within the department.

Doctoral thesis.

 

!!! All the above mentioned programs are also taught in the distance form of studies !!!

 

International Contacts and Cooperation:

University of Bratislava (Slovakia)

University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

University of Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla (Spain)

University of Coimbra (Portugal)

University of Joensuu (Finland)

University of Bodo (Norway)

University of Krakow (Poland)

University of Zagreb (Croatia)

 

Staff members:

(names and specializations)

 

PhDr. Markéta Dvořáková, Ph.D., senior lecturer

general curriculum and instruction, school pedagogy, teacher training

Mgr. Eva Janebová, Ph.D., senior lecturer

international and multicultural education, curriculum and instruction, didactics, teacher training

PhDr. Hana Kasíková, CSc., associate professor 

curriculum and instruction, didactics, cooperative learning, diversity and education, teacher training

PhDr. Jaroslav Koťa, associate professor

philosophy of education, sociology of education, social psychology 

PhDr. Hana Krykorková, CSc., senior lecturer

general and educational psychology, psychology of learning

PhDr. Jitka Lorenzová, Ph.D., senior lecturer

social pedagogy, social pathologies, moral education 

PhDr. Věra Poláčková, CSc., associate professor

social pedagogy

PhDr. Martin Strouhal, Ph.D., senior lecturer

social pedagogy, theory of education, philosophy of education, teacher training

PhDr. Ivana Tvrzová, lecturer

school pedagogy, teacher training, practice

PhDr. Josef Valenta, CSc., associate professor 

methodology of personal and social education, drama education, communication training

PhDr. Růžena Váňová, CSc., associate professor 

history of pedagogy and education

PhDr. Michaela Vítečková, Ph.D. , senior lecturer

social policy, counselling, diagnostics

 

Library: Hana Štěpánková

 

External staff (teachers for core subjects):

 

PhDr. Martin Chvál, Ph.D., senior lecturer

research methodology, statistics

PhDr. Zdeněk Kolář, DrSc., professor

general pedagogy and curriculum and instruction

PhDr. Jana Straková, Ph.D., senior lecturer

research methodology

PhDr. Jiří Pelikán, CSc., associate professor

research methodology

PhDr. Miroslava Váňová, CSc., associate professor

comparative pedagogy

 

and external staff for facultative subjects (outdoor education; IT in education; pre-school education; media pedagogy; therapy foundations for educators; music-therapy; counselling; bullying; school management etc.).