Course: Adult education

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Course title Adult education
Course code UPV/R2EDO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + E-learning + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kalenda Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Andragogy as a science of education, training and care of adults. Historical and social context of the development of adult education. Policies and strategies for lifelong education and learning, strategic national and transnational documents. Formal, non-formal and informal education and learning. Professionalisation of the continuing education lecturer. Specific features of the adult as an object of education, in terms of social, economic, legal, psychological, etc. Methods and forms of adult education process. Research in the field of adult education. Monitoring of adult education. Quality in adult education. International dimension of adult education.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 100 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 70 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 50 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 20 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
define andragogy as the science of education, training and care of adults,
define andragogy as the science of education, training and care of adults,
explain the terminology of adult education,
explain the terminology of adult education,
describe the historical context of adult education,
describe the historical context of adult education,
orientate oneself in the key works of historical and contemporary scholars,
orientate oneself in the key works of historical and contemporary scholars,
describe the specificities of adult learners
describe the specificities of adult learners
Skills
think critically about the general issues of lifelong learning and education as well as forms of adult learning,
think critically about the general issues of lifelong learning and education as well as forms of adult learning,
reflect on the determinants of the adult learning process,
reflect on the determinants of the adult learning process,
apply methods and forms in the field of adult education to the educational process,
apply methods and forms in the field of adult education to the educational process,
apply the principles of adult learning in model situations,
apply the principles of adult learning in model situations,
use adult education monitoring tools for quality improvement or research purposes in the field of adult education
use adult education monitoring tools for quality improvement or research purposes in the field of adult education
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Skills
Teamwork
Teamwork
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Recommended literature
  • Bednaříková, I. Kapitoly z andragogiky 2. Olomouc. 2012.
  • Beneš, M. Andragogika. Praha. 2014.
  • Eger, L. Vzdělávání dospělých a ICT. Plzeň. 2012.
  • Kidd, T. T. & Keengwe, L. Adult Learning in the Digital Age. New York. 2009.
  • Krystoň, M. Vybrané kapitoly z andragogiky. Bánská Bystrica. 2012.
  • London, M. The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning. New York. 2021.
  • Malach, J. & Chmura, M. Diagnostika a evaluace ve vzdělávání a učení dospělých. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Pedagogická fakulta. 2014.
  • Mužík, J. Profesní vzdělávání dospělých. Praha. 2012.
  • Plamínek, J. Vzdělávání dospělých: průvodce pro lektory, účastníky a zadavatele. Praha. 2014.
  • Smith, C. M. & Mizzi, C. R. Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Virginia. 2020.
  • Šerák, M. Zájmové vzdělávání dospělých. Praha. 2009.
  • Thompson, J. L. Adult Education For a Change. New York. 2020.
  • Veteška, J. Přehled andragogiky. Praha. 2016.
  • Wilson, A., & Hayes, E. Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. Hoboken. 2009.
  • Zormanová, L. Didaktika dospělých. Praha. 2017.


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