Course: English Professional Texts Reading

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Course title English Professional Texts Reading
Course code KFI/KČOTA
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Stránský Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Heider Daniel, doc. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Religious pedagogy from the point of view of religious plurality 2. Religious pedagogy from the point of view of building identity in current society 3. The subject Religious education for students without confession 4. Relationship between Religious education and Ethics in German speaking countries 5. Subject Ethics and ethos of the school 6. Ethics in a society pluralistic in its values 7. Learning process focused education in the subject of Religious education and Ethics Examples of literature: COHEN, E. H. Research in Religious Education: Content and Methods for the Postmodern and Global Era, in: Religious Education 101 (2), 2006, 147-152. FRANCIS, L. J.; ROBBINS, M.; ASTELY J. (eds.), Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives, Cardiff: University of Wales, 2005. HALSALL, A. & ROEBBEN, B. Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue through Education, in: Religious Education 101 (4), 2006, 443-452. ROEBBEN, B. Seeking Sense in the City. European Perspectives on Religious Education, Berlin: Lit-Verlag, 2013. SCHWEITZER, F. Religious individualization: new challenges to education for tolerance, in British Journal of Religious Education 29, 2007, 89-100. SEDMAK, C. Doing Local Theology. A Guide for Artisans of a New Humanity, Maryknoll, (NY): Orbis Books, 2002. ZIEBERTZ, H. G.; RIEGEL, U. (eds.), How Teachers in Europe Teach religion, Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2007.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Individual preparation for exam
Learning outcomes
In this course the students are going to pay attention to religious-pedagogical and ethics texts in English and their use in didactic practice. The texts are thematically oriented on significant current topics in the way that the students learn to use primary sources in foreign language. This will help the students keep up to date with the trends in ethical and religious education in the English speaking parts of Europe.
Students read English expert text with understanding.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Colloquium

Students are supposed to attend regular consultation hours and discuss the English text selected. Consultations are to be held individually or in groups, this is to be adjusted to the needs and possibilities of the students.
Recommended literature
  • Fancourt, N. Teaching about Christianity in religious education: a review of research. Oxford (on-line).
  • Wright, A. Religion, Education and Postmodernity. London, 2004. ISBN 978-0415298704.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Teacher of Religion and Ethics (2016) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter