Course: Middle Ages for teachers

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Course title Middle Ages for teachers
Course code KHI/STRU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Kilián Jan, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hlaváček Petr, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Slepička Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
This discipline is aimed at deepening and broadening the knowledge from previous courses with emphasis on the educational use at a later teaching practice. Therefore, the selected topics are studied according to national curriculum. Attention will be paid to current textbooks and contemporary historiography and application of new knowledge in teaching. Topics: The genesis of the Middle Ages, the so-called Migration, the beginnings of European countries, the medieval universalism versus national particularism, Christianity and the Church, the Papacy, the struggle for investiture, the Crusades, a conflict with Islam, comparative development of the main European regions, Slavic statehood, medieval culture and economy, the Middle Ages in Czech and European context, Central European history.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 32 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
factual knowledge of the history of Middle Ages on the level of bachelor study of history, knowledge of professional and popular educational literature, orientation in didactics of history.
Skills
to work with professional and popular literature, independently within the topic of empowering information, orienting in the basic chronology of the Middle Ages, critically working with the historical source.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
deepened and expanded knowledge gained in the previous professional subjects and their didactic application in school practice. It demonstrates the knowledge of different methods and forms, evaluates it and in school practice chooses the ones most suitable for teaching the history of the Middle Ages. The student recognizes textbooks and didactic aids suitable for teaching the history of the Middle Ages, justifies their choice and effectively works with them in teaching history. Students present their own didactic ideas and apply them effectively in school practice. The student works with modern presentation techniques, uses information and communication technologies in teaching history.
Skills
student applies didactically appropriately his knowledge of the Middle Ages, recognizes textbooks and didactic aids suitable for teaching the history of the Middle Ages, justifies their selection and effectively works with them in teaching history. Students present their own didactic ideas and apply them effectively in school practice.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Students' portfolio
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Oral exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Encyklopedie Historie světa(překlad, doplňky a encyklopedický slovník pojmů a osobností J. Kumpera). Praha, 1998.
  • Kultura středověku : Několik pohledů do středověké kultury. Praha : Orbis, 1972.
  • Beneš, Z. Historický text a historická kultura,. Praha, 1995.
  • Beneš, Zdeněk; Lexová, Naděžda. Dějiny středověku a prvního století raného novověku. 1. vyd. Praha : Práce, 1994. ISBN 80-208-0316-5.
  • Čapek, Gracová, Jílek, Východská. Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky dějepisu. Plzeň, 2006.
  • Čornej, Petr a kolektiv. Evropa králů a císařů : významní panovníci a vládnoucí dynastie od 5. století do současnosti. 1. vyd. Praha : Železný Ivo, 1997. ISBN 80-237-3511-X.
  • Čornej, Petr. Dějiny evropské civilizace. I.. 3. vyd. Praha ; Paseka, 1999. ISBN 80-7185-216-3.
  • Delouche, Frédéric. Dějiny Evropy. Vyd. 1. [Praha] : Argo, 1995. ISBN 80-85794-70-5.
  • Geiss, Imanuel. Dějiny světa v souvislostech. Vyd. 1. Praha : Ivo Železný, 1999. ISBN 80-240-0453-4.
  • GRACOVÁ, Božena ? LABISCHOVÁ, Denisa. Příručka ke studiu didaktiky dějepisu, Ostrava 2008. ISBN:978-80-7368-584-3..
  • Haywood, John; Barratt, Edward; Catchpole, Brian; Hall, Simon. Encyklopedie historie světa : atlas světových dějin. Praha : Columbus, 1997. ISBN 80-85928-81-7.
  • Heer, Friedrich. Evropské duchovní dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2000. ISBN 80-7021-333-7.
  • Huizinga, Johan. Podzim středověku. Vyd. 1. Jinočany : H&H, 1999. ISBN 80-86022-26-9.
  • Johnson, Paul. Dějiny křesťanství. 1. vyd. Brno : CDK, 1999. ISBN 80-85959-41-0.
  • JULÍNEK, Stanislav a kol. Základy oborové didaktiky dějepisu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004. 275 s. ISBN 80-210-3495-5..
  • Kumpera, J. skripta Historia Mundi III.
  • Le Goff, Jacques. Kultura středověké Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha : Odeon, 1991. ISBN 80-207-0206-7.
  • Matthew, D. Svět středověké Evropy. Praha, 1996.
  • PANDEL Hans-Jürgen. Geschichtsdidaktik. Eine Theorie für die Praxis. Schwalbach, 2013. ISBN 978-3-89974670-9.
  • PANDEL Hans-Jürgen. Historisches Erzählen. Narrativität im Geschichtssunterricht. Schwalbach, 2010. ISBN 978-3-89974532-0..
  • PARKAN, František. Didaktika dějepisu. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 2014. 59 s. ISBN 978-80-7290-644-4..
  • Teichová, Alice. Dějiny středověku. II. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1968.
  • TIMMINS, Geoffrey, VERNON, Keith a KINEALY, Christine. Teaching and learning history. London: SAGE, 2005. xiv, 250 s. Teaching & learning the humanities in higher education. ISBN 0-7619-4773-6..
  • Východská, H. Dějepis hrou. Plzeň, 2008.


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