Course: Fundamentals of Visual Culture for BSPL Teachers

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Course title Fundamentals of Visual Culture for BSPL Teachers
Course code KVK/HEVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Kovaříková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kirschenmann-Tenter Johannes, Prof. Dr.
  • Šurkalová Martina
  • Slavík Jan, Doc. PaedDr. CSc.
  • Komzáková Martina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Horáková Tereza, Mgr.
  • Bláha Jaroslav, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.Introduction into hermeneutics within the context of art and education - basic terminology. Hermeneutics as science and the art of interpretation. Artistic work - the subject of interpretation, author, interpreter. Distiguishing better and worse interpretation as a reasoning principle. The contents, importance. Hermeneutic circle. Gadamer's hermeneutic identity of work. 2."Intrinsic word" (Augustin) and foreign meaning. Expression and interpretation. Understanding and communication, comprehensibility within the context of art. Prophet (divine madness, prophecy) and interpreter - Platon's hermeneutics of hermeneutics. . 3.Comprehensibility on its own (effective expression) and the issue of innate neccessity of interpretation. Critical method - verification of the intent meant. Chladenius' didactical and philosophical hermeneutics as overcoming the insufficiency of understanding. Meier's universal (semiotic) hermeneutics. 4.Subjectivity - post Kant transition from the Englightement to Romanticism. Romantic hermeneutics as the art of understanding - Dilthey's hermeneutics method as the alternative to the logical and deductive method. 5.Heidegger's hermeneutic ontology - On the origin of the artistic work - hermeneutics as self-clarification of individual attainment. ' Being with the art' from the time perspective. 6.The aesthetical or artistic experience - gate to the interpretation of works and question marks posed during the interpretation at the present times and in history. Beauty - understanding of the terms of beauty and artistic values by Gadamer and Eco - hermeneutic experience of art. 7.Hermeneutic understanding of experience - perforation of the horizon of experience and understanding as basic forms of experience (Schulz and "lebenswelt"). Ricoeur's hermeneutics of symbols, expressions for fantasies. 8.Phenomenological approach to the interpretation of artistic work. Merleau Ponty and reflexive conversion. Interpretation within the subjective context and objective aesthetics of R Ingarden.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Textual studies, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
no specific prerequisites are required;
Skills
no specific prerequisites are required;
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to interpret and apply the basic theory of hermeneutic and subject terminology to describe the form and content of artistic expression ;
to interpret and justify the theory of key hermeneutic concepts, laws and relations between them;
Skills
to apply theoretical knowledge to a hermeneutically interpreted interpretation of specific artistic expressions ;
to apply technical terms, resp. criteria used in the analysis, interpretation, interpretation, reasoning and evaluation of artistic expressions, not only artistic ones;
to present, justify and defend in the reflective dialogue in the group their interpretations and discuss their alternatives in order to find better variants of interpretation;
describe and justify the connections between the creative side of their artistic activity, their conception of artistic expressions and their interpretations of artistic expressions;
to describe and justify the differences and connections between hermeneutic interpretation and other influential approaches to interpretation (art criticism, art history).
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Interactive lecture
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills demonstration
Task-based study method
Individual study
Seminar
Practicum
Competences
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Written exam
Oral exam
Continuous assessment
Skills
Seminar work
Portfolio
Individual presentation at a seminar
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Practical exam
Self-evaluation
Competences
Continuous assessment
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Eco, Umberto. Meze interpretace. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0740-9.
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Aktualita krásného : umenie ako hra, symbol a slávnosť. [1. vyd.]. Bratislava : Archa, 1995. ISBN 80-7115-075-9.
  • Grondin, Jean. Úvod do hermeneutiky. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-43-7.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (19) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (18) Category: Physical education and sport 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music in Education (18) Category: Art and applied art 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music in Education (17) Category: Art and applied art 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music in Education (19) Category: Art and applied art 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (18) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (17) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (19) Category: Physical education and sport 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer