English Studies

G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S
choices, orientations and systems. The student improves skills in the logical
analysis.
Prerequisites Competences and skills acquired upon the completion of the first year
graduate study programme (teacher education). Prerequisites defined by the
Faculty Statute.
Course contents
Recommended
reading
The course covers the following units: (a) the relations between contemporary
philosophy and educational theory, (b) anthropological basis of education and the
idea of natural development in contemporary philosophy of education, Unit (a)
covers main schools in contemporary philosophy, and reveals how the
understanding of basic notions («man», «language», «and knowledge») shapes
contemporary educational theories. Topic (a) comprises four thematic circles. The
first covers «phenomenological» orientation in philosophy (historicism,
existentialism, hermeneutics) and hermeneutical orientation in educational theory.
The second thematic circle covers «analytical» schools in philosophy (neopositivism,
critical rationalism) and empirical orientation in the educational theory.
The third thematic circle covers critical theory and critical orientation in educational
theory. The fourth thematic block examines roots of post-modern philosophy
(psychoanalysis, structuralism), and discusses the reception of post-modern
philosophy in educational theory. Unit (b) gives short introduction to educational
anthropology covering: anthropological basis of education and educational import
of the notion of natural development.
Student must read (a) one introductory text in philosophy, (b) one text discussing
relations between philosophy and educational theory, (c) one original text
pertaining to philosophy of education and, if the student has no prior education in
informal logic, (d) one introductory text in informal logic.
(a) Introduction to philosophy
Anzenbacher, A. (1992). Filozofija: uvod u filozofiju. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
Warburton, N. (1999). Filozofija: osnove. Zagreb: Kruzak.
(b) Correlation between philosophy and education science
Gudjons, H. (1994). Pedagogija: temeljna znanja. Zagreb: Educa.
König, E. i Zedler, P. (2001). Teorije znanosti o odgoju. Zagreb:
Educa.
Lenzen, D. (2002). Vodič za studij znanosti o odgoju - što može, što
želi. Zagreb: Educa.
(c) Research in the philosophy of education
Bereiter, C. (2002). Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age.
Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bruner, J. (2000). Kultura obrazovanja. Zagreb: Educa.
Čehok, I. (Ed.). (1997). Filozofija odgoja: izbor tekstova hrvatskih
pisaca. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
(d) Basics of logic and logic in education
Kovač, S. (2004). Logika. Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada.
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