Inequality in Education - OEBXO2410Z

• Anglický název: Inequality in Education
• Zajišťuje: Katedra občanské výchovy a filosofie (41-KOVF)
• Fakulta: Pedagogická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2025
• Semestr: oba
• E-Kredity: 3
• Rozsah, examinace: 0/1, KZ [HT]
• Počet míst: zimní:neurčen / 10 (15); letní:neurčen / neurčen (15)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: povolen pro zápis po webu; předmět lze zapsat v ZS i LS
• Garant: Mgr. Zuzana Terry, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Mgr. Zuzana Terry, Ph.D.

Anotace

The course explores reasons for unequal access to educational opportunities and outcomes based on a variety of social and cultural factors, such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, different kinds of handicaps and others. The course will give you a greater understanding of inequalities in education and make you more sensitive to these situations. You will be able to understand the system’s patterns in education. You will be able to recognise the influence of social factors in education that contribute to inequalities. This will help you to understand the broader context of the need for well-being in schools. The course is open to all students from different fields and requires no previous knowledge of social studies, anthropology or social inequality.

Poslední úprava: Terry Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (09.09.2025)

Cíl předmětu

The aim of the course is to acquire the skills of analysing systemic patterns of inequality and recognising their effects on educational opportunities and outcomes. The course also fosters sensitivity to these issues and highlights the importance of supporting well-being in schools.

Poslední úprava: Terry Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (09.09.2025)

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Minimum attendance 70%

Activity in class

Reading

Final essay about a chosen aspect of social inequality or any education system in the world, and its advantages and disadvantages, with the use of texts used in the seminar.

Poslední úprava: Terry Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (09.09.2025)

Literatura

Bourdieu, P. (2018). Cultural reproduction and social reproduction. In Knowledge, education, and cultural change (pp. 71-112). Routledge.

da Conceição Rego, M., Vieira, C., & Vieira, I. (2019). Educational Choices, Family Background, and Social Mobility: Education and Social Mobility. In Global Campaigning Initiatives for Socio-Economic Development (pp. 128-146). IGI Global.

Langhout, R. D., & Mitchell, C. A. (2008). Engaging contexts: Drawing the link between student and teacher experiences of the hidden curriculum. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 18(6), 593-614.

Straková, J. (2015). Strong vocational education–a safe way to the labour market? A case study of the Czech Republic. Educational Research, 57(2), 168-181.

Wentzel, K. R. (1991). Relations between social competence and academic achievement in early adolescence. Child development, 62(5), 1066-1078.

Willis, P. E. (1977). Learning to labour: how working class kids get working class jobs. ASHGATE.

Wright, E. O. (1979). Class structure and income determination (Vol. 2). New York: Academic Press.

Poslední úprava: Terry Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (09.09.2025)

Studijní opory

Please connect to Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=18928

Poslední úprava: Terry Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (22.02.2026)