Educational activities

The Department of Educational Sciences offers university education in four fields.

• The first one is Education, a program offered at the Bachelor’s level (day studies as well as combined studies), at the Master’s level (day studies) and at the Doctoral level (both day and combined studies). The program can be studied as a single specialization or in combination with a number of specializations offered at the Faculty of Arts but also other faculties of Masaryk University. The aim is to train experts for education and upbringing ready to take up pedagogical work involving people of all age categories.
• Social Education and Counselling is a field which can be studied at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level (single-subject specialization, day studies). The aim of the program is to train experts not only for social services and counselling but also education.
• Within the field of Educational Sciences, a Master’s Teaching Degree in Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Pedagogy can be studied in the program Secondary School Teaching. The aim is to train teachers of Pedagogy qualified to teach this subject in secondary schools in the Czech Republic.
• Andragogy is offered as a single-subject specialization in both day studies and combined studies, at the Master’s level only. The aim is to form graduates with expertise and conceptual skills for adult education.

The educational activities of the Department also include teaching pedagogical and didactic disciplines for students studying in teaching programs at the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, and supplementary pedagogical training for teachers from the field. The Department also provides, within lifelong learning programs, a pre-study one-year course in Pedagogy and Social Pedagogy and Counselling; a course for leaders in education and qualification training in Counselling for Schools.

Head of the Department