Course: Psychodidactics 1

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Course title Psychodidactics 1
Course code KPP/PD1-Z
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jursová Jitka, PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Psychodidactics as a key pedagogical discipline (subject, position and relations to pedagogy and psychology, basic problems, aspects of teaching, teaching as a system and process). 2. Determinants of real learning (definition, categorization). 3. School and pupil in primary education (the school as a specific organization, the meaning and function of primary education, the specifics of primary education, the pupil's concept and its developmental peculiarities, learning styles, social aspects of teaching, class as a socialization environment, group dynamics). 4. Teacher of primary school (primary school teacher personality, authority, competencies, teaching styles, pedagogical interaction, problems of teacher's profession, school and family). 5. Curriculum of primary education (objectives and content, socio-historical determination of the content of primary education, psychodidactic aspects of conceiving the content of education, current reform of education, specifics of primary school subjects, textbooks).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 12 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 12 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students to psychodidactics as an interdisciplinary theory, which takes into account didactic, pedagogical-psychological and social-psychological aspects in teaching analysis. In this complex concept, students are introduced to the specifics of primary education.
Student will be able: 1. to understand the basic concepts of psychodidactics 2. to apply acquired knowledge and skills from psychodidactics in the educational process
Prerequisites
The student has basic knowledge of primary pedagogy and pedagogical psychology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral presentation of self-study, Written assignment, Test

Participation in seminars, performance of tasks, presentation, active participation in discussions on specialized topics based on critical analysis of literature, seminar paper, test.
Recommended literature
  • Rámcový vzdělávací program pro základní vzdělávání. Praha: MŠMT.
  • BACHE, Ch. M. Živá třída: vyučování a kolektivní vědomí. Praha: Carpe Momentum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-905334-2-4.
  • ČÁP, J., MAREŠ, J. Psychologie pro učitele. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-273-7.
  • FONTANA, D., BALCAR. Psychologie ve školní praxi. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-626-8.
  • Helus, Z. Dítě v osobnostním pojetí. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-628-5.
  • HELUS, Z. Sociální psychologie pro pedagogy. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4674-6.
  • MAŇÁK, J., ŠVEC, V., JANÍK, T. O vzdělávání, o učitelství a tak trochu i o pedagogice: rozhovory na průsečíku tří generací. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017. ISBN 978-80-210-8495-7.
  • NELEŠOVSKÁ, A., SPÁČILOVÁ, H. Didaktika primární školy. . Olomouc, 2005. ISBN 80-244-1236-5.
  • OBST, O. Obecná didaktika. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2017. ISBN 978-80-244-5141-1.
  • ŠEĎOVÁ, K., ŠVAŘÍČEK, R., SEDLÁČEK, M., ŠALAMOUNOVÁ, Z. Jak se učitelé učí: cestou profesního rozvoje k dialogickému vyučování. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8462-9.


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