Course: Personality Development Training

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Course title Personality Development Training
Course code KPP/KSRP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
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)
  • Nišponská Magda, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Thematic areas: 1. Deeper understanding of other people's experiences, understanding the causes of their emotional experiences, their intentionality, the ability to listen empathically, mirror and support another person, the ability to cooperate. 2. A deeper understanding of oneself, one's own experiences, increasing the ability to self-reflectobserving one's own experiences with distance, the ability to calm oneself in difficult and stressful situations, sharing one's own opinions and attitudes authentically and sensitively. 3. Developing positive virtues that enable you to maintain quality and satisfying relationships (acceptance, gratitude, lovingness). 4. Awareness of healthy boundaries (both your own and those of others), healthy self-assertion and assertiveness, respect for differences, the art of saying no, reflection on a healthy degree of personal responsibility for the consequences of your own actions, thoughts, and feelings. 5. Resilience - reflection on one's own coping with difficult life situations. Practicing positive coping strategies. The demands of the teaching profession in difficult life situations - a professional and humane approach in stressful situations in which pupils and students find themselves. 6. Reflection on one's approach to and care for one's own mental health, the consequences of an unbalanced lifestyle (between rest and activity, time management, unhealthy diet, lack of sleep) on mental well-being and growth. 7. Spirituality - the importance of spiritual transcendence in the life of a student. The course is designed as a self-experiential, non-therapeutic training program in which students have the opportunity to practice reflection and self-reflection through dramatization in model situations using the principles of mentalizing communication developed for the needs of teachers and educators. After completing the course, students will be able to better reflect on their own experiences, including their strengths and weaknesses in the area of personal and social competencies relevant to educators, thanks to their deepened self-awareness. They will be able to set realistic goals for their own growth and achieve them for the benefit and flourishing of their personal and professional interpersonal relationships.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Active metods (simulation, situational contingency methods, drama,acting, namagerial acting ), Practicum
  • Preparation for credit - 38 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 44 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this practically oriented course is to support the personal development (growth) of students according to the principles of a humanistic, "student-centered approach." This involves personal growth in the following areas.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Oral colloquium
Recommended literature
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Pozitivní psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0978-2.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie zdraví.. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-568-4.
  • SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena. Průvodce pozitivní psychologií :nové přístupy, aktuální poznatky, praktické aplikace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2012. 304 s. ISBN 9788024735078..
  • ŠVAMBERK ŠAUEROVÁ, M. Techniky osobnostního rozvoje a duševní hygieny učitele. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0470-3.


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