Course: Development of creativity of pupils

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Course title Development of creativity of pupils
Course code KPP/RTZPE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotová Jitka, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Jursová Jitka, PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Educational programs in terms of the creativity of teachers and pupils. Creativity in direct and indirect teaching. Creativity as a set of dispositions. Features of creativity. Developing creativity in acquiring knowledge and skills. Work with thought processes and concepts - thought-based operations (analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, analogy, etc.) and examples of their use in teaching and problem solving. Methods developing creativity in teaching - discussion, heuristic, situational, staging, didactic games. Creativity and the problem of reduction in teaching. Reduction as a method.

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), Active metods (simulation, situational contingency methods, drama,acting, namagerial acting ), Students' portfolio
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 108 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course acquaints students with theories of creativity and develops pedagogical creativity of students.
Student will be able: to understand the role of creativity in teaching to apply methods to develop creativity in the educational process
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of general pedagogy, didactics and psychology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Oral presentation of self-study, Written assignment

Active participation in seminars. Create a creative teaching unit project that will be presented at a seminar.
Recommended literature
  • FISCHER, R. Učíme děti myslet a učit se. Praha : Portál, 1997..
  • HORÁK, J. Tvořivost ve vyučování. Liberec : TU, 2009..
  • LOKŠOVÁ, I.; LOKŠA, J. Tvořivé vyučování. Praha : Grada, 2003..
  • MAREŠ, J. Styly učení žáků a studentů. Praha : Portál, 1998..
  • PAŘÍZEK, V. Jak naučit žáky myslet. Praha, SPN : 2000..


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