Course: Cross-curricular themes

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Course title Cross-curricular themes
Course code KPV/KVPTE
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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. Cross-cutting themes as an integral part of the curriculum (meaning and concept of cross-cutting themes in primary education, goals and content of cross-cutting themes in the RVP ZV, formative function of cross-cutting themes in primary education, relationship of cross-cutting themes to educational areas). 2. Forms of implementation of cross-cutting themes into school educational programs (cross-cutting theme as an integrative part of the educational content of teaching subjects, as a separate subject, project, etc.). 3. Expected outcomes and educational content of cross-cutting themes in primary education. 4. Methods and forms of cross-cutting themes at the 1st level of primary school (specifics of teaching cross-cutting themes at the 1st level of primary school, methods of receptive and productive activities within cross-cutting themes at the 1st level of primary school). 5. Methods and forms of cross-cutting themes at the 1st level of primary school (cross-cutting themes and key competencies).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Project teaching, Practicum
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire knowledge of the aims and content of cross-curricular themes and will make sense of the inclusion of cross-curricular themes in primary education. They will acquaint themselves with various variants of the didactic rendering of the cross-curricular themes in the curriculum of the primary school and will consolidate the competencies for their realization at the primary schools. In seminars they will try to design the content of cross-curricular themes in School Educational Program and in the curriculum of primary school. Practical seminars will also include preparation, implementation and reflection of examples of teaching activities for selected thematic areas of individual cross-curricular themes.
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field.
Prerequisites
General orientation in the subject.

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

Participation in exercises, completion of ongoing assignments, presentations, active participation in discussions on professional topics based on critical analysis of literature, seminar paper, test.
Recommended literature
  • MAŇÁK, J., JANÍK T., ŠVEC, V. Kurikulum v současné škole. Brno: Paido, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7315-175-1.
  • NELEŠOVSKÁ, A., SPÁČILOVÁ, H. Didaktika primární školy. . Olomouc, 2005. ISBN 80-244-1236-5.
  • STAŇKOVÁ, B., KOSINA, M., STRCULOVÁ, V. Výchova demokratického občana: praktické náměty na průřezová témata ve výuce na 1. stupni ZŠ. Praha: Raabe, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7496-095-6.
  • STRCULOVÁ, V., MACHATÝ, R.. Environmentální výchova: praktické náměty pro výuku na 1. stupni ZŠ.. Praha: Raabe, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86307-76-3.


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