Course: Psychodidactics 1

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Course title Psychodidactics 1
Course code KPV/PDPD1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 3
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.
  • Bosáková Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: 1. The teacher and his concept of teaching (the role of the teacher in teaching, the professional activities of the teacher, the teacher's competences, the teaching style) 2. Designing teaching 1: The curriculum of primary education (goals and content, psychodidactic aspects of designing the content of education, RVP) 3. Designing teaching 2: The teacher's work with goals, content and teaching resources (specifics of designing teaching at the 1st stage of primary school, didactic transformation of the curriculum, creation of SEP and curricula, individualization of curricula with regard to pupils with special educational needs, preparation of the teacher for the lesson, textbooks) 4. Implementation of teaching: Teaching resources. Organizational forms of teaching at the 1st stage Elementary school (individual teaching and its application in the 1st grade of elementary school, mass teaching and its didactic aspects, group teaching, cooperative teaching, problem-based teaching, individualization and differentiation in teaching, homework issues)

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), Lecture, Practicum
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.
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field.
Prerequisites
General orientation in the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Interview, Presentation of group work, Oral presentation of self-study

Participation in exercises, completion of ongoing assignments, presentations, active participation in discussions on professional topics based on critical analysis of literature, seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • ČÁP, J., MAREŠ, J. Psychologie pro učitele. Praha: PORTÁL, 2001..
  • HELUS, Z. Dítě v osobnostním pojetí. Praha: Portál, 2004..
  • HELUS, Z. Sociální psychologie pro pedagogy. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4674-6.
  • KALHOUS, Z., OBST, O. a kol. (2002). Školní didaktika. Portál, Praha, 450 s.. &, &.
  • MAŇÁK, J., JANÍK T., ŠVEC, V. Kurikulum v současné škole. Brno: Paido, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7315-175-1.


Study plans that include the course
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