Course: Fundamentals of diagnostics and assessment in special education

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Course title Fundamentals of diagnostics and assessment in special education
Course code KPG/SGD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Škodová Helena, Mgr.
  • Pavlík Robert, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of diagnostics and specially pedagogical diagnostics, 2. Historical aspects of human diagnosis, 3. The subject of pedagogical, specially pedagogical and psychological diagnostics, the aim of diagnosis, 4. Concept of diagnosis, classification of diagnostic methods of clinical and test method., 5. Diagnostics process, stages of the diagnostic procedure, 6. Diagnostic methods, 7. Clinical methods qualitative diagnostics, 8. Test methods for quantitative diagnosis (measurement in diagnosis), 9. Diagnostic outputs and their transfer into practice, 10. Specificities of the diagnosis of individual age periods, 11. Specifics of the diagnosis of individuals with individual types of disability, 12. Ethical aspects of diagnosis, 13. Legal aspects of diagnostics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, Instruction based on dialogue, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to have an overview of elementary knowledge of social psychology, personality psychology, special education and school didactics
to synthetise information from other fields of pedagogy, special education or psychology in order to use it in diagnostics process
Skills
to adapt the communication schemes to individual age categories (using the knowledge from previous courses)
Competences
N/A
N/A
Student is able to categorize and present information obtained in relevant sources.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Student will acquire competences, knowledge and skills in the sphere of pedagogical diagnostics. He/she will be acquianted with individual methods and diagnostic techniques, their contribution and ways of implementation and possibilities of their usage. A student will be able to choose a suitable technique on the basis of the situation, to understand its positives as well as negatives and he/she is able to decide on that basis. A student is able to combine and complement the diagnostic methods in order to increase the validity.
Skills
- tu apply elementary clinical and test diagnostic methods
Competences
N/A
N/A
student is able to present elementary diagnostic methods and describe their use in practice
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Task-based study method
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Discussion
Interactive lecture
Skills
Multimedia supported teaching
Cooperative instruction
Seminar
Competences
Task-based study method
Self-study of literature
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • ČAPEK, Robert. Třídní klima a školní klima.. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2742-4.
  • Davido, Roseline. Kresba jako nástroj poznání dítěte. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-449-4.
  • HRABAL, V. Diagnostika: pedagogickopsychologická diagnostika žáka s úvodem do diagnostické aplikace statistiky.. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0319-5.
  • JANDERKOVÁ, D. Pedagogická diagnostika a vybrané problémy na 1. stupni ZŠ.. Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7496-389-6.
  • KNOTOVÁ, D. Školní poradenství.. Praha, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4502-2.
  • MERTIN, V., KREJČOVÁ, L. a kol. Metody a postupy poznávání žáka. Pedagogická diagnostika. Praha: Wolters-Kluwer, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7552-014-2.
  • Slowík, J. Speciální pedagogika. 2. aktualizované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0095-8.
  • VALENTA, M; KREJČOVÁ. L.; HLEBOVÁ, B. Znevýhodněný žák: deficity dílčích funkcí a oslabení kognitivního výkonu.. Praha, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-0621-9.
  • VALENTA, M. Slovník speciální pedagogiky.. Praha, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0937-9.


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