Course: Educational Psychology

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Course title Educational Psychology
Course code KPS/PE1PS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Malá Dagmar, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Fišerová Petra, PhDr. et PaedDr. Ph.D.
  • Hovorová Markéta, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Pedagogical psychology and its tasks, subject and methods of research, development of the field, relation to other sciences. 2. Learning as a basic category of pedagogical psychology. Meaningful learning in the school context. Learning theories. 3. Types of learning. Learning laws and their practical application. 4. Self-regulation of learning. Learning styles of pupils. The way to pupil autonomy. 5. Learning to solve problems. Psychological aspects of the development of metacognition and pupils' creativity. 6. Motivation of pupils in the process of learning and teaching. 7. Psychological aspects of pupil assessment and work with error. 8. Personality of the pupil and his / her self-concept. Schooling, school success, school failure. Causes of misfortune. 9. Recognition of pupils by a teacher. Pupils with specific educational needs. Activities of the school counseling center at primary schools. School and family cooperation. 10. Specifics of gifted children and their development. Gifted models. Identification of Gifted. 11. Teaching profession. The personality of the teacher and his competence. Development of pedagogical and social-psychological skills. 12. School class as a social group. Climate of the school class. Climate of the school. Climate influence. 13. Psychology of pupil education. Handling school load. Psychological aspects of education of problem children.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Fundamental orientation in psychological terminology of general, developmental and social psychology .
Skills
correct use of professional terminology,
use the rules for good pedagogical communication
work with pupils with special educational needs
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to analyze the basic concepts of educational psychology to evaluate the effectiveness of learning to design different teaching concepts to take an assessment of the climate in the classroom to take an evaluation opinion on social interaction teacher pupil, pupil-pupil
Skills
to develop desirable learning styles to motivate a pupil to a creative approach to problem solving to work with an unsuccessful student to diagnose pupils with special educational needs
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Seminar
Students' portfolio
Competences
Cooperative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Skills
Test
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • BERTRAND, Y. Soudobé teorie vzdělávání. Praha : Portál, 1998. ISBN 80-7178-216-5.
  • Fisher, Robert. Učíme děti myslet a učit se : praktický průvodce strategiemi vyučování. Vyd. 3. Praha : Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0043-7.
  • FONTANA, D. Psychologie ve školní praxi: příručka pro učitele. Praha:Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0741-2.
  • Gordon, Thomas. Výchova bez poražených : řešení konfliktů mezi rodiči a dětmi. Vydání první. 2012. ISBN 978-80-87580-06-6.
  • Hrabal, Vladimír; Pavelková, Isabella. Jaký jsem učitel. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-755-8.
  • Jedlička, Richard; Koťa, Jaroslav,; Slavík, Jan. Pedagogická psychologie pro učitele : psychologie ve výchově a vzdělávání. Vydání 1. 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0586-1.
  • Mareš, Jiří. Pedagogická psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0174-8.
  • Paul A. Kirschner, Carl Hendrick. How learning happens: Seminal works in educational psychology and what they mean in practice. London, 2020.
  • Šeďová, Klára; Švaříček, Roman,; Šalamounová, Zuzana. Komunikace ve školní třídě. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0085-7.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Psychologie školního dítěte. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 1997. ISBN 80-7184-487-X.


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