Course: Reflection and research in art and audiovisual education for primary schools

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Course title Reflection and research in art and audiovisual education for primary schools
Course code KVK/RVZŠ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Heringová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šedivá Vladislava, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kovář Ivo, Prof. Dr.
Course content
1. Teaching in the context of the curriculum and its division into situations. Reflection on teaching and the mental picture of teaching. Didactic case study of teaching in art and audiovisual education with a focus on primary school 2. Professional judgment about teaching vs. lay judgment about teaching. Theoretical conclusiveness and empirical adherence of judgments about teaching 3. Conceptual analysis of content transformations in teaching as a tool for analytical reflection and for research on teaching in and audiovisual art education at primary school 4. The relationship between teaching reflection and teaching research. Concepts of reflective practice in relation to action or evaluation research. Research as a link between theory and practice of teaching in and audiovisual art education at primary school. 5. Qualitative and quantitative research design. Mixed research. 6. Curriculum in relation to research on teaching in primary school. Credibility and transferability (of qualitative research) or validity and reliability (of quantitative research) with respect to curriculum in art and audiovisual education in primary school. 7. Comparative curriculum research as a source of knowledge about pedagogically and didactically key aspects of the learning environment in art and audiovisual education in primary school 8. Relationships between theory in the field and empirical research. Issues of facts in research and the determination of the occurrence of the phenomena under study. Research methodology, implications for the quality of research in art and audiovisual education in primary schools. 9. Research planning. Elaboration of the current state of knowledge. Selection of the target field of research. Determination of research objectives, research subject and research problems or questions. Selection of the research sample; random selection, purposive sampling. 10. Organization of the research and its procedure with a focus on primary school. Research design. Research field: place, time, persons. 11. Recording the research progress and processing the findings. Technological support for recording and processing research data or data in art and audiovisual education in primary school. 12. Use of research results and publication of research findings. Recipients of research findings. 13. Research ethics in art and audiovisual education. The research team as a working community

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 26 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain the relationship between theoretical concepts and the interpretation of learning situations.
Skills
to reflect an instruction analytically with a focus on key or critical situations;
to structure her/his experience of teaching and her/his thought image through professional concepts;
to apply prerequisites for pre-and post-structured reflection of teaching.
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain all the required terms for reflection of teaching analytically with a focus on key or critical learning situations;
to explain knowledge for structuring the mental picture of teaching;
to explain the concepts of reflection and research in the context of art education;
to objasnit deeply of the context between theoretical concepts and the interpretation of learning situations.
Skills
to reflect teaching and learning analytically with adequate use of professional concepts and focusing on key or critical situations;
to structure own experience of teaching and its mental image through professional concepts in order to analyze, evaluate and justify its professional judgments or judgments in an empirically relevant and theoretical way;
on the basis of a structured reflection of the lesson, create the material for educational research and a reasoned assessment of teaching.
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture
Lecture with a video analysis
Textual studies
Task-based study method
Discussion
Skills
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
Cooperative instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Group presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills
Oral exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Group presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Brücknerová, Karla. Skici ze současné estetické výchovy. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2011. ISBN 978-80-210-5616-9.
  • DEHART, J., HASH, P. Arts-Based Research Across Visual Media in Education. Routledge, 2023. ISBN 9781032279183.
  • IRWIN, Rita L., LASCZIK, Alexandra, SINNER, Anita & TRIGGS, Valerie. A/r/tography. Essential Readings and Conversations. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2024. ISBN 9781789387995.
  • POSPÍŠIL, A. ŘEPA, K. a P. ŠOBÁŇOVÁ, P. Kvalita ve výtvarné výchově. Olomouc: Česká sekce INSEA, 2019. ISBN 978-80-904268-7-0.
  • SLAVÍK, J. et al. Reflexe a hodnocení kvality výuky. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2020. ISBN 978-80-261-0920-4.
  • Švaříček, Roman; Šeďová, Klára. Kvalitativní výzkum v pedagogických vědách. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-313-0.
  • Uhl Skřivanová, Věra. Pojetí vzdělávacích cílů v ČR a Německu aneb umělecko-pedagogická interpretace kurikulárních dokumentů českých a bavorských gymnázií. Brno: Paido, 2011.


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