SZ1030a Educational Psychology Seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Bucková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main ohjectives can be summarized as follows:
to elaborate topics from educational psychology lectures;
to analyze simple problems of student and teachers in education (individual projects, papers);
to understand basic terms and theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Educational psychology as a science.
  • 2. Learning (types of learning, contemporary concepts and theories).
  • 3. Learning - classical theories (history of learning experiments and research paradigms).
  • 4. Learning and motivation (aspiration, feedback, transfer etc.).
  • 5. Learning and cognitive abilities.
  • 6. Learning in the school practice.
  • 7. Academic achievment.
  • 8. Parenting, parentig styles. Beavioural problems.
  • 9. Student in the educational environment. Teacher in the educational environment.
  • 10. Educational goals and current educational reform in the (educational) psychology perspective.
Literature
  • Ebrary Education etc. http://www.ped.muni.cz/wlib/
  • Handbook of educational psychology. Edited by Patricia A. Alexander - Philip H. Winne. 2nd ed. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006, xx, 1055. ISBN 0805859713. info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. and Wendy M. WILLIAMS. Educational psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002, xxiii, 616. ISBN 0321011848. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, individual projects, homeworks, reading, seminar papers
Assessment methods
seminar paper, credit - written test (70% minimum)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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