UZB001 Psychology for teachers I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeněk Stránský (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Mojmír Svoboda, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Mon 7:30–10:45 C33
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UZB001/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
UZB001/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 260 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/260, only registered: 0/260, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/260
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Psychology for teachers: Course offers theoretical as well as practical knowledge, methods for effective teaching to students, extending their qualification as certified teachers on primary and secondary schools. Tips to solve various educational problems will be presented. The course aims to expand understanding of pupils and also to oneself, to improve communication skills a to support chances of healthy co-operation of pupils as well as their teachers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychology among sciences. Psychology as a human science. Different kinds of psychology - general, specific and applied sciences. Psychology in education.
  • 2. Research method in psychology Observation, experiment, interview, survey, anamnesis, test, sociometry.
  • 3. Concepts and terms in psychology – mind, consciousness, unconsciousness, experience, behavior, action, personality etc.
  • 4. Personality - concept and structure.
  • 5. Psychological development. Environmental influences. Self-education.
  • 6. Various ontogenetic stages. (Prenatal stage, newborn stage, infant stage, early childhood, pre-school age, school age, pubescence, adolescence, young-adults, middle-adults, mature-adults and old-age.)
  • 7. Learning. Classification. Learning process. Learning curve. Intervening variables. Learning methods. Successful and unsuccessful students. Definition, classification and diagnosis of learning styles. Laws of learning. Autoregulation.
  • 8. Imagination and creativity. Definition. Development of creativity. The creative process and its components. Creative process in school. Intellectually gifted children.
  • 9. Unsuccessful students General aspects influencing the educational success. Causes of school failure. Typical and non-typical unsuccessful student. Educational and psychological intervention.
Literature
  • Psychologie výchovy a vyučování. Edited by Jan Čáp. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova - Vydavatelství Karolinum, 1993, 413 s. ISBN 80-7066-534-3. info
  • ČÁP, Jan and Jiří [pedagog] MAREŠ. Psychologie pro učitele [Čáp, 2001]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 655 s. ISBN 80-7178-463-X. info
  • ĎURIČ, Ladislav and Jozef ŠTEFANOVIČ. Psychológia pre učitel'ov. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1977, 592 s. info
  • DRLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Učitelská psychológia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1992, 374 s. ISBN 8008004339. info
  • FONTANA, David. Psychologie ve školní praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1997, 383 s. ISBN 80-7178-063-4. info
  • ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1998, 268 pp. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Školní poradenská psychologie pro pedagogy. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 430 s. ISBN 8024610744. info
Assessment methods
Lectures and seminars. Admission conditions: 80% seminar attendance. The course is closed by the written test. Type of completion: credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 1. skup. (Po 7,30-9,05 - posl. č. C33) - počet zapsatelných studentů:130, 2. skup. (Po 9,10 -10,45 - posl. C33): počet zapsatelných studentů: 130
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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