FF:PGK42B86 Pedagogy of Pre-school age - Course Information

PGK42B86 Pedagogy of Pre-school age

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Milada Rabušicová, Dr. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Education (programme FF, B-PD)

Course objectives

The course deals with a pre-school child’s family socialization, for the role of family and family education in the period from birth to school-age is very important. It presents a survey of main theories and approaches of Pre-School Pedagogy (Fröbel, Montessori, Piaget) and their realizations in contemporary pre-school institutions. Discussions about the position of an institutional pre-school care in the education of children up to six years of age are a part of the course, as well as issues of school maturity and cooperation of kindergartens with schools, and kindergartens with families. Visits to selected kindergartens or nurseries represent a practical experience that supplements the course. Students are introduced into Preschool Pedagogy as an important branch of pedagogy. They have an opportunity to assess an up-to-date state of preschool education and care in the Czech Republic based on their analysis of a chosen preschool institution.

Syllabus

• 1. Topics outline, literature, seminar papers assignment, introduction of OMEP (World Organisation For Early Childhood Education) and other organizations dealing with preschool education. 2. Developmental pedagogy: 0-3 (various areas of development according to age) 3. Developmental pedagogy: 4-6 (various areas of development according to age) 4. Cognitive development and preschool children’s learning in classical theories (Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky) 5. Contemporary views of preschool children’s learning and development and realization (Gardner, examples) 6. Importance of games for cognitive, emotional and social development and speech development, support from the adults, preschool children’s toys. 7. Beginnings of institutional preschool care (Svoboda, Froebel), development in 20C in our country. 8. Contemporary situation of preschool children’s institutions in our country, institutional and (against) family care of preschool child in the present and possible solutions of the relationship. 9. Current topics in preschool pedagogy (based on OECD’s international research of preschool education). 10. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions. 11. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions. 12. Presentation of seminar theses – controversial issues of preschool pedagogy: foreign language teaching, sexual education, media education, preparation for school education and others.

Literature

• ABC rodinné výchovy 1. Dítě předškolního věku. SPN, Praha 1969. Andersonov, Fischgrundov, Lobascherov: Dobrý start do školy. Portál, Praha 1993. Dostál, A. M., Opravilová, E.: Úvod do předškolní pedagogiky. SPN, Praha 1985. Early Childhood Education. An

Teaching methods

Lecture and seminar

Assessment methods

Seminar thesis presentation

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.

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