FC2710 Methodology of Physics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/4/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Miléř, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Válek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FC2701 Mechanics & Molecular Physics
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
The educational objectives of the course are basic knowledge and understanding of all basic areas of physics didactics; basic reproductive skills of didactic transformation of physics knowledge with the ability to work with educational objectives and educational technology; didactic analysis of all topics of basic physics using current textbooks. Emphasis is placed, among others, on motivational teaching techniques.
Knowledge: basic knowledge of curriculum analysis, motivational techniques, types of physics problems and school experiments.
Skills: Didactically analyze and transform physics education content, plan and implement instruction.
Attitudes: Reflection and self-evaluation in the teacher's activity, learning individual approaches to students.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the Participant should know and be able to:
- understand the definition of physics didactics as a discipline that integrates knowledge from physics, pedagogy and educational psychology,
- implement the basic stages of didactic transformation of physics content,
- analyze didactically all thematic units of elementary school physics using current textbooks,
- to implement the didactic transformation of physics contents of primary school physics,
- to accept physics didactics as a key discipline in the professional training of physics teachers.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of lectures (in blocks):
  • 1. Introduction - the role of physics didactics in physics teacher education; Physics education; Educational objectives in physics; Educational content in physics
  • 2. Educational technology in physics; Physical experiments in physics; Physical tasks in physics; Physics textbooks
  • 3. ICT in physics; Diagnostics and classification in physics; Teaching physics; Current issues in physics education
  • 4. Kinematics; Dynamics
  • 5. Energy and Work
  • 6. Solid mechanics; Fluid and gas mechanics
  • 7. Static force fields
  • 8. Structure and properties of matter; Thermodynamics
  • 9. Electric current; Magnetism and electromagnetism
  • 10. Optics
  • 11. Acoustics
  • 12. Astronomy
Literature
    required literature
  • JANÁS, Josef and Josef TRNA. Konkrétní didaktika fyziky. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 93 s. ISBN 9788021054745. info
  • JANÁS, Josef and Josef TRNA. Konkrétní didaktika fyziky. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 93 s. ISBN 80-210-3624-9. info
  • MECHLOVÁ, Erika. Didaktika fyziky. 1.vyd. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta, 1983, 260 s. info
    recommended literature
  • JANÁS, Josef. Kapitoly z didaktiky fyziky (Chapters from the methodology of physics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1996. ISBN 80-210-1334-6. info
  • KAŠPAR, Emil. Didaktika fyziky : obecné otázky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 355 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture and exercise/seminar
Assessment methods
Active participation at seminars. Individual project (processing of 3 presentations on the topics: motivation, tasks, experiments). Presentation of a methodological analysis of the topic. The examination consists of written (limit 60 %) and spoken part. Designing a didactic test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
For students on a foreign placement (ERASMUS, etc.): Course requirements will be individually set in the context of the courses taken during the foreign placement and in accordance with the objectives and learning outcomes of the study programme.
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