SZ1032a Psychology in school - seminar

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Bucková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SZ1032a/01: each odd Wednesday 13:00–13:45 učebna 34, M. Bucková, J. Krása, J. Mareš
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 in education and teaching practice lectures; to learn the history, current theories and methods of educational psychology in education and teaching practice; to analyze simple problems of student and teachers in education (individual projects, papers); make deductions based on acquired knowledge; to understand basic terms and theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to psychology in education and teaching practice.
  • 2. History of psychology in education and teaching practice.
  • 3. Current theoretical approaches and trends - eduacational psychology in education and teaching practice.
  • 4. Psychological methods in school practice (individual and group evaluation and assesment).
  • 5. Psychological research and education and teaching practice.
  • 6. Learning. Types. Theories. Overlearning. Transfer and interference.
  • 7. Results of learning (knowledge, skills and routines; competencies).
  • 8. Teaching practice from the psychological perspective.
  • 9. Academic achievment and failure.
  • 10. Examination, assesment and testing of students.
  • 11. Parenting styles.
  • 12. Personality of a current-school-pupil.
  • 13. Students (social) environment and its consequentions.
  • 14. Teacher in eduaction (personality, professional development, stress management etc.).
  • 15. Teacher and student relationships in eduacetion.
  • 16. Classroom climate and school climate.
  • 17. Misbehaviour and behavioral disorders in school practice.
  • 18. Creativity.
  • 19. Self-education.
  • 20. Mental health, counselling, therapy and interventions in education and school practice.
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
seminar (workshop), class discusion, model situation, reading
Assessment methods
credit - active participation, semestr paper, written test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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