MPMV081 Theory and Methodology of Education

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PaedDr. Hana Horká, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Kateřina Lojdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Radim Šíp, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. František Trapl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Kateřina Lojdová, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Soňa Kudelová
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
each even Wednesday 8:00–9:40 učebna 75
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
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-OPTO)
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
The course Theory and Methodology of Education is included in the curriculum with the aim of acquiring educational competences for work in school and after-school environment. It mediates experience with methods of personality development (voluntary, moral, aesthetic, social, etc.) and is focused on familiarization with a set of specific educational concepts (theories), whose knowledge is part of the broader professional competences of the teacher.
Learning outcomes
Describe practical areas of education on specific examples and link them to selected and appropriate theories with practical examples.
. Describe the educational influence in the work of the teacher, define the relationship of education, discipline, authority and power.
. Suggest procedures for working with authority and discipline in education. Define the educational influence of the class teacher, describe the cooperation of the class teacher with other actors of the educational process (especially with the parents of pupils).
. Describe and elaborate on the examples the essence of social and personal development.
. Suggest activities and activities how to work with the theme of values in the process of education.
. Orientate in new innovative educational approaches, also based on the introduction of selected concepts of education in the field of alternative schools and concepts.
Syllabus
  • 1) Education: definition and conception of education, education in teacher work, education in curriculum (especially in cross-curricular topics and key competencies).
  • . 2) Theory and methodology of education: definition of theory and methodology, global education in relation to cross-curricular topics, example of global education methodology.
  • . 3) Teacher authority, types of teacher authority, authority sources, authority and power in the classroom, teacher power.
  • . 4) Educational activities in the classroom. Teacher competencies.
  • . 5) School discipline, discipline definition, proactive and reactive classroom management, classroom rules and work with them, examples of discipline and non-cooperation (resistance) of pupils and ways of solving them. Relationship of family and school.
  • . 6) Aggression and bullying in the classroom, cyberbullying. Defining bullying, bullying phase, dealing with bullying as a teacher and in cooperation with counseling centers.
Literature
  • STROUHAL, Martin. Teorie výchovy : k vybraným problémům a perspektivám jedné pedagogické disciplíny. Online. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2013. 192 stran. ISBN 9788024742120. [citováno 2024-04-24] URL info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2020, recent)
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