FF:DPS004 Psychology for teachers - Course Information

DPS004 Psychology for teachers

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Zdeněk Stránský (deputy)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Mojmír Svoboda, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková

Timetable

each even Friday 13:20–16:35 B32

Prerequisites

DPS001 Psychology for teachers
DPS001 Psychology for teachers

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Complementory Pedagogical Studies (programme FF, C-CV) (2)

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. Specific learning disabilities - dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysphasia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, dysmusia. ADHD. Causes, characteristics. Re-education.
• 2. Psychological aspects of school examination. Exams, evaluation and school classification accuracy. Types of exams. Exam fever.
• 3. Personality of teacher. Typology. Personality development, self-reflection and continuous process of self-improving.
• 4. Teacher - student relationship. Attitudes and commitments.
• 5. Psychology of education and self-education. Requirements, punishment and rewards in education. Role playing as a model of teaching. Verbal, non-verbal, direct and indirect education. Personality and self-education.
• 6. School behavioral problems and social pathological phenomenons. Lying, cheating, stealing, indiscipline, truancy and risk-taking behavior. Re-education.
• 7. Difficult life situations - stress, frustration, deprivation, conflicts, distress. Coping strategies.
• 8. Mental health. Mental disorders. Mental hygiene in schools.
• 9. Society, socialization. Social learning.
• 10. Psychology of social groups. School class. School class climate.
• 11. Social interaction and communication. Social perception in education settings.

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 nakladateľstvo, 1977, 592 s. info
• FONTANA, David. Psychologie ve školní praxi. Translated by Karel Balcar. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2003, 383 s. ISBN 80-7178-626-8. info
• ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie [Řezáč, 1998]. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 1998, 268 s. 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

Consultations. Admission conditions: seminary work. The course is closed by paper and oral exam (Psychology for teachers I and II). Type of completion: examination. The seminary work: „Implementation of psychological knowledge in educational settings“.

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: blokově.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
  
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