UA391 General and Special Didactics

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:50 C511
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! Z391 General Didactics
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
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: continuation of Z390-School Pedagogy Course and provides basic information in the field of general and alternative didactics; problematic of contents and structure of education; didactic analysis of the contents of study; inter-subject relations; didactic principles and teaching methods; organizational forms of education; further theoretical knowledge in the preparation for school education; pedagogical class diagnostics; building didactic skills; students' activity in the process of school education; discovery methods; preparation and motivation for self-learning; text study; searching, critical appraisal and processing of information; possibilities of alternative education. At the end of the course students should be able to understand problematic of contents and structure of education; create organizational forms of education; interpret structure of education.
Syllabus
  • Instructive teaching as an academic branch and subject in the study of teaching.
  • Didactic analysis of teaching material.
  • Inter-subject relations in teaching.
  • Didactic principles and methods.
  • Organising lessons. Teacher's lesson preparation.
  • Safety and hygienic aspects of teaching.
  • Specialised classrooms and laboratories, school libraries and information centres.
  • Creativity and methods encouraging creativity.
  • Building skills.
  • Classroom observation.
  • Improving teacher's qualifications.
  • The pupil in the process of education.
  • Pupil's activity and class participation, self-monitoring and self-teaching.
Literature
  • Moderní vyučování. Edited by Geoffrey Petty, Translated by Štěpán Kovařík. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1996, 380 s. ISBN 80-7178-070-7. info
  • PASCH, Marvin. Od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině :jak pracovat s kurikulem. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 416 s. ISBN 80-7178-127-4. info
  • SILBERMAN, Mel and Karen LAWSONOVÁ. 101 metod pro aktivní výcvik a vyučování : osvědčené způsoby efektivního vyučování. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1997, 311 s. ISBN 80-7178-124-X. info
  • PROKEŠ, Josef. Ředitel školy a začínající učitelé, sociální vztahy v pedagogickém týmu. Brno: Centrum pro další vzdělávání učitel Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 1993, 47 pp. studijní text pro kvalifikační studium. ISBN 1020/PM. info
Teaching methods
lecture, explanation and demonstration, class group discussion, report, seminar work, home work, essay, presentation, project and its defence, simulation, dialogue method, the game of roles, guided exploration, excursion, brainstorming, collaborating, critical thinking, classroom team work
Assessment methods
2 written tests, final project, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/prokes
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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