PdF:SZ6608 Self-experience Preparation fo - Course Information

SZ6608 Self-experience Preparation for the Profession I

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Jana Kratochvílová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jan Nehyba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Svojanovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Blanka Vaculík Pravdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Bc. Jan Nehyba, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! NOWANY ( SZ6008 Self-experience Preparation for the Profession I )

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

• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, B-SPE)

Course objectives

The purpose of this course is to help students realize the ways in which they think about personal and professional topics that support their development. Specifically, (1) how the experience which they have had up to now create their perception of themselves within their future careers. (2) Further, to reflect on how their thoughts, emotions and actions affect each other within their personal and professional development. All the thematic blocks will be based on (3) the students’ self-experience which they bring with them to the course and which arises in the course of instruction. The students’ attention is intentionally directed towards (4) reflection on their experience from the teaching assistant practice and on selected topics related to their personal and professional development (see outline below). The course is inspired by the concept of Systemic Modelling and the Personal Development Plan model. The aim is to encourage students to gradually take greater responsibility for their own learning (self-directed learning) and to enable students to realize and possibly revise their attitudes towards their future profession.

Learning outcomes

Teaching outcomes: After completing the seminar the student will: • be able to better understand their own process of self-reflection in relation to selected areas (see topics of the seminar). Students are more able to e.g. explain and evaluate their arguments, to name their emotions and their relation to their behaviour or critically inspect their own attitudes toward education; • have explored multiple selected topics (see topics of the seminar) connected to personal development (e.g. how to teach in the best way) and professional development (e.g. what their own subjective approach to teaching is). Students are able to e.g. name particular aspects of these themes which they had previously been less aware of and apply them to their own teaching assistant practice.

Syllabus

• Main topics (syllabus): 1. Introduction (setting personal goals: what/where/who I would like to be by the end of the course, indicators). 2. What motivates me to teach and learn 3. What it looks like when I learn to the best of my ability 4. What it looks like when I teach to the best of my ability 5. My ideas about my life journey (student, teacher) 6. Reflection/ feedback : realisation of how I reflect and how I give feedback

Literature

• Carey, B. (2014). How we learn: The surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens. New York: Random House.
• HATTIE, John and Gregory C. R. YATES. Visible learning and the science of how we learn. First published. London: Routledge, 2014, xvii, 349. ISBN 9780415704991. info
• WAITZKIN, Josh. The art of learning : an inner journey to optimal performance. 1st pbk. ed. New York: Free Press, 2008, xxi, 265. ISBN 9780743277464. info
• SCHÖN, Donald A. The reflective practitioner : how professionals think in action. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1991, x, 374. ISBN 9781857423198. info

Teaching methods

Facilitation of experiential learning in a group with an emphasis on reflection using selected methods that take into account the whole person (cognitive, affective and conative aspects, both explicit and tacit dimensions of knowledge). This can be e.g. the methods of systemic modelling, coaching, etc.

Assessment methods

Assessment is largely based on active participation in the course. Active participation means that the students reflect on their experience with individual themes related to the seminar either in a written or oral form. The written form of reflection consists of filling in worksheets during the course or writing a reflective journal. The oral form means that the student reflects on his/her inner experience in discussions. Completion of continuous tasks (max. 3) is used as an additional assessment method. These tasks are based on topics of the seminar and will be required to be submitted into the information system.

Language of instruction

English

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• SZ6008 Self-experience Preparation for the Profession I
  !NOWANY(SZ6608)  
• SZ6722 Practice Teaching Assistant - Assisting
  (SZ6004 || SZ6604)&&NOW(SZ6608)&&!NOWANY(SZ6636, SZ6036, SZ6055)  

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