IPPk01 Introduction to Academic Communication

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.3. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Najvar, Ph.D.
Department of Primary Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Sabina Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Primary Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 27. 9. 13:00–14:50 učebna 36, Fri 22. 11. 12:00–13:50 učebna 36
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
The course aims to help beginning student teachers to gain elementary orientation in the academic environment and raise their awareness and sensitivity to specific aspects of (namely written) communication in the professional community. Upon finishing the course, the students will be able to enter into communication with other members of academia and of the professional community. They will be oriented within the structure of academic pedagogical disciplines. They will understand the role of the diploma thesis in the curriculum of teachers' professional development and the lege artis strategies of reading and writing academic texts.
Learning outcomes
Upon finishing the course the students are able to understand the rules and ethics of academic communication.
Syllabus
  • The course introduces beginnig teacher students into the academic environment. General principles as well as specific aspects of academic communication in pedagogy and didactics are addressed and discussed. Students are acquainted with the structure of pedagogical fields and with the ways in which didactic disciplines are developed. The discussed topics include: Pedagogy (educational sciences) as a discipline; communication in the academia, academic writing and academic texts; Czech and European professional journals; ethical aspects of academic writing; plagiarism.
Literature
  • GAVORA, Peter. Úvod do pedagogického výzkumu. 2000. ISBN 978-80-7367-628-5. info
Teaching methods
Individual and group consultations with frequent references to authentic academic texts.
Assessment methods
Colloquium - a group discussion about issues covered in the syllabus.
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: 4 konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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