MSBK_VP Developmental psychology lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Iva Žaloudíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Iva Žaloudíková, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Iva Žaloudíková, Ph.D.
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 contain of this course deals with the base concepts of the developmental psychology in childhood and the acceptation of these information in pedagogical practice. The main objectives of the course are the following: acquating students with the the base conception in changes in child psyche with focus on preschool period.
understanding and learning the developmental theories.
delineating the main changes in human progress in the individual period
Syllabus
  • 1. Developmental psychology and its application in practise of teachers. 2. The factors of mental development and their governing principles. The interaction of the social environment, educatuion and genetics. 3. A brief description of changes in prenatal peroid and early stages of life. 4. Period of suckling age, toddler and its developmental changes. 6. Factors of developmental changes' acceleration in cognitive processes, expression and behaviour of pre-school age children, personality growth, fostering social skills. 7. School maturity, the chidren ability for school education. 8. The qualitative growth in the cognitive processes and emotional functions during childhood and pre-puberty, social factors, educational styles. 9. Difficulties in adaptability, maladptations, various disorders, and symptoms of neuroses in childhood and pre-puberty. 10. Specific signs in an individual stages in the process of growing up. A description of changes in cognitive growing, emotional changes and personal development in the puberty. 11. The devepopmental process of emotional functions, personal changes and cognitive processes in adolescence, education, creation, professional orientation.
Literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Vývojová psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 461 s. ISBN 9788024613185. info
  • LANGMEIER, Josef and Dana KREJČÍŘOVÁ. Vývojová psychologie. 2., aktualizované vydání. Praha: Grada, 2006, 368 stran. ISBN 9788024712840. URL info
  • ALLEN, K. Eileen and Lynn R. MAROTZ. Přehled vývoje dítěte : od prenatálního období do 8 let. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2005, 187 s. ISBN 8073670550. info
  • Psychologie pro učitelky mateřské školy. Edited by Václav Mertin - Ilona Gillernová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2003, 230 s. ISBN 807178799X. info
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. (Psychogiagnostics of Child and Adolescents). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, 791 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-7178-545-8. info
  • ČAČKA, Otto. Psychologie duševního vývoje dětí a dospívajících s faktory optimalizace (Psychology of Mental Development of Children and Adolescent with Optimisation Factors). první. Brno: DOPLNĚK, 2000, 377 pp. ISBN 80-7239-060-0. info
Assessment methods
lecture, written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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