FC2710 Methodology of Physics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/4/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Miléř, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Válek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FC2701 Mechanics & Molecular Physics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The educational objectives of the course are basic knowledge and understanding of all basic areas of physics didactics; basic reproductive skills of didactic transformation of physics knowledge with the ability to work with educational objectives and educational technology; didactic analysis of all topics of basic physics using current textbooks. Emphasis is placed, among others, on motivational teaching techniques.
Knowledge: basic knowledge of curriculum analysis, motivational techniques, types of physics problems and school experiments.
Skills: Didactically analyze and transform physics education content, plan and implement instruction.
Attitudes: Reflection and self-evaluation in the teacher's activity, learning individual approaches to students.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the Participant should know and be able to:
- understand the definition of physics didactics as a discipline that integrates knowledge from physics, pedagogy and educational psychology,
- implement the basic stages of didactic transformation of physics content,
- analyze didactically all thematic units of elementary school physics using current textbooks,
- to implement the didactic transformation of physics contents of primary school physics,
- to accept physics didactics as a key discipline in the professional training of physics teachers.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus of lectures (in blocks):
  • 1. Introduction - the role of physics didactics in physics teacher education; Physics education; Educational objectives in physics; Educational content in physics
  • 2. Educational technology in physics; Physical experiments in physics; Physical tasks in physics; Physics textbooks
  • 3. ICT in physics; Diagnostics and classification in physics; Teaching physics; Current issues in physics education
  • 4. Kinematics; Dynamics
  • 5. Energy and Work
  • 6. Solid mechanics; Fluid and gas mechanics
  • 7. Static force fields
  • 8. Structure and properties of matter; Thermodynamics
  • 9. Electric current; Magnetism and electromagnetism
  • 10. Optics
  • 11. Acoustics
  • 12. Astronomy
Literature
    required literature
  • JANÁS, Josef and Josef TRNA. Konkrétní didaktika fyziky. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 93 s. ISBN 9788021054745. info
  • JANÁS, Josef and Josef TRNA. Konkrétní didaktika fyziky. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 93 s. ISBN 80-210-3624-9. info
  • MECHLOVÁ, Erika. Didaktika fyziky. 1.vyd. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta, 1983, 260 s. info
    recommended literature
  • JANÁS, Josef. Kapitoly z didaktiky fyziky (Chapters from the methodology of physics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1996. ISBN 80-210-1334-6. info
  • KAŠPAR, Emil. Didaktika fyziky : obecné otázky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 355 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture and exercise/seminar
Assessment methods
Active participation at seminars. Individual project (processing of 3 presentations on the topics: motivation, tasks, experiments). Presentation of a methodological analysis of the topic. The examination consists of written (limit 60 %) and spoken part. Designing a didactic test
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: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
For students on a foreign placement (ERASMUS, etc.): Course requirements will be individually set in the context of the courses taken during the foreign placement and in accordance with the objectives and learning outcomes of the study programme.
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