PdZ002 Effective Educational Communication

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jarmila Bradová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jarmila Bradová, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are:
- to understand the basics of educational communication;
- to acquire basic communication sklil;
- to know rules of the communication proces;
- to know rules of verbal and non- verbal communication;
- to become familiar with common barriers to effective communication.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
• apply the acquired knowledge and skills in teaching practice;
• understand the basic concepts of educational communication;
• apply the principles of effective communication;
• identify common barriers to effective communication;
• choose the appropriate tool for effective educational communication;
• apply principles of verbal and non-verbal in educational practice;
• distinguish between social and educational communication.
Syllabus
  • Main topics:
  • 1. Introductions, expectations and student needs.P> 2. What is communication? Differences between social and educational communication.P> 3. The communication process.P> 4. The different categories of communication.P> 5.-7. Verbal communication.P> 8. -9. Non- verbal communication.P> 10. The tool of educational communication.P> 11. Common barriers to effective communication.P> 12. Summary and final discussion.P>
Literature
    required literature
  • MAKOVSKÁ, Zuzana, Jiří ZOUNEK, Klára ŠEĎOVÁ and Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK. Dialogical Structures in Educational Communication. In Konference ECER: Education and cultural change. 2010. info
  • MCCROSKEY, James C., Virginia P. RICHMOND and Linda L. MCCROSKEY. An introduction to communication in the classroom : the role of communication in teaching and training. Boston: Pearson/A and B, 2006, xii, 178. ISBN 0205396151. info
    recommended literature
  • LUKEŠOVÁ, Michaela. Interaction and communication in education at the university: Temporal aspect of educational communication and activities and forms of communication. In International Conference on New Horizons in Education INTE 2017. 2017. info
  • ŠVAŘÍČEK, Roman, Klára ŠEĎOVÁ and Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ. The Visual in Educational Communication. In The European Conference on Educational Research 2012, Cádiz, 18 -21. September, 2012. 2012. info
    not specified
  • educational communication
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, interview, educational games, role-play, individual work, seminar work (creation of instructional video and its reflection).
Assessment methods
Kolokvium: 1) Active attendance in the seminar 2) Presentation of the seminar work and subsequent discussion
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen pro studenty na erasmu.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednost mají zahraniční studenti
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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