PBB115 Preschool Pedagogy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Milada Rabušicová, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milada Rabušicová, Dr.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Zajíčková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with a pre-school child’s family socialization, for the role of family and family education in the period from birth to school-age is very important. It presents a survey of main theories and approaches of Pre-School Pedagogy (Fröbel, Montessori, Piaget) and their realizations in contemporary pre-school institutions. Discussions about the position of an institutional pre-school care in the education of children up to six years of age are a part of the course, as well as issues of school maturity and cooperation of kindergartens with schools, and kindergartens with families. Visits to selected kindergartens or nurseries represent a practical experience that supplements the course. Students are introduced into Preschool Pedagogy as an important branch of pedagogy. They have an opportunity to assess an up-to-date state of preschool education and care in the Czech Republic based on their analysis of a chosen preschool institution.
Learning outcomes
describe the current system of preschool education in our country; understand the place of preschool education as part of lifelong learning; recognize the developmental specifics of a toddler and preschool-age child; know the main theories of preschool pedagogy; identify the key contents and didactic approaches in the present kindergarten based on Framework Education Programme for Preschool Education; assess the quality of preschool care in a particular kindergarten with the help of given criteria; identify and analyse children’s play based on observation in kindergarten
Syllabus
  • 1. Topics outline, literature, seminar papers assignment, introduction of OMEP (World Organisation For Early Childhood Education) and other organizations dealing with preschool education. 2. Developmental pedagogy: 0-3 (various areas of development according to age) 3. Developmental pedagogy: 4-6 (various areas of development according to age) 4. Cognitive development and preschool children’s learning in classical theories (Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky) 5. Contemporary views of preschool children’s learning and development and realization (Gardner, examples) 6. Importance of games for cognitive, emotional and social development and speech development, support from the adults, preschool children’s toys. 7. Beginnings of institutional preschool care (Svoboda, Froebel), development in 20C in our country. 8. Contemporary situation of preschool children’s institutions in our country, institutional and (against) family care of preschool child in the present and possible solutions of the relationship. 9. Current topics in preschool pedagogy (based on OECD’s international research of preschool education). 10. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions. 11. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions. 12. Presentation of seminar theses – controversial issues of preschool pedagogy: foreign language teaching, sexual education, media education, preparation for school education and others.
Literature
    required literature
  • OPRAVILOVÁ, Eva. Předškolní pedagogika. Vyd. 1. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2004, 35 s. ISBN 8070837861. info
  • Predškolská a elementárna pedagogika. Edited by Zuzana Kolláriková - Branislav Pupala. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 455 s. ISBN 80-7178-585-7. info
    recommended literature
  • ABC rodinné výchovy 1. Dítě předškolního věku. SPN, Praha 1969. Andersonov, Fischgrundov, Lobascherov: Dobrý start do školy. Portál, Praha 1993. Dostál, A. M., Opravilová, E.: Úvod do předškolní pedagogiky. SPN, Praha 1985. Early Childhood Education. An
  • SYSLOVÁ, Zora, Jana KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ and Táňa FIKAROVÁ. Pedagogická diagnostika v mateřské škole. Práce s portfoliem dítěte. (Pedagogical assessment in kindergarten. Working with the child's portfolio.). Praha: Portál, 2018, 125 pp. Výchova a vzdělávání (22). ISBN 978-80-262-1324-6. info
  • KREJČOVÁ, Věra, Jana KARGEROVÁ and Zora SYSLOVÁ. Individualizace v mateřské škole (Individualization in kindergarten). První. Praha: Portál, 2015, 182 pp. ISBN 978-80-262-0812-9. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan and Soňa KOŤÁTKOVÁ. Předškolní pedagogika : učebnice pro střední a vyšší odborné školy. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2013, 181 stran. ISBN 9788026204954. info
  • KOŤÁTKOVÁ, Soňa. Dítě a mateřská škola. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 193 s. ISBN 9788024715681. URL info
  • OPRAVILOVÁ, Eva. Dítě si hraje a poznává svět : metodika rozvíjení poznání dětí v mateřské škole. 1. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1988, 179 s. : i. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
Seminar thesis presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět není určen pro studenty 1. semestru
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/course/view.php?id=641
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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