SUK006 Compendium for Teachers

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
18/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Zuzana Šalamounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Majcík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ingrid Procházková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Klára Šeďová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Klára Šeďová, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Zuzana Šalamounová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 110 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/110, only registered: 0/110, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/110
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The Compendium for Teachers course deals with the most fundamental educational concepts, paying attention to latest trends and current issues in the school system. The aim of the course is to facilitate understanding and overview of current processes influencing the situation in education and in schools and also to motivate students to undertake teacher training. Forms of active and open learning will be emphasized during the course.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
a) Orient oneself in contemporary educational topics concerning the teaching profession.
b) Follow new trends in education.
c) Apply the knowledge gained in Compendium in own practice.
d) Discuss pressing issues of the Czech school system using relevant arguments and research results.
Syllabus
  • Curriculum for 2018 semester:
  • 1. Historical forms of school and teacher work: Socialist school system and its legacy
  • 2. Communication in school: Dialogic teaching as a modern method of maintaining educational communication
  • 3. Inclusive education: What inclusion has given and taken away
  • 4. Digital technology in education: From enthusiasm to criticism and back: Intergenerational learning among teachers
  • 5. Transfers of students between schools: Why do students change schools?
  • 6. Principal’s management styles: What kind of principal is popular with the teaching staff?
  • 7. Specifics of learning in an e-learning environment: Cheating in an e-learning environment
  • 8. Education of children of migrants: Norwegian inspiration and Czech reality
  • 9. Reading literacy: What is it and how can it be learned?
  • 10. Student evaluation of teaching: Why Czech beats physics?
  • 11. Creativity: Does contemporary school stimulate student creativity?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří, Dana KNOTOVÁ and Michal ŠIMÁNĚ. Normální život v nenormální době : základní školy a jejich učitelé (nejen) v období normalizace (Normal Life In Not So Normal Times. Primary Schools And Their Teachers (Not Only) During The So-Called Normalization Period). Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 192 pp. ISBN 978-80-7552-709-7. info
  • STARÝ, Karel and Veronika LAUFKOVÁ. Formativní hodnocení ve výuce. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2016, 174 stran. ISBN 9788026210016. info
  • ŠEĎOVÁ, Klára, Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK, Martin SEDLÁČEK and Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ. Jak se učitelé učí. Cestou profesního rozvoje k dialogickému vyučování (How teachers learn. Professional development as a way to dialogic teaching). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 325 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8462-9. info
  • RABUŠICOVÁ, Milada, Karla BRÜCKNEROVÁ, Lenka KAMANOVÁ, Petr NOVOTNÝ, Kateřina PEVNÁ and Zuzana VAŘEJKOVÁ. Mezigenerační učení. Teorie, výzkum, praxe. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 298 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8460-5. info
  • LAZAROVÁ, Bohumíra, Lenka HLOUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina TRNKOVÁ, Milan POL and Josef LUKAS. Řízení inkluze ve škole (Management of inclusion in schools). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 179 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8037-9. info
  • VLČKOVÁ, Kateřina, Kateřina LOJDOVÁ, Josef LUKAS, Jan MAREŠ, Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ, Tomáš KOHOUTEK, Jarmila BRADOVÁ and Stanislav JEŽEK. Z posluchárny za katedru: Mocenské vztahy ve výuce studentů učitelství (From a Lecture Hall to a Teacher´s Desk Power Relations in Student Teacher Classes). 1st ed. Brno: Munipress, 2015, 238 pp. verze 1. ISBN 978-80-210-8096-6. full text Munispace info
  • ŠEĎOVÁ, Klára. Humor ve škole (School humor). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 189 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně; č. 412. ISBN 978-80-210-6205-4. Digitální knihovna FF info
  • POL, Milan, Lenka HLOUŠKOVÁ, Bohumíra LAZAROVÁ, Petr NOVOTNÝ and Martin SEDLÁČEK. Když se školy učí (When schools learn). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 196 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6130-9. info
  • ŠEĎOVÁ, Klára, Roman ŠVAŘÍČEK and Zuzana ŠALAMOUNOVÁ. Komunikace ve školní třídě (Communication in classroom). Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012, 293 pp. ISBN 978-80-262-0085-7. info
  • LAZAROVÁ, Bohumíra. Učitelé v pozdní fázi kariéry - z výzkumných dat. (Teachers in the late phase of their career - on the research data). In Pozdní sběr. O práci zkušených učitelů. 1. vyd. Brno: Paido, 2011, p. 107-144, 37 pp. 316. publikace. ISBN 978-80-7315-206-2. info
  • PETTY, Geoffrey. Evidence-based teaching : a practical approach. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, 2009, v, 378. ISBN 9781408504529. info
  • ŠVAŘÍČEK, Roman and Klára ŠEĎOVÁ. Kvalitativní výzkum v pedagogických vědách. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2007, 377 stran. ISBN 9788073673130. URL info
  • POL, Milan. Škola v proměnách. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 194 stran. ISBN 9788021044999. info
  • BASL, Josef. (Ne)rovné šance na vzdělání : vzdělanostní nerovnosti v České republice. Edited by Petr Matějů - Jana Straková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2006, 411 s. ISBN 8020014004. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Moderní pedagogika. 3., přeprac. a aktualiz. vy. Praha: Portál, 2005, 481 s. ISBN 807367047X. info
  • Typy žáků : zpráva z terénního výzkumu. Praha: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 1995, 210 s. ISBN 8090167705. info
  • Teacher development and educational change. Edited by Michael Fullan - Andy Hargreaves. Washington, D.C.: Falmer Press, 1992, vii, 255. ISBN 0750700114. info
Teaching methods
Each lecture is associated with a seminar session where students are expected to actively participate.
Assessment methods
Written test containing five open-ended questions concerning the topics dealt with in class instruction. The purpose of the questions is to verify understanding of the subject matter, the ability to apply the knowledge gained in a similar area and the ability to critically assess individual theories. The minimum of 66 points out of the maximum of 100 points is required to successfully pass the test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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