DUCIT Teaching Lab

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Cvinčeková (lecturer)
RNDr. Tomáš Effenberger, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Řechtáčková (lecturer)
RNDr. Martin Ukrop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Hliněný, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Tomáš Effenberger, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Mon 13. 9. to Mon 6. 12. Mon 10:00–11:50 A220
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The student is teaching at least 1 hour of seminars every week. The course is open for students of all levels (bachelor, master, doctoral).
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Develop competencies relevant for teaching, i.e. explaining, dealing with the group dynamics in the classroom, plan the high school course etc.
Learning outcomes
After accomplishing the course, the student will be able to:
- create, use and analyze innovative teaching activities
- reflect their own teaching
- name and properly use various teaching tools
- set appropriate norms in the lectures
- better solve problems that may arise during the lecture
- understand the point of visiting other teachers' lectures and learn from it
Syllabus
  • What are the tasks of the teacher? How to make a good first seminar?
  • How to ask properly? How to think about thinking?
  • How to assign tasks clearly? What is the aim of the exercise?
  • How to structure the lesson?
  • How to explain things clearly?
  • How to think about how students think?
  • How to motivate students?
  • How to ask even better questions?
  • What tools to the teacher have at hand?
  • How to give feedback?
  • How to get feedback?
  • What tasks should I assign? What is the goal of the seminar?
  • How to test what I want to test?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • WILSON, Greg. Teaching Tech Together: How to Make Your Lessons Work and Build a Teaching Community around Them. 1st Edition. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2019, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-35297-4. Full version of the book available online. info
  • AMBROSE, Susan A. How learning works : seven research-based principles for smart teaching. Edited by Richard E. Mayer. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010, xxii, 301. ISBN 9780470484104. info
  • PETTY, Geoffrey. Teaching today : a practical guide. 4th ed. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes, 2009, vii, 614. ISBN 9781408504154. info
  • BELL, Tim, Ian H. WITTEN and Mike FELLOWS. CS Unplugged: An enrichment and extension programme for primary-aged students. 2015 edition. 2015. project homepage info
Teaching methods
Workshops (student's activity assumed), experience based learning, discussion and analysis, presentation of experienced teachers
Assessment methods
The requirement for credit is activity during lessons, active reflection of one's own teaching, providing feedback on selected faculty courses and possibly creation of one's own teaching activity.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Učitel omezuje zápis na studenty, kteří aktuálně vedou cvičení.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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