MPDI101 Pedagogical and Psychological Diagnostics

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Táňa Fikarová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Mužíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
MPMV081 Theory of Education
MPMV091 && MPPH081p && MPPH081s
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
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-OPTO)
  • Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics)
  • Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation)
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: students will be able to understand general issues of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics; they will be informed about the methods of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics; they will learn how to analyze ethical problems of diagnostics, opportunities and limits of diagnostics; they will recognize the domains of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics.
Learning outcomes
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: students will be able to understand general issues of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics; they will be informed about the methods of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics; they will learn how to analyze ethical problems of diagnostics, opportunities and limits of diagnostics; they will recognize the domains of pedagogical and psychological diagnostics.
Syllabus
  • Methods of psychological assessment. Psychological methods and their characteristics. Overview. Clinical methods: observation, interview, anamnesis, analysis of spontaneous products. Test methods: performance tests, personality tests (projective, objective, questionnaires, scales) Psychological assessment of students Classroom climate assessment. Family assessment. Educational assessment in educational situations. Educational assessment report. School entrnace assessment. ADHD / ADD Learning disabilities: dyslexia Developmental learning disorders: dysgraphia, dysorthografie, dyscalculia PAS (including Asperger syndrome) Children with disharmonic development of personality Children with differences in cognitive development (mental retardation) Professional orientation of children and adolescents. Ethical aspects of psychological assessment.
Literature
  • SVOBODA, Mojmír. Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. (Psychogiagnostics of Child and Adolescents). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, 791 pp. Studium. ISBN 80-7178-545-8. info
  • PEŠOVÁ, Ilona and Miroslav ŠAMALÍK. Poradenská psychologie pro děti a mládež. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 150 s. ISBN 8024712164. URL info
  • THOROVÁ, Kateřina. Poruchy autistického spektra. 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0215-8. info
  • Monatová, L. Speciálně pedagogická diagnostika z hlediska vývoje dětí. Brno: PAIDO, 2000.
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
Colloquium, in-class presentation, min. 80% acitive participation at lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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