SZ1030a Educational Psychology Seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Bucková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Mgr. Iva Žaloudíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Evžen Řehulka, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
Main ohjectives can be summarized as follows:
to elaborate topics from educational psychology lectures;
to analyze simple problems of student and teachers in education (individual projects, papers);
to understand basic terms and theories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Educational psychology as a science.
  • 2. Learning (types of learning, contemporary concepts and theories).
  • 3. Learning - classical theories (history of learning experiments and research paradigms).
  • 4. Learning and motivation (aspiration, feedback, transfer etc.).
  • 5. Learning and cognitive abilities.
  • 6. Learning in the school practice.
  • 7. Academic achievment.
  • 8. Parenting, parentig styles. Beavioural problems.
  • 9. Student in the educational environment. Teacher in the educational environment.
  • 10. Educational goals and current educational reform in the (educational) psychology perspective.
Literature
  • Ebrary Education etc. http://www.ped.muni.cz/wlib/
  • Handbook of educational psychology. Edited by Patricia A. Alexander - Philip H. Winne. 2nd ed. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006, xx, 1055. ISBN 0805859713. info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. and Wendy M. WILLIAMS. Educational psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002, xxiii, 616. ISBN 0321011848. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, individual projects, homeworks, reading, seminar papers
Assessment methods
seminar paper, credit - written test (70% minimum)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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