PdF:SPDA008 Professional Orientation in th - Course Information

SPDA008 Professional Orientation in the Field of Study

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Barbora Bazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Beneš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Ilona Bytešníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Karel Červenka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Ivana Jůzová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Petr Kachlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – 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

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Purpose of study
Preparation for the scientists research and training activities in special pedagogy - speech therapy, hearing impairments, intelectual disabilities, physical disabilities, visual impairments, behavioral disordrs or specific learning disabilities.
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be prepared for research and professional activities in various fields of special education.
The aim of the course is to provide orientation for students in their field of study and in the research community. It fulfills the function of control, it allows supervisors to evaluate how student progress with the dissertation.

Learning outcomes

The semestral evaluation of research work by the supervisor
• Publishing activity, teaching activity
• Participation of educational events, conferences (including foreign background)
• Presentation of partial research outcomes in special education and special andragogy at the conferences for doctoral students in the Czech Republic and abroad
• An internship in research institution in the Czech Republic and abroad

Syllabus

• During the study, the student is monitored in the following areas:
  1. List of published works, appearances to the active scientific conferences, internships abroad, etc.
  2. Present a list of consulted literature of special education and related disciplines (pedagogy, psychology, medical disciplines)
  3. The scientific debate to present a comprehensive overview of the basic professional in the field of special education in their disciplines border
  4. To specify the range of personal professional interests of specially selected educational discipline
  5. Present proposals planned research project to demonstrate knowledge in the area of methodology, in particular related to the research project dissertation
  6. Prove the conditions for independent scientific and research activities.
  This subject is linked to the methodological and optional subjects, which are connected with the dissertation. The specific content of the course content provides the supervisor.

Literature

required literature
• Understanding physical, health, and multiple disabilities / Kathryn Wolff Heller ... [et al.] Upper Saddle River : Merrill/Pearson, c2009
• HEWARD, William L. Exceptional children : an introduction to special education. Tenth edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, ii, 664. ISBN 9781292022024. info
• Disability and public health. Edited by Charles E. Drum - Gloria L. Krahn - Hank A. Bersani. Washington, D.C.: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009, viii, 212. ISBN 9780875531915. info
• Dictionary of special education and rehabilitation. Edited by Glenn A. Vergason - M. L. Anderegg. 4th ed. Denver: Love Publishing Company, 1997, xi, 210. ISBN 0891082433. info

Teaching methods

Theoretical training, graduation internship.

Assessment methods

Evaluation during the study in the SAA
The evaluation of scientific work is carried out according to the student study and Examination Regulations for students of doctoral study programs, termly (assessed by means of colloquia supervisor, write to IS)
In case of a positive assessment of the scientific work semester the student writes to the next semester (registration objects to the IS in line with the schedule and MU according to the individual student's plan).

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.

Teacher's information

Selection of professional publications according to the theme and character of the dissertation. In the information system, students have at their disposal a systematic breakdown of all fields of study and related disciplines and a complete overview of literary sources.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
  
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