SZ6106 Engaged Learning Methods

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jana Kratochvílová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Vladimíra Neužilová (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Eva Trnová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Veselá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SZ6106/01: Thu 9:00–10:50 učebna 78, J. Kratochvílová, E. Trnová, D. Veselá
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The subject aims for lessons are to equip students with: - Systematic knowledge of the nature and principles of inquire-based education (IBE); - Skills to create teaching materials and aids for IBE; - Skills in creating comprehensive learning modules; - The ability to develop their creativity. • Knowledge about the essence of critical thinking • Knowledge of various methods of critical thinking, including the utilization of active learning occurring in phases of evocation - awareness of information significance - reflection • Skills to select from the tools and methods of critical thinking those most suitable for a given situation, allowing students to form their own opinions, values, and con-victions • Experience in reflecting on their own learning and skills to utilize the student's con-tinuous self-reflection as one of the tools for lifelong education • Abilities to develop their own creativity in the application of methods within their own teaching preparations, to gain basic knowledge, skills of project-based learning.
Learning outcomes
Student: - applies theoretical knowledge about IBE in practice; - creates learning materials and tools for IBE; - develops creativity and pupils' creativity. Learning outcomes of the education led by Mgr. Dana Veselá, PhD: • Applies theoretical knowledge of critical thinking development methods in practice. • Reflects on their own learning. • Applies the three-phase E-U-R learning model and methods for developing students' critical thinking within their own teaching preparations. • Cultivates their own creativity and the creativity of students - has an idea of the different stages of a student project.
Syllabus
  • • Seminar No 1: Basic terms of IBE: Constructivism, open learning, inquiry. Course Completion Requirements. • Seminar No 2. Inquiry: level of inquiry, creating questions, practical training in preparing different types of inquiry. • Seminar No 3. Inquiry cycle - familiarization with practical examples. • Seminar No 4. Creation of materials for IBE based on the information obtained. • Seminar No 5. Self-reflection and peer assessment of the created materials. • Seminar No. 6 Basic concepts - what is critical thinking, stems and roots, I.N.S.E.R.T., sources. Requirements for completing the subject. • Seminar No. 7 Reading with prediction, double journal, life poem. Practical introduction to methods. • Seminar No. 8 Group teaching and cooperative learning, jigsaw learning. Practical introdu-ction to methods. • Seminar No. 9 Three-phase learning model (E-U-R), practical introduction, individual ap-plication based on students' focus. • Seminar No. 10 Methods of reflection, self-reflection, and peer assessment of created mate-rials, preparation for teaching. Seminar No 11 Project-based learning
Literature
    required literature
  • TRNA, Josef and Eva TRNOVÁ. Moduly s experimenty v badatelsky orientovaném přírodovědném vzdělávání (Modules with experiments in IBSE). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 133 pp. Pedagogický vývoj a inovace 2. ISBN 978-80-7315-252-9. info
Teaching methods
Teaching strategy: Workshop, group teaching, project teaching.
Assessment methods
Active participation and performance of assigned tasks.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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