XPP07 Preschool didactics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Sandra Bejdáková (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Pospíchalová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zora Syslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Štěpánková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zora Syslová, Ph.D.
Department of Primary Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Olga Bubnová
Supplier department: Department of Primary Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 15:00–15:50 učebna 36
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
XPP07/KombiSem01: Fri 27. 9. 14:00–15:50 učebna 20, Fri 11. 10. 14:00–15:50 učebna 36, Fri 18. 10. 15:00–16:50 učebna 20, Fri 1. 11. 13:00–14:50 učebna 20, Fri 15. 11. 8:00–9:50 učebna 37, Sat 14. 12. 10:00–11:50 učebna 30, Z. Syslová, L. Štěpánková
XPP07/01: Tue 13:00–14:50 učebna 36, Z. Syslová, L. Štěpánková
Prerequisites
XPP03
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge about the course and the specifics of children's cognition of the world and learning, to acquire a theoretical overview of basic didactic categories and to acquire the basic skills of individual child knowledge management. The student will learn about the meaning of the game and its specifics in pre-school education, game theories, categorization of games and toy types. They learn about the influence of play on child development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to: to define the specifics of teaching preschool child; understand the content of education; to define teaching method and to specify the criteria for didactically effective method, to acquire the classification of concrete methods; to classify educational instruments and principles; to describe the organizational forms of pre-school education and its importance in the pre-school age   (application of points of general didactics); to use games as an educational form in the kindergarten as fulfillment of educational content with   regard to the specifics of pre-school child development; to explain the theory of games (through different authors points of views); assess the progress of children;
Syllabus
  • 1. Didactic categories. 2. Epistemology. 3. Approaches to education (transmissive and constructivist approaches), learning model E-U-R. 4. Ways of learning. 5. Objectives of current preschool education. 6. Coherence of goals and content of education. 7. Individualization of education. 8. Organization of education. 9. Organizational forms. 10. Educational methods, activation of children. 11. Educational environment. 12. Evaluation of educational results.
Literature
    required literature
  • SYSLOVÁ, Zora, Radmila BURKOVIČOVÁ, Jana KROPÁČKOVÁ, Kateřina ŠILHÁNOVÁ and Lucie ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ. Didaktika mateřské školy (Kindergarten Methodology). Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2019, 252 pp. 373.2/.3 - Předškolní a primární výchova a vzdělávání [22]. ISBN 978-80-7598-276-6. info
  • ŠMELOVÁ, Eva and Michaela PRÁŠILOVÁ. Didaktika předškolního vzdělávání. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2018, 229 stran. ISBN 9788026213024. info
  • KREJČOVÁ, Věra, Jana KARGEROVÁ and Zora SYSLOVÁ. Individualizace v mateřské škole (Individualization in kindergarten). První. Praha: Portál, 2015, 182 pp. ISBN 978-80-262-0812-9. info
  • SMOLÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Rámcový vzdělávací program pro předškolní vzdělávání. Praha: Výzkumný ústav pedagogický v Praze, 2004, 48 s. ISBN 8087000005. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars.
Assessment methods
seminar work, discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium 12 konzultací.
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