PdF:SZk1032a Psychology in school - Course Information
SZk1032a Psychology in school
Faculty of EducationSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Rudolf Kohoutek, 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 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
- Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Course objectives
- Main ohjectives can be summarized as follows: to elaborate topics from educational psychology in education and teaching practice; to learn the history, current theories and methods of educational psychology in education and teaching practice; to analyze simple problems of student and teachers in education (individual projects, papers); make deductions based on acquired knowledge; to understand basic terms and theories.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to psychology in education and teaching practice.
- 2. History of psychology in education and teaching practice.
- 3. Current theoretical approaches and trends - eduacational psychology in education and teaching practice.
- 4. Psychological methods in school practice (individual and group evaluation and assesment).
- 5. Psychological research and education and teaching practice.
- 6. Learning. Types. Theories. Overlearning. Transfer and interference.
- 7. Results of learning (knowledge, skills and routines; competencies).
- 8. Teaching practice from the psychological perspective.
- 9. Academic achievment and failure.
- 10. Examination, assesment and testing of students.
- 11. Parenting styles.
- 12. Personality of a current-school-pupil.
- 13. Students (social) environment and its consequentions.
- 14. Teacher in eduaction (personality, professional development, stress management etc.).
- 15. Teacher and student relationships in eduacetion.
- 16. Classroom climate and school climate.
- 17. Misbehaviour and behavioral disorders in school practice.
- 18. Creativity.
- 19. Self-education.
- 20. Mental health, counselling, therapy and interventions in education and school practice.
- Literature
- 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
- block seminar, class discusion, model situation, homeworks, reading
- Assessment methods
- credit - active participation (80% minimum), semestr paper accepted by teacher, written test (70% minimum)
- Language of instruction
- English
- 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: 4 units.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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