SZ6642 School Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karolína Dundálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Minaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Inst.for Research in School and Health – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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 objective of this course is (1) to initiate, (2) to support, and (3) to develop professional vision, professional knowledge, and professional action of future teachers. The course builds on the students' knowledge and experience gained in the courses of field didactics and teaching practice. The objective of this course is (1) to initiate, (2) to support, and (3) to develop professional vision, professional knowledge, and professional action of future teachers. After passing the course students will be able to:
• use basic specialized terminology of the field school education;
• apply gained knowledge for description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of school as an institution and organization, curriculum documents and teaching situations;
• describe educational environment of the school where they conducted their teaching practice;
• describe and critically analyze selected school curriculum;
• plan and evaluate their own teaching unit (objectives, methods, expected outcomes, evaluation of pupils, learning tasks, etc.)
• reflect on their own teaching experience.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into didactics and curriculum theory
  • 2. Educational and curricular policy
  • 3. Educational system, school system, school as learning community and learning environment
  • 4. Education: theories, contents and purposes
  • 5. Transformation of educational aims and contents
  • 6. Textbooks and educational media
  • 7. Classroom instruction: teaching and learning
  • 8. Classroom organisation, classroom management
  • 9. Learning tasks: The perspective of international comparative studies
  • 10. Assessing pupils: Teachers feedback on competence development
  • 11. Analysis and reflection of teaching, improving quality of instruction
Literature
  • PÍŠOVÁ, Michaela and Tomáš JANÍK. On the Nature of Expert Teacher Knowledge. Orbis scholae. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2011, roč.5 2011, No 2, p. 95 - 116, 21 pp. ISSN 1802-4637. URL info
  • The SAGE handbook of curriculum and instruction. Edited by F. Michael Connelly - Ming Fang He - JoAnn Phillion. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008, xv, 604. ISBN 9781412909907. info
  • STIGLER, James W. and James HIEBERT. The teaching gap : best ideas from the world's teachers for improving education in the classroom. New York: Free Press, 1999, xiv, 210. ISBN 0684852748. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and independent studying of compulsory as well as recommended literature.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. Because the course is integrative in its nature, it is assumed that students prepare for the oral exam globally. The exam is not based only on knowledge gained during lectures and self-study; it focuses also on experience of teaching practice and reflective seminars, and knowledge of educational psychology.
Language of instruction
Czech
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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