CJc525 Methodology of Teaching Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Zítková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – 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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with the basic theoretical background of teaching literature at primary school and, above all, to show the possibilities and forms of concrete teaching of literary education (problem-based, activating, creative, traditional and based on current trends). The emphasis is on a guided process of literary communication, set in the broader context of primary school teaching.
Learning outcomes
Students: - In the course they learn the basic theory of teaching literature and especially the methods of its practical application, - after completing the course, they are oriented in the methods of teaching literature education at primary school, they are able to apply traditional and modern, activating and creative methods and forms of work, to modify them in accordance with the specific content, teaching conditions and new trends.
Syllabus
  • Block 1: Basic factors of teaching literature, aims and content of literary education, literary communication. Concept of literary education in the curriculum, key competences, cross-cutting themes and literary education. Types of literary education lessons. Pupils as recipients of culture, pupils as readers and spectators. Individual reading, reading workshops. Block 2: Methodology of teaching literature at the 2nd level of primary school and the position of teaching methods in the school. Methods of the different phases of a regular (mixed) lesson of literary education. Problem tasks and situations in literary education - aspects of problem questions and tasks (typology). Interpretation of a literary text, didactic aspects of interpretation, methods of didactic interpretation, interpretation and critical thinking, creative interpretation. Didactic games. Block 3: Reading books and textbooks for pupils of older school age - conception, content, didactic equipment, management apparatus, methodological manuals. Designing own teaching materials. Organisational forms of teaching. Block 4: Application: concrete examples of possibilities of working with epic texts (concrete examples of epics). Insight into selected methods of creative writing and creative dramatics. Block 5: Application: concrete examples of the possibilities of working with lyrical texts (concrete examples of lyricism). Issues of assessment and classification in literary education as a component of CJL. Literary didactic research. Slovník
Literature
  • Zítková, Jitka: Didaktika literární výchovy na 2. stupni základní školy (elektronický zdroj) Dostupné na: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2023/CJ2RC_LDLV/um/
  • ZÍTKOVÁ, Jitka. Teorie výuky literatury v historické perspektivě (Theory of teaching literature in the historical perspective). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, 313 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9629-5. info
  • SIEGLOVÁ, Dagmar. Konec školní nudy : didaktické metody pro 21. století. První vydání. Praha: Grada, 2019, 336 stran. ISBN 9788027122547. URL info
  • GEJGUŠOVÁ, Ivana, Marcela HRDLIČKOVÁ, Olga KUBECZKOVÁ, Radomil NOVÁK and Vladimíra ZYCHOVÁ. Principy a cesty školní výuky české literatury. Vydání: první. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2017, 109 stran. ISBN 9788074649561. info
  • HNÍK, Ondřej. Didaktika literatury: výzvy oboru : od textů umělecké povahy k didaktice estetickovýchovného oboru. Vydání první. Praha: Karolinum, 2014, 179 stran. ISBN 9788024626260. URL info
  • LEDERBUCHOVÁ, Ladislava. Literatura ve škole : četba žáka a didaktická interpretace uměleckého textu v literární výchově na 2. stupni základní školy a v odpovídajících ročnících víceletého gymnázia. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2010, 265 stran. ISBN 9788070438916. info
  • GEJGUŠOVÁ, Ivana. Interpretace uměleckého textu v literární výchově na základní škole. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta Ostravské univerzity, 2009, 117 s. ISBN 9788073687298. info
  • HNÍK, Ondřej. Hravá interpretace v hodinách čtení a literární výchovy : inspirativní materiál pro učitele literární výchovy a studenty učitelství. Vydání první. Jinočany: H & H, 2007, 157 stran. ISBN 8073190672. info
  • NEZKUSIL, Vladimír. Nástin didaktiky literární výchovy : (čtyřletá gymnázia a vyšší třídy víceletých gymnázií) : z praxe pro praxi. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2004, 165 s. ISBN 8072901605. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 186 s. ISBN 8021016949. info
Teaching methods
Type of training: webinar Methods: theoretical preparation, practical activities, discussion of individual topics, peer evaluation.
Assessment methods
Closure: colloquium Course completion and assessment requirements: 1. elaboration of a written thesis - methodically elaborated thematic two-hour lessons in literary education, in which all components of the course content and varied forms of work are adequately represented, especially activating teaching methods and forms of organization of activities. 2. Active involvement in peer assessment. 3. Discussion of the final form of the work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
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