FC5034 Diagnostic Pedagogy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Válek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ivana Medková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – 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
Educational goals of the course are basic knowledge with an understanding of educational diagnostics with a focus on didactic diagnosis; There are the basic reproductive skills of application of the main types of teaching methods and diagnostic tools. The main content of education include concepts such as diagnosis and diagnosis; oral, written and experimental test; didactic test; observation, analysis of pupils' work etc.
Knowledge: pedagogical and didactic diagnostics; screening diagnostics; diagnostic requirements; oral and written exam; Experimental test; didactic test; observation; questionnaire; interview; Special educational diagnostic methods and tools; evaluation and classification.
Skills: to perform basic diagnostic activities; prepare and implement oral, written and experimental test; create, administer and evaluate didactic test; assemble and apply the interview; assess and classify pupils' knowledge and skills.
Attitudes: accept the importance of pedagogical diagnostics in education and training; learn the values ​​of objectivity and fairness assessment of pupils; recognize the ethical principles of pedagogy.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should know and be able to:
- Create and apply basic pedagogical diagnostic methods and tools
- distinguish between classifying diagnostic constructs and assigning appropriate diagnostic methods and tools to them
- Accept and adhere to professional and ethical requirements for the development and application of diagnostic methods and tools
Syllabus
  • 1. Pedagogical and didactic diagnostics; diagnosis; diagnostic activities; evaluation; classification.
  • 2. Classification diagnostics; Pedagogical diagnostics; diagnostic functions; stage diagnosis.
  • 3. Requirements for diagnosis; validity and reliability; Classification of diagnostic methods and tools.
  • 4. Oral exam; types of questions and their work forms an oral exam.
  • 5. Written and graphical test.
  • 6. Experimental exam.
  • 7. Didactic test, standardization; creating items; design assay.
  • 8. Observation; structured and unstructured observation.
  • 9. Questionnaire; creation and evaluation questionnaire.
  • 10. Interview; analysis of pupils' products; portfolio; anamnesis.
  • 11. Special educational diagnostic methods and tools.
  • 12. Evaluation and Classification; summative and formative assessment; function evaluation.
Literature
    required literature
  • KALHOUS, Zdeněk and Otto OBST. Školní didaktika. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2009, 447 s. ISBN 9788073675714. info
  • CHRÁSKA, Miroslav. Didaktické testy : příručka pro učitele a studenty učitelství. Brno: Paido, 1999, 91 s. ISBN 8085931680. info
  • DITTRICH, Pavel. Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika. Vyd. 2., upr. Jinočany: H & H, 1993, 121 s. ISBN 80-85467-06-2. info
  • HRABAL, Vladimír. Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika žáka. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 198 s. ISBN 8004221491. URL info
    recommended literature
  • SVOBODA, M. (ed.): Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. Praha: Portál, 2001.
  • CHRÁSKA, M. Metody pedagogické diagnostiky. Olomouc: PdF UP, 1988.
  • SVOBODA, M. Psychologická diagnostika dospělých. Praha: Portál, 1999.
  • MAREŠ, J. Styly učení žáků a studentů. Praha: Portál, 1998.
  • MOJŽÍŠEK, L. Základy pedagogické diagnostiky. Praha: SPN, 1986.
  • HRABAL, Vladimír. Diagnostika : pedagogickopsychologická diagnostika žáka s úvodem do diagnostické aplikace statistiky. 2. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2002, 199 stran. ISBN 8024603195. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, study of literature.
Assessment methods
Full-time study mode
Students working on the ongoing tasks. Deadline to submit tasks is always last educational Sunday of the semester.
Colloquium: Final written test with a success rate of 60 % with oral colloquium by curriculum of the subject.

Combined studies mode
Students working on the ongoing tasks. Deadline to submit tasks is always last educational Sunday of the semester.
Colloquium: Final written test with a success rate of 60 % with oral colloquium by curriculum of the subject.

Lifelong Learning
Students working on the ongoing tasks. Deadline to submit tasks is always last educational Sunday of the semester.
Colloquium: Final written test with a success rate of 60 % with oral colloquium by curriculum of the subject.

A task common to all forms of study :
Create your own test / paper
Different types of questions
This is a quarterly paper => number of topics 3-4
Number of questions given by the length of the unit:
- 45 minutes / week → 15 questions
- 90 minutes / week → 25 questions
- 135 minutes / week → 40 questions
If you teach "in workshops" then the number of questions will be 25
Enter the correct answers to your questions Score questions and make a range of marks
Indicate the subject in which the test is formed, time allowance of the subject for the week, year,…
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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