FC5049 Instructional Science of Vocational Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Pecina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Hana Cídlová, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Hana Cídlová, Dr.
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
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic concepts of general pedagogy.
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
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The educational objectives of the course are knowledge of basic topics of general didactics of secondary vocational education; basic reproductive skills of working with educational goals (FEP VET), didactic principles and teaching technology. Knowledge and skills are always focused on vocational training.
Knowledge : educational goals, contents, methods, forms and means, diagnostics and motivation in teaching, the role of teacher in teaching, all with a strong emphasis on secondary vocational education.
Skills : learning the basics of defining goals and content in secondary vocational education, applying teaching technologies to secondary vocational education (methods, forms and means); application of diagnostics and motivation in secondary vocational education.
Attitudes : to accept the importance of the principles and other rules of general didactics of secondary vocational education.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should know and be able to:
- Understand the definition of general didactics and their principles,
- Implement the basic stages of didactic transformation of content, work with goals and understand the Maňák teaching scheme
- To accept general didactics as a key discipline for the vocational training of a teacher of vocational training
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical development of general didactics and general didactics of secondary vocational education.
  • 2. The role of general didactics in teacher training, school systems.
  • 3. Terms of general didactics and general didactics of secondary vocational education.
  • 4. Didactic principles.
  • 5. Educational objectives of vocational education stated in FEP SOV and work with them
  • 6. Educational contents of vocational education and their didactic transformation.
  • 7. Methods, forms and means of teaching used in secondary vocational education.
  • 8. Conditions of vocational education - class climate, pupil's concept of curriculum.
  • 9. Teacher's concept of teaching.
  • 10. Diagnosis and classification of pupils.
  • 11. Structure of teacher personality and activities in vocational education, preparation, implementation and reflection.
  • 12. Current problems of vocational education.
Literature
    required literature
  • OBST, Otto. Obecná didaktika. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2002, 159 s. ISBN 8024405555. info
  • KALHOUS, Zdeněk and Otto OBST. Školní didaktika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 447 s. ISBN 807178253X. info
    recommended literature
  • ZORMANOVÁ, Lucie. Obecná didaktika : pro studium a praxi. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2014, 239 stran. ISBN 9788024745909. URL info
  • SKALKOVÁ, Jarmila. Obecná didaktika. 2., rozš. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007, 322 s. ISBN 9788024718217. URL info
  • ŠIMONÍK, Oldřich. Úvod do didaktiky základní školy (Introduction in the study of the bases of didacties.). Brno: MSD s.r.o. Brno, 2005, 141 pp. Škola v praxi, svazek 3. ISBN 80-86633-33-0. info
  • PETLÁK, Erich. Všeobecná didaktika. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Iris, 2004, 311 s. ISBN 8089018645. info
  • ŠVEC, Vlastimil, Hana FILOVÁ and Oldřich ŠIMONÍK. Praktikum didaktických dovedností. 2. vyd. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 90 s. ISBN 8021026987. info
    not specified
  • VALIŠOVÁ, Alena and Miroslava KOVAŘÍKOVÁ. Obecná didaktika : a její širší pedagogické souvislosti v úkolech a cvičeních. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2021, 310 stran. ISBN 9788027132492. URL info
Teaching methods
Consultation, lecture, seminar.
Assessment methods
The course is finished. The exam is written and oral. Exam Questions - syllabus.
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: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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