IPS09 Internationalisation in Primary School

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Sekaninová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
IPSp04 nebo IPSk04
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 2/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students the opportunity to present the Czech schooling educational system in european cultural context, to prepare the project for children, to work with the topics of the curriculum in didactic transformation to manage the lesson with pupils in their class through videoconference. It contributes the development of digital ability and foster the pedagogical and psychological skills and thinking.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able:
to collaborate on digital tools,
to do didactic transformation of selected topics of curriculum,
to design and manage the activity for children in class,
to describe the aspects of system schooling in a specific country,
to establish contact with classes in different countries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Teaching-learning proces in primary education
  • 2. Curriculum in primary school
  • 3. Curriculum transformation into selected topics
  • 4. Pedagogical and psychological aspects of didactic transformation
  • 5. Teacher´s lesson preparing and planning
Literature
    required literature
  • PINAR, William F., William Michael REYNOLDS, Patrick SLATTERY and Peter M. TAUBMAN. Understanding curriculum : an introduction to the study of historical and contemporary curriculum discourses. New York: Peter Lang, 2008, xviii, 114. ISBN 9780820426013. info
  • SLAVIN, Robert E. Educational psychology :theory into practice. 3-rd edit. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall International, 1991, i-xix, 594. ISBN 0-13-236993-1. info
    recommended literature
  • KIRSCHNER, Paul and Carl HENDRICK. How learning happens : seminal works in educational psychology and what they mean in practice. Illustrated by Oliver Caviglioli. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020, xviii, 309. ISBN 9780367184568. info
  • Handbook of educational psychology. Edited by Lyn Corno - Eric M. Anderman. Third edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xiv, 481. ISBN 9780415894821. info
  • DEARDEN, R. F. The philosophy of primary education : an introduction. 1st pub. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968, xi, 194. ISBN 0710066481. info
Teaching methods
Discusion, project presentation
Assessment methods
seminar presentation, essay
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
Students work together on a project of internationalisation on their own primary school as COIL activity. In group of four students (2 home and 2 aboad students) they create a project for their primary class pupils with topics for example : comparing school systems in different countries, getting to know about learning subjects in our school, introducing your class and school activity, your school day, etc. The project enhances theoretical backround and assesment in practise collaboration. Written esey will be a students reflection of a project.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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