PdZZ_VS Visiting of schools

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/.8. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jarmila Bradová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Radek Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Determined only for ERASMUS students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Main objective of the course is to provide the ERASMUS students initial experience with the Czech schools and help them with orientation in current Czech educational system.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to: - understand and explain relationships between teacher and pupils. - use the information concerning the education for personal professional motivation; - understand the system of Czech elementary education; - interpret information learned on basis of observation in primary schools; - understand the basic terminology of the subject - present reasonable arguments within the boundaries of the subject and within interdisciplinary subjects - apply new knowledge and skills in practice
Syllabus
  • • 1. Familiarization with everyday school reality, teachers, courses (rules, specification, customs, rituals) basic school documentation, teacher's diaries . • 2. Special portfolios: piece of knowledge, inquest, experimental news and next documentation. Hospitalization entry. • 3. School organisation and management. Team cooperation and leadershship. • 4. Current challenges of Czech schools. Perceptions from practice.
Literature
  • PISA. URL: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/
  • • ZEICHNER, Kenneth M.,; LISTON, Daniel Patrick. Reflective teaching: an introduction. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1996. ISBN 9780805880502.
  • • POSNER, George J. Field experience : methods of reflective teaching. New York: Longman, 1989. ISBN 9780801302916.
  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. URL: http://www.msmt.cz/
  • Janík, T., Vlčková, K. (2005) Czech Education System in Comparison. Brno: Masaryk University.
  • • BROOKFIELD, Stephen. Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. ISBN 9780787901318.
  • • POLLARD, Andrew; ANDERSON, Julie. Reflective teaching : evidence-informed professional practice. London: Continuum International Pub. Group, 2008. ISBN 9780826493408.
Teaching methods
- practical preparation in the form of classroom observations at schools or other institutions with an emphasis on the development of the competences of a future teacher - analyses of students´s observations
Assessment methods
- submission of a lesson observation diary created by the student during his/her teaching practice, - presentation of student´s observation diary, - discussion about student´s own observations at elementary schools credit
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen pro zahraniční posluchače v rámci programu ERASMUS - SOCRATES.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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