PSMB037 Didactics of psychology II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
PSMB017 Didactics of psychology I
PSMB017 Didactics of psychology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Didactics of Psychology as one of the key disciplines in the preparation of psychology teachers provides students with an overview of current knowledge of the theory and practice of teaching the subject of psychology in secondary schools. The aim is to create a base of basic theoretical knowledge and practical experience necessary for the preparation and implementation of teaching psychology in various types of secondary schools.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course Didactics of psychology II
- student will be able to list all documents and materials from which the teacher builds in preparation for the lesson
- student control procedures that can be used for the preparation of teacher responsible for teaching
- student will be able to do and justify the preparation of the lesson on a selected topic in psychology
- student will be able to apply theoretical knowledge from psychological and pedagogical disciplines for teaching psychology in secondary schools - having regard to the profile of the teaching of psychology by the types of secondary schools and their focus of study
Syllabus
  • 1. The position of the subject of psychology in the content of secondary education. Profiling of psychology teaching according to types of secondary schools - secondary vocational schools, vocational secondary schools, grammar schools.
  • 2. Curricular (pedagogical) documents in the subject of psychology. Educational standards. Framework educational programmes (RVP for grammar school education, RVP for secondary vocational education), school educational programmes (SEP). Curricula. Curricula. Time-thematic plans. Textbooks. Methodological manuals.
  • 3. Cross-curricular themes and cross-curricular relationships and the creation of a system of knowledge.
  • 4. Teaching planning, teacher preparation for teaching (prospective - long-term, actual - immediate, written preparation for psychology lessons - its components).
  • 5. Observation and analysis of the teaching process - hospitalization in the psychology lesson (criteria for lesson observation, record of the lesson, analysis of the lesson).
  • 6. Selection, content and organization of the curriculum in the psychology course. Didactic transformation of the curriculum and didactic analysis of the psychology subject. Definition and explanation of psychological concepts.
  • 7. Topics: (a) The subject of psychology and its basic methods. History of psychology.
  • b) The system of psychological disciplines and their tasks in practice.
  • c) Sensory processes and perception.
  • d) Imagination (imagination and fantasy).
  • e) Memory.
  • f) Learning.
  • g) Attention.
  • h) Thinking and speech.
  • ch) Emotions and feelings.
  • i) Volitional process. j) Personality, personality structure.
  • etc.
  • Note: The circles beginning with No. 7 are suggestions for work in seminars, and serve as practical preparation for actual outcomes in psychology classes in the context of teaching practice in secondary schools. The trainee prepares a preparation for a psychology lesson in a secondary school according to the recommended syllabus (selection of a topic of his/her own choice) and realizes an output with this topic in a seminar, after which his/her lesson will be analyzed by other trainees and a self-reflection of the trainee's output will take place.
Literature
    required literature
  • VAŠUTOVÁ, Maria and Veronika JEŽKOVÁ. Didaktika psychologie : vybrané kapitoly. Vydání: první. Ostrava: Universitas Ostraviensis, 2015, 212 stran. ISBN 9788074646812. info
  • SOKOLOVÁ, Lenka. Didaktika psychológie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2010, 161 s. ISBN 9788022328067. info
  • KALHOUS, Zdeněk and Otto OBST. Školní didaktika [Kalhous, Portál, 2002]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 447 s. ISBN 80-7178-253-X. info
    recommended literature
  • Sokolová, L.: Metódy vyučovania psychológie a predmetov osobnostného a sociálneho rozvoja. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2015.
  • Šipoczová, A.: Psychológia na stredných školách: Študijný text na prípravu učiteľov psychológie na nové poňatie výchovy a vzdelávania, Bratislava: SPN, 1984.
  • Rozsypalová, M.: Metodické postupy ve vyučování psychologie na SZŠ. Brno, Institut pro další vzdělávání středních zdravotnických pracovníků 1987.
  • Homola, M., Trpišovská, D.: Úvod do didaktiky psychologie. Olomouc, Rektorát UP v Olomouci 1989.
  • Cyrusová, E. a kol.: Metodické pokyny pro výuku psychologie – cvičení. Praha, SZŠ 5. května 51, 1996.
  • PETTY, Geoff. Moderní vyučování. Vydání šesté, rozšířené a přepracované. Praha: Portál, 2013. 568 s. ISBN 978-80-262-0367-4.
  • Miškolciová, L.: Vybrané kapitoly z didaktiky psychológie. Banská Bystrica: Univerzita Mateja Bela, 2003, 2016.
  • Homola, M., Žáková, H.: Příručka pro vyučování psychologie na SVVŠ. Ústí nad Labem, Metodické oddělení školské správy Severočeského KNV v Ústí nad Labem 1968.
  • Rozsypalová, M.: Ukázky z literárních děl k doplnění výuky psychologie na SZŠ. Praha: Institut pro další vzdělávání lékařů a farmaceutů v Praze, 1979.
  • Lemešová, M. a kol.: Psychológia zážitkom: Metodická príručka. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2015.
  • Lemešová, M.: Metodika vedenia sociálno-psychologického tréningu v prostredí školy. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2015.
  • KOSÍKOVÁ, Věra. Psychologie ve vzdělávání a její psychodidaktické aspekty. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 265 s. ISBN 9788024724331. URL info
  • ŠIL, Přemysl and Jana KAROLOVÁ. Já člověk : alternativní výuka psychologie pro střední školy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2004, 286 s. ISBN 8071821756. info
  • VÍZDAL, František. Didaktika psychologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, 1987, 134 s. info
  • BLAŠKOVIČ, Oskár and Tomáš PARDEL. Psychologie v obrazech a příkladech. Edited by Martin Jurčo. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1963. info
    not specified
  • Turek, Ivan. Didaktika. Vyd. 2. prepracované a doplnené. Bratislava : Iura Edition, spol. s r. o. 2010. 598 s. ISBN 978-80-8078-322-8.
  • SKALKOVÁ, Jarmila. Obecná didaktika. 2., rozš. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007, 322 s. ISBN 9788024718217. URL info
Teaching methods
lecture and seminar, group work, discussion, active student's output
Assessment methods
Conditions for completing the course:
active participation in seminars - at least 80 %
seminar work: process of preparation per hour of teaching psychology in secondary school the recommended curriculum (select a theme of their choice student) and performance of student (future teacher) with this topic at the seminar
oral exam (includes themes of the course Didactics of psychology I and II)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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