DPS001 Psychology for teachers

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Zdeněk Stránský (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Mojmír Svoboda, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
each even Friday 13:20–16:35 B32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Psychology for teachers: Course offers theoretical as well as practical knowledge, methods for effective teaching to students, extending their qualification as certified teachers on primary and secondary schools. Tips to solve various educational problems will be presented. The course aims to expand understanding of pupils and also to oneself, to improve communication skills a to support chances of healthy co-operation of pupils as well as their teachers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychology among sciences. Psychology as a human science. Different kinds of psychology - general, specific and applied sciences. Psychology in education.
  • 2. Research method in psychology Observation, experiment, interview, survey, anamnesis, test, sociometry.
  • 3. Concepts and terms in psychology – mind, consciousness, unconsciousness, experience, behavior, action, personality etc.
  • 4. Personality - concept and structure.
  • 5. Psychological development. Environmental influences. Self-education.
  • 6. Various ontogenetic stages. (Prenatal stage, newborn stage, infant stage, early childhood, pre-school age, school age, pubescence, adolescence, young-adults, middle-adults, mature-adults and old-age.)
  • 7. Learning. Classification. Learning process. Learning curve. Intervening variables. Learning methods. Successful and unsuccessful students. Definition, classification and diagnosis of learning styles. Laws of learning. Autoregulation.
  • 8. Imagination and creativity. Definition. Development of creativity. The creative process and its components. Creative process in school. Intellectually gifted children.
  • 9. Unsuccessful students General aspects influencing the educational success. Causes of school failure. Typical and non-typical unsuccessful student. Educational and psychological intervention.
Literature
  • Psychologie výchovy a vyučování. Edited by Jan Čáp. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova - Vydavatelství Karolinum, 1993, 413 s. ISBN 80-7066-534-3. info
  • ČÁP, Jan and Jiří [pedagog] MAREŠ. Psychologie pro učitele [Čáp, 2001]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 655 s. ISBN 80-7178-463-X. info
  • ĎURIČ, Ladislav and Jozef ŠTEFANOVIČ. Psychológia pre učitel'ov. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1977, 592 s. info
  • FONTANA, David. Psychologie ve školní praxi. Translated by Karel Balcar. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2003, 383 s. ISBN 80-7178-626-8. info
  • ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie [Řezáč, 1998]. Brno: Paido - edice pedagogické literatury, 1998, 268 s. ISBN 80-85931-48-6. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Školní poradenská psychologie pro pedagogy. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 430 s. ISBN 8024610744. info
Assessment methods
Consultation. The course is closed by the written test. Type of completion: credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/wupv/home/studium/obory/vzdelavani/doplnujici-pedagogicke-studium-dps/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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