PG42B86 Pedagogy of Pre-school age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Milada Rabušicová, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
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 3 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/3, only registered: 0/3, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/3
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Preschool Pedagogy
First of all, the course pays attention to the family socialization of a preschool child because the significance of family and family education is considered to be of great importance particularly in the period from child,s birth till their entering the school. In a structured form there are examined the main theories of preschool pedagogy (Fröbel, Montessori, Piaget, Adler) and their realization in preschool institutions. Part of the course also consists in a discussion about the position of institutional preschool care in the education of children under six years of age, issues of school maturity and cooperation between kindergarten and family. The whole course is completed by gaining practical experience in the form of a visit to a selected kindergarten or nursery. Students are introduced into Preschool Pedagogy as an important branch of pedagogy. They have an opportunity to assess an up-to-date state of preschool education and care in the Czech Republic based on their analysis of a chosen preschool institution.
Syllabus
  • 1. Topics outline, literature, seminar papers assignment, introduction of OMEP (World Organization For Early Childhood Education) and other organizations dealing with preschool education.
  • 2. Developmental pedagogy: 0-3 (various areas of development according to age)
  • 3. Developmental pedagogy: 4-6 (various areas of development according to age)
  • 4. Cognitive development and preschool children’s learning in classical theories (Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky)
  • 5. Contemporary views of preschool children’s learning and development and realization (Gardner, examples)
  • 6. Importance of games for cognitive, emotional and social development and speech development, support from the adults, preschool children’s toys.
  • 7. Beginnings of institutional preschool care (Svoboda, Froebel), development in 20C in our country.
  • 8. Contemporary situation of preschool children’s institutions in our country, institutional and (against) family care of preschool child in the present and possible solutions of the relationship.
  • 9. Current topics in preschool pedagogy (based on OECD’s international research of preschool education).
  • 10. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions.
  • 11. Presentations of results of individual visits to preschool institutions.
  • 12. Presentation of seminar theses – controversial issues of preschool pedagogy: foreign language teaching, sexual education, media education, preparation for school education and others.
Literature
  • RABUŠICOVÁ, Milada. Jak žije evropská rodina (1). Informatorium 3-8 : časopis pro mateřské školy a školní družiny. Praha: Portál, 1999, říjen 1999, No 8, p. 4-5. info
  • RABUŠICOVÁ, Milada. Jak žije evropská rodina (2). Informatorium 3-8 : časopis pro mateřské školy a školní družiny. Praha: Portál, 1999, listopad, No 9, p. 6-7. info
  • DINKMEYER, Don C., Gary D. MCKAY and Bohuslava BOUČKOVÁ. STEP : efektivní výchova krok za krokem. První vydání. Praha: Portál, 1996, 143 stran. ISBN 8085282925. info
  • JEŘÁBKOVÁ, Blanka. Mateřská škola jako životní prostor. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 231 s. ISBN 802100830X. info
  • GRUNELIUSOVÁ, Elisabeth. Výchova v raném dětském věku :školky s waldorfskou pedagogikou. Edited by Helmut von Kügelgen, Translated by Milada Luňáčková. 1. vyd. Praha: Baltazar, 1992, 59 s. ISBN 80-900307-3-4. info
  • OPRAVILOVÁ, Eva. Dítě si hraje a poznává svět : metodika rozvíjení poznání dětí v mateřské škole. 1. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1988, 179 s. : i. info
  • DOSTÁL, Antonín Maria and Eva OPRAVILOVÁ. Úvod do předškolní pedagogiky. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, 263 s. URL info
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Helena. ABC rodinné výchovy. Edited by Ferdinand Smrčka. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 248 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Lecture and seminar
Seminar thesis presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Určeno pro zahr. studenty programu ERASMUS
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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