PBB118 Educational Communication

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Klára Šeďová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Vlček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Klára Šeďová, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Zelená
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 D41
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: 5/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the concept of educational communication. In the first part of the course, attention will be paid to general theories and concepts describing interpersonal communication. The second part of the course will focus on the analysis of classroom communication between the teacher and the students. The core of the course lies in explaining the relationship between communication, thinking and learning. Educational communication is conceived as an instrument by which a teacher can influence students’ thinking and intensify their learning. It also takes into account the fact that classroom communication has its relational side – the teacher and the students negotiate their mutual relationships and power patterns. The course also involves working with authentic recordings of classroom communication aimed at demonstrating and understanding different communication phenomena that occur in the classroom.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will be able to: (1) Use basic communication terminology, concepts and theoretical background for the study of educational communication; (2) Understand the relationship between communication, thinking and learning; (3) Describe the structure of common educational communication as identified by current research; (4) Explain the theoretical concept of dialogic teaching and research mapping its implementation and effects; (5) Understand the relationship dynamics of the classroom, especially the power relations between the teacher and the students; (6) Work with transcripts of educational communication in a methodologically correct way, subject them to basic analysis and interpret them.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course. Basic terminology, social communication, pedagogical communication.
  • 2. Research of pedagogical communication - main directions and methods.
  • 3. Communication and learning.
  • 4. The nature and specifics of teaching communication. Communication situations in the classroom.
  • 5. Teacher's questions
  • 6. Feedback and evaluation in teaching communication.
  • 7. Pupil participation patterns.
  • 8. Dialogical teaching: concept, theory, principle.
  • 9. Dialogical teaching: practical implementation.
  • 10. Relational level of teaching communication 1.
  • 11. Relational plane of instructional communication 2.
  • 12. Observation of video recordings of teaching - practical exercise.
Literature
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, analysis of educational communication transcripts
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars, attendance (maximum 2 allowed absences), credit test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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