PSBA029 Introduction to Educational Psychology

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 (in Czech)
PSBA007 General Psychology II && PSBA015 Developmental Psychology II && PSBA020 Social Psychology II && PSBA021 Psychology of Personality II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
An inseparable part of the psychological knowledge that a psychologist has to master is the knowledge of educational psychology.
Educational psychology examines the psychological patterns of changes that affect the subject in an educational process. Students will get acquainted with the basic and latest findings of this special psychological scientific discipline and with the applications of the theoretical knowledge in the everyday process of learning, education and self-education of an individual.
In addition to the necessary introduction to the study of this discipline, the definition of educational psychology as a scientific discipline and the introduction of its research and diagnostic methods, attention is focused on the issue of the learning process, especially on the analysis of factors affecting the course and results of the learning process, including learning styles. Attention is also paid to the psychological aspects of assessment, testing and classification of pupils' academic performance, stage fright, pupils' school success/failure, pupils' perceived academic self-efficacy, creativity in school and gifted pupils.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to define the subject of educational psychology, determine its place in the system of psychological disciplines and clarify the importance of studying educational psychology; will increase their level of self-knowledge and understanding of pupils; improve their own methods of successful learning, and reveal and improve their own learning style. They will also gain deeper knowledge about the main actors in the educational process (teacher, pupil).
Syllabus
  • 1. Educational psychology as a scientific field. Definition, subject and mission (function) of educational psychology. Educational psychology and related disciplines: general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, school psychology and education. System of educational psychology. Educational psychology as a part of psychological studies.
  • 2. Methods in educational psychology. Methods for collecting data: interview, observation, anamnesis, questionnaire and survey, analysis of activity products, psychological tests, experimental methods, sociometry. Methods for exploring data: qualitative and quantitative approaches. Research in educatiopnal psychology. Ethics of psychodiagnostics.
  • 3. Learning. Psychology of learning as a special psychological discipline. Psychological theories of learning. Concept of learning (broader and narrower concept), definition. Function of learning. Phases of the learning process. Learning curve. Classification of types of learning.
  • 4. Laws of learning: motivation, transfer, repeating, feedback.
  • 5. Learning factors (learner, situation in which learning takes place, learning material, teacher). Learning methods (partial learning method, overall learning method, combined learning method; PQRST, overlearning, learning aloud and silently, individual and group learning, suggestopedy, etc.).
  • 6. Learning styles. Definition, genesis, some typologies, diagnostics of learning styles. Self-regulation of learning. Pupil's concepts of learning. Prerequisites for successful study. Study failures and their solutions.
  • 7. Psychological aspects of evaluation, testing and classification pupils' learning outcomes. Definition of terms: evaluation, testing and marking. Functions of testing and evaluation. Types of examinations (oral, written, practical). Pre-exam and exam state - exam fever/stage fright (symptoms, consequences, reduction, types of stage fright).
  • 8. School success/failure. Forms of failure. Analysis of school failure of pupils - causes. Psychological characteristics of unsuccessful pupils - typically and atypically unsuccessful pupils. Psychological aspects in eliminating school failure. Failed personality/failed pupil syndrome. Self-efficacy, academic self-efficasy.
  • 9. Creativity in school. Creativity - definition, factors of creativity, development of creativity, stages of the creative process, levels of creativity, factors and conditions for the intentional development of creative thinking of pupils, the position of a creative pupil in the class. Teacher's creativity.
  • 10. Gifted pupils - exploring and developing their personality. Giftedness - definition. Identification of gifted pupils. Typology of gifted pupils. Education of gifted pupils, possibilities for further development of gifted pupils. Myths and prejudices about gifted children.
Literature
    required literature
  • MAREŠ, Jiří. Pedagogická psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2013, 702 s. ISBN 9788026201748. info
  • ČÁP, Jan and Jiří MAREŠ. Psychologie pro učitele. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2007, 655 stran. ISBN 9788073672737. info
  • JEDLIČKA, Richard, Jaroslav KOŤA and Jan SLAVÍK. Pedagogická psychologie pro učitele : psychologie ve výchově a vzdělávání. Illustrated by Jana Slavíková. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2018, 528 stran. ISBN 9788027105861. URL info
    recommended literature
  • SANTROCK, John W. Educational psychology. Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2021, 668 stran. ISBN 9781260571301. info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. and Wendy M. WILLIAMS. Educational psychology. Second edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill, 2010, xxiv, 615. ISBN 9780205626076. info
  • Psychologie výchovy a vyučování. Edited by Jan Čáp. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova - Vydavatelství Karolinum, 1993, 413 s. ISBN 80-7066-534-3. info
    not specified
  • SLAVIN, Robert E. Educational psychology : theory and practice. Tenth edition, Pearson new i. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, ii, 578. ISBN 9781292020730. info
  • HOY, Anita Woolfolk. Educational psychology. Global edition, thirteenth e. Boston: Pearson, 2016, 720 stran. ISBN 9781292095301. info
  • DAŘÍLEK, Pavel a Pavel KUSÁK. Pedagogická psychologie. Část A. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1998. 234 s. ISBN 80-7076-837-2.
  • KUSÁK, Pavel and Pavel DAŘÍLEK. Pedagogická psychologie. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2001, 234 s. ISBN 8024402947. info
  • ĎURIČ, Ladislav, GRÁC, Ján, ŠTEFANOVIČ, Jozef. Pedagogická psychológia. Vyd. 2. Bratislava: Jaspis, 1991. 333 s. ISBN 80-900477-6-9.
  • VENDEL, Štefan. Pedagogická psychológia. 2. vyd. [Bratislava]: Epos, 2007, 447 s. ISBN 9788080577100. info
  • FONTANA, David. Psychologie ve školní praxi : příručka pro učitele. Vyd. 4. Praha: Portál, 2014, 383 s. ISBN 9788026207412. info
  • HOLEČEK, Václav. Psychologie v učitelské praxi. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2014, 223 stran. ISBN 9788024737041. URL info
  • ĎURIČ, Ladislav and Mária BRATSKÁ. Pedagogická psychológia : terminologický a výkladový slovník. Edited by Viliam S. Hotár - Jozef Pastier. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1997, 463 s. ISBN 8008024984. info
  • Handbook of educational psychology. Edited by Patricia A. Alexander - Philip H. Winne. 2nd ed. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006, xx, 1055. ISBN 0805859713. info
  • Handbook of educational psychology. Edited by Lyn Corno - Eric M. Anderman. Third edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xiv, 481. ISBN 9780415894821. info
  • Pedagogická encyklopedie. Edited by Tomáš Janík - Milada Rabušicová - Jan Průcha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2009, 935 s. ISBN 9788073675462. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan, Eliška WALTEROVÁ and Jiří MAREŠ. Pedagogický slovník. 7., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2013, 395 s. ISBN 9788026204039. info
  • MERTIN, Václav and Lenka KREJČOVÁ. Metody a postupy poznávání žáka : pedagogická diagnostika. 2., doplněné a aktualizova. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 398 stran. ISBN 9788075520142. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Psychologie učení : teoretické a výzkumné poznatky pro edukační praxi. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2020, 268 stran. ISBN 9788027128532. URL info
  • MAREŠ, Jiří. Styly učení žáků a studentů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 239 s. ISBN 80-7178-246-7. info
  • LOKŠOVÁ, Irena and Jozef LOKŠA. Pozornost, motivace, relaxace a tvořivost dětí ve škole. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 807178205X. info
  • SZOBIOVÁ, Eva. Tvorivosť - poznávanie tajomstiev. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2016, 386 stran. ISBN 9788073806132. info
  • LOKŠOVÁ, Irena and Jozef LOKŠA. Tvořivé vyučování. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2003, 208 s. ISBN 8024703742. info
  • HAVIGEROVÁ, Jana Marie. Pět pohledů na nadání. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024738574. URL info
  • HŘÍBKOVÁ, Lenka. Nadání a nadaní : pedagogicko-psychologické přístupy, modely, výzkumy a jejich vztah ke školské praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2009, 255 s. ISBN 9788024719986. URL info
  • HŘÍBKOVÁ, Lenka. Základní témata problematiky nadaných. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Praha, 2007, 72 s. ISBN 9788086723259. info
  • SLAVÍK, Jan. Hodnocení v současné škole : východiska a nové metody pro praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 190 s. ISBN 8071782629. info
  • KOLÁŘ, Zdeněk and Renata ŠIKULOVÁ. Hodnocení žáků. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 199 s. ISBN 9788024728346. URL info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Školní poradenská psychologie pro pedagogy. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2005, 430 s. ISBN 8024610744. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, exercises, class discussions, homework, reading.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods: examination.
Requirements for successful completion of the course: active participation in the lesson, seminar paper, knowledge test.
Deadline for submitting the seminar paper: 5/5/2025 - in electronic form (to the subject submission office in IS).
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 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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