RLDrA08 Teaching the Study of Religion

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
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
The course provides elementary pedagogical training to doctoral students who assist some of the faculty of Masaryk University's Department for the Study of Religions. Under their supervision they participate in teaching, give feedback on students' submissions or otherwise help with a course.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
  • provide qualified feedback on B.A. and/or M.A. students' submissions;
  • prepare a special lecture in a course in which they provide assistance;
  • orient themselves in the practical side of teaching and in the organization of courses in the B.A. and/or M.A. programme.
    • Syllabus
    • Informative meeting, requirements.
    • Submitting a work plan with respect to assisting faculty staff in the given semester.
    • Control meeting I: coordination of tasks, checking the participant’s work , feedback from teachers.
    • Control meeting II: coordination of tasks, checking the participant’s work, feedback from teachers.
    • Final evaluation seminar in which the mentor provides assistants with complex feedback on their involvement.
    Literature
      required literature
    • ROHLÍKOVÁ, Lucie and Jana VEJVODOVÁ. Vyučovací metody na vysoké škole : praktický průvodce výukou v prezenční i distanční formě studia. První vydání. Praha: Grada, 2012, 281 stran. ISBN 9788024741529. URL info
      recommended literature
    • FORSYTH, Ian, Alan JOLLIFFE and David STEVENS. Preparing a course : practical strategies for teachers, lecturers and trainers. 2nd ed. London: Kogan Page, 1999, viii, 136. ISBN 0749428082. info
    Teaching methods
    The teaching has the form of individual working meetings with teachers of the courses in which the doctoral students provide assistance. Students work on their tasks following the work plan specified by their mentor (providing feedback on submissions, preparing special lectures, supervising seminars etc.).
    Assessment methods
    The grade is given on the basis of a timely as well as professional and formally correct delivery of the tasks specified by the mentors/teachers of courses in the work plan (100%). The grade is saved by the course's coordinator and is based on a written statement that the teachers submit to the Study Materials in IS MU.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught each semester.
    The course is taught: in blocks.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis do předmětu je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
    • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2025/RLDrA08