Pedagogical and Psychological Assessment in Teacher's Practice SZ6646

                                     Organizational guidelines


Course Objective:

The aim of the course is to experience selected methods of educational and psychological assessment
in specific school situations, to learn how to process the information provided during instruction
and in school environment, and to gather additional data relevant for understanding the individual
learning characteristics of specific students. Furthemore to build on the experience of targeted
diagnostic activities from the Bachelor's studies and to focus preferably on: a) the diagnosis of
the pupils' learning process and their results, b) the teachers' experience of dealing with pupils'
problematic behaviour and the diagnosis of classroom relationships.

Course format:

Lecture and seminar: both in a two-hour block. The course is taught by Members of the Department of
Education and Psychology.

Classes run on:

23.9. at 14:00 – 15:50 in room 34;

7.10. at 14:00 – 15:50 in room 20;

21.10 at 14:00 – 15:50 in room 37;

11.11. at 14:00 – 15:50 in room 34;

25.11. at 14:00 – 15:50 in room 34.

In a meanwhile students work on the portfolio assignment during their Teacher's Degree Programs
internship. Active attendance and participation in the seminar is essential, as well as completion
of the assignments, including the portfolio task. The portfolio assignment is part of the State
Examination.

Course completion requirements:

● Active participation of students in the course (even in the case of online teaching with the
camera on),

● submission of a written form of portfolio assignment and self-evaluation,

● evaluation of the work of a classmate and improving own work based on a feedback from a
classmate,

● presenting the results of own work at the final colloquium,

● completing continuous assignments during the course including the self-study activities.

How to proces the portfolio task:

a) Choose one of the tasks below for your diagnostic task, or you can do more than one. For each
task, you will find a form in the learning materials to process the task.

- Diagnosing learning outcomes and the process of learning

- Diagnosing social relationships in the classroom

- Case studies of problem behaviour of pupils

- Using assessment to support learning

b) Processed the portfolio task by following steps in a prepared document, which is provided in
Information System in Learning Materials file.

c) After fulfilling the portfolio task, evaluate your work.

d) Send your work by e-mail to a selected classmate for peer evaluation.

e) The classmate studies your work, evaluates it, writes a recommendation for possible
modifications and sends it back to you by e-mail.

f) Improve the quality of your work, react to recommendations and put it in the homework vaults
(including feedback and evaluation of a classmate).



Completion of the course:

Colloquium (six-member groups - three pairs of classmates (according to mutual evaluation) will
present their experience with diagnostic activity in practice.


Questions about teaching in seminars should be directed to your teachers by e-mail. In your
e-mails, always include the number and name of the subject, so that the teachers can respond to
your question as soon as possible.

Please, respect the deadlines for handing in the task:

-          send your portfolio task to designated classmates by 15.1. 2023;

-          provide a feedback to your classmate by 22.1.,

-          submit final version of the portfolio task to the homework vaults by 29.1.2023.


Colloquium dates

Colloquia will mainly take place between 30.1.2023 and 10.2.2023. Additional dates will be offered
until the end of the exam period. Dates will be announced in due course. The students will bring
their work in printed form to the colloquium.



Peer-assessment couples

Šich, Adam Xaver - Azizi, Zahra

Gritsan, Inga - Kuznetcova, Anna

Papíková, Dominika - Topdag, Gonul

Nuur, Abdul-Samad