DUCIT Teaching Lab

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Tomáš Effenberger, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Foltýnek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Martin Jonáš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Marek Macho (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucia Hradecká (lecturer)
RNDr. Martin Ukrop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Ondřej Hrdlička (assistant)
Klaudia Pohanková (assistant)
Pavol Trnavský (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Foltýnek, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: Mgr. Tomáš Foltýnek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Mon 17. 2. to Mon 12. 5. Mon 14:00–15:50 A220
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The student is teaching at least 1 hour every week. The course is open for students of all levels (bachelor, master, doctoral).
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 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 11/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Develop competencies for conducting useful seminars.
Learning outcomes
The student will improve in the following skills:
- explaining that is helpful;
- interacting with the group in a way that makes all the students to actively participate;
- assign clear tasks and change their difficulty as needed;
- help stuck students and support their thinking;
- provide a useful feedback;
- set desirable norms in the class;
- further improve through the reflection of their teaching.
Syllabus
  • Precedents and Norms
  • Interaction with the group
  • Lesson objectives and preparation
  • Interaction with individuals
  • Student motivation
  • Task variation and difficulty
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Lesson structuring
  • Explanation
  • Effective learning
  • Ethical dilemmas
  • Reflection on the semester
Literature
    recommended literature
  • WILSON, Greg. Teaching Tech Together: How to Make Your Lessons Work and Build a Teaching Community around Them. 1st Edition. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2019, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-35297-4. Full version of the book available online. info
  • MCKEACHIE, Wilbert James, Marilla D. SVINICKI and David NICOL. McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. 13th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2011, xxv, 388. ISBN 9780495809296. info
  • AMBROSE, Susan A. How learning works : seven research-based principles for smart teaching. Edited by Richard E. Mayer. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010, xxii, 301. ISBN 9780470484104. info
  • WEINSTEIN, Yana, Megan SUMERACKI and Oliver CAVIGLIOLI. Understanding how we learn : a visual guide. First edition. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019, x, 165. ISBN 9781138561724. info
  • BAIN, Ken. What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004, 207 p. ISBN 9780674013254. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures, group discussion, analysis of model situations and case studies, practical training of teaching skills, peer visits at the seminars, reflection of the teaching.
Assessment methods
To successfully complete the course, the following requirements must be met:
● Active participation in classes with a maximum of 2 unexcused absences.
● For completion with a course credit: a portfolio with at least 10 records; for completion with a colloquium: a portfolio with at least 20 records. In both cases, the portfolio must include at least: - 1× developmental pedagogical goal, - 2× classroom observations, - 3× reading journal entries, - 1× other type of record.
● Completion of the pre-test and post-test ropot in the IS.
● Completion of the homework assignment (providing feedback on another student's portfolio, assigned in the 7th week of the semester).
● Attendance at both meetings with the assigned mentor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Učitel omezuje zápis na studenty, kteří aktuálně vedou cvičení.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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