SZ6044 Theory and Practice of Curriculum

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karolína Dundálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Knecht, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PaedDr. Hana Horká, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Hana Horká, CSc.
Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SZ6044/01: each odd Thursday 10:15–11:55 učebna 42, H. Horká
SZ6044/02: each odd Monday 10:15–11:55 učebna 63, P. Knecht
SZ6044/03: each even Thursday 10:15–11:55 učebna 42, H. Horká
SZ6044/04: each even Monday 10:15–11:55 učebna 63, K. Dundálková
Prerequisites
!NOWANY( SZ6043 Theory and Practice of School , SZ6045 Theory and Practice of Teaching )
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of this course is (1) to initiate, (2) to support, and (3) to develop professional vision, professional knowledge, and professional action of future teachers in the field of curriculum.
Expected outcomes:
The student will be capable (a) to analyze, critically reflect and work with specialized texts in order to support their professional arguments, (b) to systematize, understand, and use basic concepts and terminology of the study of curriculum (on worked examples ).
Syllabus
  • Main topics (outline):
  • Foundations and basic concepts in the study of curriculum, curriculum policy, curriculum documents
  • From professional knowledge to curricular knowledge. Or didactic transformation?
  • Defining school subjects - their past, present and future
  • Curricular reforms and curriculum implementation
  • Curriculum planning development of school-based curriculum, quality of curriculum
  • Hidden curriculum
Literature
    required literature
  • Vybrané studie z časopisů: Pedagogika, Pedagogická orientace, Orbis scholae, Studia paedagogica
  • DVOŘÁK, Dominik. Od osnov ke standardům : proměny kurikulární teorie a praxe. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2012, 134 stran. ISBN 9788072906017. info
  • JANÍK, Tomáš, Josef MAŇÁK and Petr KNECHT. Cíle a obsahy školního vzdělávání a metodologie jejich utváření (Aims and contents of schooling and its designing). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2009, 173 pp. Pedagogický výzkum v teorii a praxi. ISBN 978-80-7315-194-2. info
  • SKALKOVÁ, Jarmila. Obecná didaktika. 2., rozš. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007, 322 s. ISBN 9788024718217. URL info
  • PASCH, Marvin, Trevor G. GARDNER, Georgea M. LANGER, Alane STARK and Christella MOODY. Od vzdělávacího programu k vyučovací hodině. Translated by Milan Koldinský. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2005, 416 stran. ISBN 8073670542. info
    recommended literature
  • DVOŘÁK, Dominik, Karel STARÝ and Petr URBÁNEK. Škola v globální době : proměny pěti českých základních škol. První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 195 stran. ISBN 9788024629773. URL info
  • DVOŘÁK, Dominik. Česká základní škola : vícepřípadová studie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2010, 310 s. ISBN 9788024618968. URL info
  • The SAGE handbook of curriculum and instruction. Edited by F. Michael Connelly - Ming Fang He - JoAnn Phillion. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008, xv, 604. ISBN 9781412909907. info
  • WALTEROVÁ, Eliška. Úloha školy v rozvoji vzdělanosti. Brno: Paido, 2004, 295 stran. ISBN 8073150832. info
  • GOODSON, Ivor and Colin J. MARSH. Studying school subjects. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 1996, viii, 190. ISBN 0750705892. info
Teaching methods
Learning activities and teaching methods used at seminars:
group discussion, problem solving, independent study of professional (research-based) literature, processing and presentation of theses; the performance of ongoing tasks.
Assessment methods
The course ended with a credit. Credit is given for systematic and regular work in the seminar lessons and coninuous preparation of essays   based on studying professional literature given by the teacher.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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