VZM13 Personality Development

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Viktor Pacholík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Mgr. Alice Prokopová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková
Supplier department: Department of Physical Education and Health Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VZM13/01: Fri 8. 3. 9:00–10:50 učebna 27, Fri 22. 3. 9:00–10:50 učebna 27, Fri 12. 4. 9:00–10:50 učebna 27, Fri 26. 4. 13:00–14:50 učebna 27, V. Pacholík
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 objective of the course is to combine the theoretical knowledge about personality development in various stages of life and the researcher’s own experience, and thus deepen the understanding of various aspects of facilitation of personality and social development.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students will:
- Be able to explain the life-span concept of the psychology of personality development,
- Be able to describe the protective and risk factors of personality development,
- Be able to illustrate these factors on specific examples,
- Understand the possibilities of facilitating personality and social development.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychology of personality development, life-span approach, basic concepts;
  • 2. Factors of mental development I;
  • 3. Factors of mental development II;
  • 4. Bio-psycho-social determination of mental development;
  • 5. Continuous forms of mental development, developmental stages, developmental crises;
  • 6. Periodization of mental development, lifelong mental development, main lines of life-span development;
  • 7. Description and educational-psychological aspects of individual stages of mental development in the context of developmental-psychological theories;
  • 8. Specific problems and pitfalls in various stages of development I;
  • 9. Specific problems and pitfalls in various stages of development II;
  • 10. Specific problems and pitfalls in various stages of development III;
  • 11. Basic dimensions of education and their psychological contexts;
  • 12. Personality development and family education.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ŘÍČAN, Pavel. Cesta životem. 2., přeprac. vyd., v Portá. Praha: Portál, 2004, 390 s. ISBN 8071788295. info
    not specified
  • Literature in Teacher's Information
Teaching methods
At the beginning of the term students shall select their preferred way of completing the course; one of them is a continuous seminar paper, the other one is active participation in a group aimed at self-knowledge.
Assessment methods
A precondition for successful completion of the course is either submission and presentation of a seminar paper or active participation in a group aimed at self-knowledge.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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