PdF:SPAMK_SAG3 Behavioral Approaches to Learn - Course Information
SPAMK_SAG3 Behavioral Approaches to Learning
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education - Timetable
- Fri 7. 10. 7:30–14:40 učebna 36, Fri 14. 10. 7:30–14:40 učebna 32, Fri 21. 10. 7:30–14:40 učebna 36
- 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
- Special Education for Adults (eng.) (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education for Adults (ger.) (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Special Education for Adults (programme PdF, N-SPD)
- Course objectives
- The class introduces behavioral science and focuses on the person, his behavior and relation with physical and social environment. We will deal with behavioral explanation of specific behaviors and factors of the environment on a person. The class will mainly deal with practical application of the science, which uses the principles of behaviorism to deal with socially important behavioral difficulties. Students will understand the basic methods and techniques of measuring behavior, data management, and learning adaptive and reducing non-adaptive skills.
- Syllabus
- Basic principles of behavior, brief history of behavioral analysis, introduction to applied behavioral analysis.
- Definition and measurement of target behavior.
- Visual data analysis.
- Mapping of individual skills and preference testing.
- Learning skills and repertoire of behaviors.
- Learning in natural settings, intensive learning, discriminant training and transfer of stimulus control.
- Prompts, shaping and chaining of behavior.
- Functional analysis of behavior, antecedent intervention.
- Ways of reducing problem behavior.
- Literature
- required literature
- Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 91–97.
- COOPER, John O. Applied Behavior Analysis. Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007, 770 s. ISBN 9780131293274. info
- recommended literature
- ALBERTO, Paul A. and Anne C. TROUTMAN. Applied behavior analysis for teachers. Ninth edition. Boston: Pearson, 2013, xiv, 456. ISBN 9780132925266. info
- BAILEY, Jon S. and Mary R. BURCH. Research methods in applied behavior analysis. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2002, xii, 268. ISBN 0761925562. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture, seminar
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, in class discussions, assigned readings, practical example of teaching. The course is concluded by written exam.
- 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: 24 hodin.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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