PGBK114 Education and Wikipedia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
12/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jiří Zounek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jiří Zounek, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Zajíčková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The prerequisite is to successfully finish courses General Education and Educational Theories.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to create an educational dictionary entry on the Wikipedia portal. At the same time, students will acquire the skills of searching and processing of professional educational sources, carrying out a thematic search, critical reading of specialized texts, and creative writing. Students will thus gain skills applicable in other courses and especially in the process of writing the minor paper or the Bachelor’s thesis.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to: - create an educational dictionary entry on the Wikipedia portal - search for and process specialized teaching resources and to carry out a thematic search - critically read specialized texts - master the basics of creative writing - apply the skills acquired in this course in the process of writing the minor paper or the Bachelor’s thesis
Syllabus
  • - selection of a relevant topic for writing an entry - searching and processing of professional teaching resources - citation using the APA standard - critical reading of specialized texts - creative writing - basic functionalities and working with Wikipedia - creating an educational dictionary entry on the Wikipedia portal - presentation of the dictionary entry
Literature
    required literature
  • https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1pov%C4%9Bda:Jak_vytvo%C5%99it_%C4%8Dl%C3%A1nek
    recommended literature
  • ZOUNEK, Jiří and Petr SUDICKÝ. E-learning : učení (se) s online technologiemi. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, xix, 226. ISBN 9788073579036. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Moderní pedagogika. 4., aktualizované a doplně. Praha: Portál, 2009, 481 stran. ISBN 9788073675035. info
  • Pedagogická encyklopedie. Edited by Tomáš Janík - Milada Rabušicová - Jan Průcha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2009, 935 s. ISBN 9788073675462. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan, Eliška WALTEROVÁ and Jiří MAREŠ. Pedagogický slovník. 6., rozš. a aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2009, 395 s. ISBN 9788073676476. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, submission of assignments and a dictionary entry
Assessment methods
Conditions for fulfilling course requirements: Writing a dictionary entry on Wikipedia 80% attendance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
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