Course: Introduction into Didactics

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Course title Introduction into Didactics
Course code UPV/SK1ZD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Moodle
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrnčiříková Zuzana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic topics: - Subject of General Didactics and its relation to other sciences. - Changes of the school curriculum in the historical context (the current FEP, SEP). - Educational goals and tasks and their classification and taxonomy. Teaching content. - Forms and methods of teaching. - Didactic principles and policies. - Material didactic means in education. - Value teaching in the SEP. - Screening and evaluation of knowledge and skills of students. Aims, forms, methods and social aspects of teaching are analysed through illustration video.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Experience (self-experience)
  • Term paper - 40 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 15 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 45 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 50 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
of the relationschip between basic didactic categories
of the relationschip between basic didactic categories
learning objectives
learning objectives
typology and taxonomy of learning objectives
typology and taxonomy of learning objectives
organizational forms of teaching
organizational forms of teaching
teaching methods and their relationship to teaching goals
teaching methods and their relationship to teaching goals
specifics of assessment in school practice
specifics of assessment in school practice
didactic principles in the context of the teaching process
didactic principles in the context of the teaching process
Skills
lists the basic didactic categories and the relationship between them
lists the basic didactic categories and the relationship between them
defines learning objectives and explains individual types of learning objectives
defines learning objectives and explains individual types of learning objectives
will clarify the taxonomy of learning objectives
will clarify the taxonomy of learning objectives
applies individual taxonomies to specific examples of the learning process
applies individual taxonomies to specific examples of the learning process
defines the organizational forms of teaching
defines the organizational forms of teaching
will explain the concept of teaching methods and their division
will explain the concept of teaching methods and their division
compares types of assessment in education
compares types of assessment in education
describes didactic principles and their importance in teaching
describes didactic principles and their importance in teaching
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Didactic test
Didactic test
Analysis of educational material
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of educational material
Recommended literature
  • ČAPEK, R. Moderní didaktika.
  • KALHOUS, Z., OBST, O. Školní didaktika.
  • MAREŠ, J. Pedagogická psychologie.
  • SKALKOVÁ, J. Obecná didaktika.


Study plans that include the course
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