Course detail

Educational Psychology

FIT-IPSOAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course is thematically divided into the two parts. The first part: starting stands, theories and terminology of general psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and personality psychology. The second part: principal themes of educational psychology, process of learning, teacher-student relation, teacher typology, problems of school failure.
Psychological self-recognition of students, practice of chill-out techniques, experience techniques connected with psychological tests presentation are used in the course of practice.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Jílek

Department

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEKT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Gaining of preconditions to deeper insight and command of psychological determinants of issues bounded to area of pedagogical practice.

Prerequisites

Interest in the subject.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Course curriculum

    Syllabus of lectures:
    1. History of psychology. Subject, tasks, branches and methods of psychology.
    2. Socialization, social learning. Psychology of social groups.
    3. Communication. Assertive communication. Uniqueness of pedagogical communication.
    4. Theoretical questions of developmental psychology. Characteristics of stages of development.
    5. Personality from the psychological point of view, its structure.
    6. Cognitive processes I: Biological foundation of the mind. Consciousness. Attention. Perception. Memory.
    7. Cognitive processes II: Thinking. Creativity. Learning.
    8. Motivational, emotional and volitional processes. Positive psychology.
    9. Educational psychology. Personality of pedagogue. Methods and means of education.
    10. Social pathological phenomenons. Behaviour disorders.
    11. Causes of school failure. Specific learning disabilities.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course provides students basic orientation in terminology of psychology and main psychological concepts. It should help them with forming of psychological insight to a problem that they will be able to use in their pedagogical praxis as well as in personal life.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Čáp, J., Mareš, J.: Psychologie pro učitele. Praha, Portál, 2001. (CS)Fontana, D.: Psychologie ve školní praxi. Příručka pro učitele. Praha, Portál, 1997. (CS)Hartl, P., Hartlová, H.: Psychologický slovník. Praha, Portál, 2000. (CS)

Recommended reading

Elektronické studijní opory/texty dostupne na http://www.feec.vutbr.cz/UJAZ/evyuka.php.cz

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

52 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Jílek

Syllabus

  1. History of psychology. Subject, tasks, branches and methods of psychology.
  2. Socialization, social learning. Psychology of social groups.
  3. Communication. Assertive communication. Uniqueness of pedagogical communication.
  4. Theoretical questions of developmental psychology. Characteristics of stages of development.
  5. Personality from the psychological point of view, its structure.
  6. Cognitive processes I: Biological foundation of the mind. Consciousness. Attention. Perception. Memory.
  7. Cognitive processes II: Thinking. Creativity. Learning.
  8. Motivational, emotional and volitional processes. Positive psychology.
  9. Educational psychology. Personality of pedagogue. Methods and means of education.
  10. Social pathological phenomenons. Behaviour disorders.
  11. Causes of school failure. Specific learning disabilities.