Course: Experiential education

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Course title Experiential education
Course code KPEG/EIPPE
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Blažková Martina, Mgr.
  • Laibrt Lukáš, Mgr.
Course content
Themes: 1. Backgrounds of experiential education. 2. Experiential education and its objectives. 3. Experiential courses and their implementation. 4. Preparation of experiential courses. 5. Review in experiential education. 6.-14. Realization of various types of experiential activities. The course is implemented in the form of a 4-day exit course. The date of the course is given in the course schedule (4.-7.3.2024).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Activating (simulations, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this subject is to acquaint students with theoretical backgrounds of experiential pedagogy and with the application of experiential pedagogy in the practice of teachers. The course will be taught together with KPEG / IPPE (The course is implemented in the form of a three-day intensive exit course). It is an internationalization course designed for Erasmus students. It can be taught in English / Czech - preferably in English.
Student knows basic theoretical background of experience education. He is familiar with possible solutions of using experiential methods in teachers´ practice.
Prerequisites
Interest, Selfdevelopment, Playfulness

Assessment methods and criteria
Self-reflection, Interim evaluation

Active and full participation in the course.
Recommended literature
  • Dewey, John; Hickman, Larry A.,; Alexander, Thomas M. The essential Dewey. Volume 1, Pragmatism, education, democracy. Bloomington ; Indianopolis : Indiana University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-253-21184-0.
  • Dewey, John; Hickman, Larry A.,; Alexander, Thomas M. The essential Dewey. Volume 2, Ethics, logic, psychology. Bloomington ; Indianopolis : Indiana University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-253-21185-9.
  • Kolb, David A. Experiential learning : experience as the source of learning and development. Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, 1984. ISBN 0-13-295261-0.


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