Course: Seminar on practical science education

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Course title Seminar on practical science education
Course code CPV/189
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Juráň Josef, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Ichová Jarmila, Mgr.
Course content
Content of lectures: 1. Working in the laboratory, material preparation for exercise. Effective utilization of time in laboratory work, worksheets and reports. 2. Tasks to lead hobby group, training games. 3. Learning Styles I. 4. Learning Styles II. 5. Excursions, detailed planning. 6. Working with troubled student, work with parents. 7. Problematic part of the schoolwork I. The method of asking questions. Practical training in asking questions, feedback. 8. Problematic part of the schoolwork II. 9. Problematic part of the schoolwork III. 10. Methods of testing and validation of knowledge and skills. 11. Review of current textbooks 12. The motivation of the student, his activation. Content of practicals: Analysis of the problems of science teaching in secondary schools.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Activating (simulations, games, drama), Practical training
Learning outcomes
Try your teaching skills with colleagues before real teaching.
Students will gain skills for successful managing everyday work of a secondary-school teacher.
Prerequisites
Perfect knowledge of secondary school curriculum on a high-school level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Self-reflection

Performance in classrooms in front of colleagues, preparation of materials and methods.
Recommended literature
  • Auger M.-T. a Boucharlat Ch. (2005): Učitel a problémový žák. Portál, Praha, 121 pp.
  • Kyriacou, Ch. (1996): Klíčové dovednosti učitele. Portál, Praha 155 pp.


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