Course: Educational Psychology and its Applications

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Course title Educational Psychology and its Applications
Course code KPSY/0PEPS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Stuchlíková Iva, prof. PaedDr. CSc.
Course content
Topics: 1. Functional Processes Underlying Academic Learning - The Role of Cognitive Processes 2. Prerequisites for Learning - Context, Learning Regulation, Academic Self-Efficacy 3. The Role of Learning Goals and Motivation, Teacher Influence 4. Interest and Emotions in Learning 5. Epistemic Cognition and Epistemic Beliefs 6. Teaching - Learning Opportunities, Influence of Context and Cognitive Activation 7. Identity and Otherness, Openness to Diversity (Doubková) 8. Teacher-Student Interaction, Co-Regulation of Student Behaviour, Connectedness to School 9. Theories of Educational Change, Learning Organisations 10. Myths About Learning, Science Denial

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on current approaches and topics in educational psychology. The goal is for the student to deepen an evidence-based understanding of the key processes that influence learning and psychological development in educational contexts.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Combined exam

Presentation of independent work. Active participation in seminars; a maximum of two absences is permitted.
Recommended literature
  • Hendrick, C., Macpherson, R. Co funguje ve třídě. Most mezi výzkumem a praxí. Praha. 2021.
  • Kirschner, P. A., & Hendrick, C. How Learning Happens. Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice. 2020.
  • Mareš, Jiří. Pedagogická psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0174-8.
  • Mayer, Richard E.,; Alexander, Patricia A. Handbook of research on learning and instruction. Second edition. New York ; London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-83175-9.
  • Pekrun, Reinhard; Linnenbrink-Garcia, Lisa. International handbook of emotions in education. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-89502-6.
  • SoFA. Materiály k RRRR, KID, PBIS. Society For All. 2023.


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