Course: Psychodidactics and neurodidactics

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Course title Psychodidactics and neurodidactics
Course code KSZD/PSUK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Škoda Jiří, prof. PhDr. Ph.D., MBA
Course content
Lecture topics: 1st consultation: 1. Neurophysiological foundations of memory and learning - mechanisms of memory, types of memory, physiological factors influencing the process of remembering, the relationship between memory and learning. 2. Functional brain imaging, principles of functional imaging methods - fMRI, PET, SPECT, MEG, importance of functional brain imaging for the study of memory and learning processes. 3. Didactic reconstruction - didactic transformation of the subject matter, bringing the internal knowledge systems of the learning individual closer to the current state of knowledge. Methods of effective learning and teaching, means of didactic reconstruction. Choice of optimal learning and teaching strategies. 4. Possibilities of practical use of knowledge related to memory and learning mechanisms. Non-traditional approaches to teaching, critical analysis of modern trends in the management of the students' learning process. Constructive teaching and its variants, problem-based and heuristic teaching, research-oriented teaching, conceptual mapping. Self-study: 1. Learning styles - cognitive styles, student learning styles, classification of learning styles, teacher's teaching styles, the possibility of influencing learning styles, effective use of learning styles within the educational process, diagnosis of learning styles. 2. Individual characteristics of the learning individual - students' internal knowledge systems, its' formation, genesis and influence, children's concepts and work with children's concepts in the teaching process. Possibilities of diagnosing children's concepts. Strategies for overcoming misconceptions. 3. The relationship between self-regulated learning and metacognition, components of metacognition, ontogeny - developmental psychology and metacognitive development, diagnosis of the metacognitive potential of a learning individual - approaches to determining the level of metacognitive development. 4. Possibilities and limits of intentional intervention with the aim of developing the metacognitive potential of the learning individual. Selection of appropriate methods and forms of education, development of self-regulation strategies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the expanding knowledge related to the educational content of the subjects of general didactics and pedagogical psychology. Learning is explained in the subject as a complex of neurophysiological processes taking place in different parts of the brain. The mechanisms of memory and learning and the possibilities of their pedagogical influence are discussed. Knowledge about neurophysiological processes in the brain is further applied to the pedagogical field in connection with the individual characteristics of learning of pupils.
Expertise: - student can describe the basic anatomical structure of the central nervous system and explain the basic physiological processes in the brain (generation and transmission of nerve impulses), including the principles of the methods of investigating these processes, - student can characterize individual types of memory and can list the factors that influence the quality of memory, and for the selected factors can suggest the possibilities of influencing them pedagogically. Professional skills: - student can list various classifications of learning styles and characterize individual styles, including their manifestations in a real educational environment, - student can explain what learning strategies and tactics are and how they related to learning and cognitive styles, - student can characterize children's concepts and their genesis in detail. General qualifications: - student can present the theoretical concepts of didactic reconstruction and can describe the way of working with didactic reconstruction in real educational practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
written test
Recommended literature
  • BUZAN, T. Mind Map Mastery: The Complete Guide to Learning and Using the Most Powerful Thinking. New Edition.. Watkins Publishing Ltd,, 2018.
  • DUCHOVIČOVÁ, J. Neurodidaktický a psychodidaktický kontext edukácie.. Nitra: UKF, 2010.
  • GEAKE, J., G. The brain at school: Educational neuroscience in the classroom.. Berkshire: Open University Press, 2009.
  • HATTIE, J. Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. London, Taylor & Francis, 2009.
  • JENSEN, E. Brain-based learning: The new paradigm of teaching. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, 2008.
  • KARPUDEWAN, M., MD ZAIN, A., N., CHANDRASEGARAN, A., L. Overcoming Students' Misconceptions in Science.. Singapore: Springer, 2017.
  • NOVOTNA, J. Critical Thinking in Education.. STS Science Centre: London, 2014.
  • PETLÁK, E., TRNÍKOVÁ, J. Neurodidaktika a vyučovanie: Úvod do problematiky mozgovokompatibilného učenia. Norderstedt: GRIN Verlag, 2010.
  • PREISS, M., a J. KŘIVOHLAVÝ. Trénování paměti a poznávacích schopností. Praha: Grada, 2009. Psychologie pro každého. ISBN 978-80-247-2738-7.. 2009.
  • ŘÍČAN, J. Metakognice a metakognitivní strategie jako teoretický a výzkumný konstrukt a jejich využití v moderní pedagogické praxi.. MOst: Hněvín, 2016.
  • SIGUNE-MARIA, L. Procesy učení ve světle neurologického výzkumu.. Tübingen: Neurodidaktický institut, 2009.
  • SOBEL, C. P., LI, P. The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach. SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013.
  • ŠKODA, J., DOULÍK, P. Psychodidaktika. Metody efektivního a smysluplného učení a vyučování. Praha Grada, 2011, ISBN: 978-80-247-3341-8.. Praha Grada, 2011.
  • VEENMAN, M., V. Thinking about metacognition improves thinking. In R. WEGERIF, L. LI, & J.C. KAUFMAN (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking, (pp. 280-288).. New York and London: Routledge, 2015.


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