Course detail

Engineering Pedagogy and Didactics

FIT-IIPDAcad. year: 2017/2018

Introduction into education process problems. Definition of the pedagogic matter. A set of the terms. Possibilities of implementation this knowledge in pedagogic practice. Fundamentals of engineering courses didactic. Didactic transform of science cognition into engineering courses education. Educational aims of engineering courses. Creative using of all didactic tools.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Jílek

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Understanding of pedagogical capabilities for the purpose of instruction of engineering courses.

Prerequisites

To be interested in given problems, and to have the minimum knowledge in pedagogic problems.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.Teaching mehods are preaching, discussion, one single presentation during the course.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.

Course curriculum

Syllabus of lectures:
  1. The subject field history and general issues of the school system. Engineering pedagogy as an educational course.
  2. Education, its functions, goals, forms, components, means, and methods. Domains of pedagogy.
  3. Pedagogical research and its methods. Basic pedagogical documents, educational programmes. System of education in the Czech Republic.
  4. General didactics. Domain didactics. Secondary school pupil. Personality of a teacher.
  5. Subject field curriculum. Curriculum problematics. Environment factors.
  6. Theoretical rudiments of teaching and learning. Methods and forms of teaching. Didactical principles.
  7. Projecting and implementing teaching. Motivation. Communication.
  8. Educational goals and their implementation.
  9. Educational process discipline. Causes, discipline measures, persecution. Education results evaluation.
  10. Introductory course on special pedagogy: classification, rudimentary terminology, consultancy system.
  11. Alternative school system.
  12. Vocational courses teacher preparation.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To familiarise students with introduction into education process problems, definition of the pedagogic matter and a set of the terms. To devote information on possibilities of implementation this knowledge in pedagogic practice. To inform about fundamentals of engineering courses didactic, didactic transform of science cognition into engineering courses education, educational aims of engineering courses and creative using of all didactic tools.

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

Tests passed during the semester.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

  • Melezinek, A.: Inženýrská pedagogika. ČVUT Praha, 1991

Recommended reading

  • Melezinek, A.: Inženýrská pedagogika. ČVUT Praha, 1991
  • Průcha, J.: Moderní pedagogika. Portál s.r.o., Praha, 2002
  • Kalhous Z., Obst O.: Školní didaktika. Portál s.r.o., Praha 2002
  • Jůva V. jun. a sen.: Stručné dějiny pedagogiky
  • http://www.feec.vutbr.cz/UJAZ/evyuka.php.cz

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

52 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Jílek

Syllabus

  1. The subject field history and general issues of the school system. Engineering pedagogy as an educational course.
  2. Education, its functions, goals, forms, components, means, and methods. Domains of pedagogy.
  3. Pedagogical research and its methods. Basic pedagogical documents, educational programmes. System of education in the Czech Republic.
  4. General didactics. Domain didactics. Secondary school pupil. Personality of a teacher.
  5. Subject field curriculum. Curriculum problematics. Environment factors.
  6. Theoretical rudiments of teaching and learning. Methods and forms of teaching. Didactical principles.
  7. Projecting and implementing teaching. Motivation. Communication.
  8. Educational goals and their implementation.
  9. Educational process discipline. Causes, discipline measures, persecution. Education results evaluation.
  10. Introductory course on special pedagogy: classification, rudimentary terminology, consultancy system.
  11. Alternative school system.
  12. Vocational courses teacher preparation.