Course: Education Readiness Diagnostics

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Course title Education Readiness Diagnostics
Course code KPV/KMSZQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
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)
  • Provázková Stolinská Dominika, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Otavová Marcela, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
  • Nátěstová Taťána, Mgr.
Course content
Students are able to diagnose the level of maturity and readiness of the child in areas whose development in kindergarten determines his successful entry into the first year of elementary school. They acquire strategies that can effectively develop key areas in the last year of pre-school education. 1. Practical independence (physical development, movement coordination, self care and independence) 2. Social awareness (orientation in the environment, the outside world and practical life) 3. Emotional independence (emotional stability, ability to control one's behavior) 4. Social independence (coexistence with peers, communication, cooperation, participation) 5. Speech skills (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary) 6. Laterality (visual-motor coordination, holding a pencil) 7. Differentiated perception (auditory and visual analysis and synthesis) 8. Logical and thought operations (pre-mathematical ideas, comparison, classification, sorting, problem solving) 9. Focused attention, intentional memory for learning 10. Working behavior (concentrated work and learning activities)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils, Grafic and Art Activities, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 10 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get students familiar with aspects of comprehensive diagnostics of school maturity and readiness. Strategies are focused on a child who is finishing pre-school and is entering compulsory school education. Subject develops students´ competence to observe and keep records systematically, process a diagnostic portfolio and use it to evaluate the child's partial progress in sensory, intellectual, emotional and social areas, as well as to propose specific measures to develop the weakened area of development.
Students are able to understand the problems of diagnosis of school maturity and readiness.
Prerequisites
General orientation in education and diagnostics

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio

Students prepare a set of ideas for complex development of a pre-school child focused on assessment of his/her school maturity and readiness. They verify these ideas and assess their applicability in a selected pre-school.
Recommended literature
  • Bednářová, J., Šmardová, V., & Šmarda, R. (2007). Diagnostika dítěte předškolního věku: co by dítě mělo umět ve věku od 3 do 6 let. Brno: Computer Press.
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, J., ŠMARDOVÁ, V. (2007). Diagnostika dítěte předškolního věku. Brno : Computer Press.
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, J., ŠMARDOVÁ, V. Školní zralost. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-251-2569-4..
  • DITTRICH, P. (1992). Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika. Praha : H+H.
  • DVOŘÁKOVÁ, M. (1999). Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika II.. České Budějovice : Jihočeská univerzita.
  • KLENKOVÁ, J. A KOL. (2005). Diagnostika předškoláka. Brno : MC nakladatelství.
  • ŠMELOVÁ, E. a kol. (2012). Připravenost dětí k zahájení povinné školní docházky v kontextu současného kurikula. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • ŠMELOVÁ, E., PETROVÁ, A., SOURALOVÁ, E. (2012). Připravenost dětí k zahájení povinné školní docházky. Olomouc: UP.


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