Course: Introduction to Special Education Diagnostics

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Course title Introduction to Special Education Diagnostics
Course code USS/EZSPD
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Langer Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Svoboda Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Valenta Milan, prof. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Theoretical introduction into the methods and forms of diagnostics in the special education.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Theoretical introduction into the methods and forms of diagnostics in the special education. Special pedagogical diagnostics 1. Special pedagogical diagnostics, diagnostic method, diagnostic activity, objectives of special pedagogical diagnostics, psychometric properties of diagnostic methods, objectivity, standardization, reliability, normalization and used statistical values 2. Development of children's drawings, standardized drawing tests, projective drawing tests, intelligent drawing tests, drawing appreciating the level of sensomotor skills, qualitative analysis of drawing 3. Diagnostics of fine motorics and fonts, graphomotor tests, graphical aspects of writing 4. Clinical methods, qualitative diagnostic approach, observation, interview, product analysis, game analysis, history, causal study Test methods, distribution of test methods, standardization, quantitative diagnostic approach, intelligence tests 5. Tests of special abilities, knowledge and skills, perceptive tests, memory evaluation, didactic tests, knowledge tests, social skills assessment 6. Diagnosis of SPU in adolescents and adults, reading, writing, phonemic awareness, visual perception and concentration, speech functions, motor functions, spatial and right perception 7. Signs of Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity, Diagnosis of ADHD, ADD 8. Specific learning disorders and their diagnostics, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dysortography dyscalculia Literature 1. MARCZYK, G., De MATTEO, D., FESTINGER, D. (2005) Essentials of Research Design and Methodology. Published by John and Sons, Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, ISBN - 978-0-471-4753-3. 2. POTMĚŠIL, M., VALENTA, M.: (2006) Chapter on Special Education. Olomouc UPOL, ISBN 80-244-1423-6 3. DeMARRAIS, K., LAPAN, D., S., ( 2004) Foundation for Research. Methods of Inquiry in Education and the Social Sciences. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, Mahwah, New Jersey, ISBN 0-8058-3650-0 4. JOURNAL OF EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE, Volume - 2012 - 2017, Institute of Special Educational Studies, Olomouc, ISSN 1805-4978 print, ISSN 1805-4986 online
The outcomes of the subject are based on partial profile of the subject`s absolvent.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Fulfilment of subject requirements as stipulated by the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
Recommended literature
  • HRABAL, V. st., HRABAL, V. ml. (2002). Diagnostika.. Praha : Karolinum.
  • MONATOVÁ, L. (2000). Speciálně pedagogická diagnostika z hlediska vývoje dětí. Brno : Paido.
  • SVOBODA, M. (ED.), KREJČÍŘOVÁ, D., VÁGNEROVÁ, M. (2009). Psychodiagnostika dětí a dospívajících. Praha: Portál.


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