Course: Games and gaming activities

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Course title Games and gaming activities
Course code KPG/HHČQ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Chudý Štefan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vyhnálková Pavla, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Defining play/games as an activity of children and the youth. Its place in the hierarchy of child's needs. Play from the point of pedagogy and other scientific disciplines. Game as a means of knowing oneself as well as the surrounding world. Games and interest activities as means of emotional, cognitive and volitional development of an individual. Game as a means of moral education.Classification of games. Games and the age of a child. Functions of games/play. Rules for planning, playing and supervising games.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students should be able to know how to use games in the educational process, apply pedagogical, psychological and sociological knowledges on the educational process, define and characterize games´ functions and purposes.
Students will acquire competence to lead the game in the educational process.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of didactics and leisure education.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Compiling a record of games, containing at least fifteen games in various environments.
Recommended literature
  • HOFBAUER, B. (2004). Děti, mládež a volný čas.. Praha.
  • MIŠURCOVÁ, V., KOBLOVÁ, S. (1998). Práva dítěte v dokumentech.. Praha.
  • MIŠURCOVÁ, V., SEVEROVÁ, M. (1997). Děti, hry a umění.. Praha.
  • PAUSEWANGOVÁ, E. (1993). 150 her k utváření osobnosti: Pro děti od 3 do 8 let.. Praha.
  • PÁVKOVÁ, J. a kol. (2002). Pedagogika volného času.. Praha.
  • ZAPLETAL, M. (1995). Velká encyklopedie her.. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
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