Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology - University of Bialystok

Course Description

Early-School Pedagogy - Year III

PSD 314 - Developmental Psychology of Children and Young People
Year III, 5th semester, 15 lectures/30 laboratory classes, 2 hrs /week, 5 ECTS points, examination

The syllabus also refers to course: PSD 325

The theoretical basis of development. Developmental indicators. Factors determining the biological, psychological and social aspects of development. Characteristics of developmental periods. Cognitive, emotional and social development in the pre-school period and in the early classes of primary school. Psychopedagogical diagnosis of children's readiness for school (school maturity), reading and writing skills and the child's integration within a group.

Lecturers: Henryk Raszkiewicz Ph.D., Barbara Slusarczyk Ph.D., Monika Wróblewska M.A., Beata Mirucka M.A., Krystyna Sochacka M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, laboratory classes

Form of assessment: oral or written examination

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Zimbardo P.G. & Ruch F.L. Psychologia i zycie, (Psychology and Life) PWN Warszawa 1994

Wlodarski Z. & Matczak A. Wprowadzenie do psychologii, (Introduction to Psychology) WSiP,Warszawa 1993

Vasta R. Psychologia dziecka, (Psychology of the Child) WSiP,Warszawa 1995

Hurlock E. Rozwój dziecka, (Child development) PWN, Warszawa 1965

Hurlock E. Rozwój mlodziezy, (Adolescent development). PWN, Warszawa 1965

Kohnstamm R. Praktyczna psychologia dziecka, (Practical child psychology) WSiP, Warszawa 1989

PNJ 310 - The Basis of the Polish Language
Year III, 5th semester, 30 lectures/30 seminars, 4 hrs/week, 5 ECTS points, examination

The course on the basis of the Polish language covers the main aspects of the grammar of the Polish language, ranging from phonetics through the construction of new words to inflection and syntax. The aim of the subject is to provide students with a revision of basic aspects of Polish grammar and to teach them practical skills for working with children during Polish language lessons at grades I - III.

Lecturers: Alina Mielech Ph.D., Zofia Redlarska M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: written examination

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Bak P. Gramatyka jezyka polskiego. (A Polish Grammar).

Doroszewski W. Gramatyka opisowa jezyka polskiego z cwiczeniami. (A descriptive grammar of the Polish language with exercises).

PSM 314 – Psychological Concepts of Man
Year III, 5th semester, 30 seminars, 3 hrs /week, 3 ECTS points, course credit

The syllabus also applies to courses: PSM 324, PSM 334

The psychological concepts of man is a course which provides an introduction to a selection of psychological techniques and methods (observational, projective techniques, experimental, test methods). The selection of the techniques prsented is dictated by their usefulness in helping to understand the essence of behaviours (their dynamics and mechanisms) observed in pedagogical practice. Apart from extending students' theoretical knowledge, this course also has practical applications - that of applying the techniques discussed to empirical research.

Lecturers: Maria Kopacz-Giella Ph.D., Barbara Slusarczyk Ph.D., Malgorzata Niesiobedzka M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Woloszynowa L. Materialy do nauczania psychologii. Seria III (Materials for teaching psychology. Series III).

Rembowski J. Metoda projekcyjna w badaniu dzieci i mlodziezy (Projective methods in the assessment of children and young people).

PEW 310 - Fundamentals of Early-School Pedagogy
Year III, 5th semester, 30 lectures/30 seminars, 4 hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, course credit

Recommended courses: PSD 314

The course in early-school pedagogy covers topics related to the education of children in the early classes of primary school in a variety of different areas (Polish language, mathematics, nature studies, art, music, technical and physical education). The educational aims which are met within the framework of school, and activities which take place outside school, are considered. Early-school pedagogy, as an academic discipline, aims to establish the theoretical basis of education, understood in the widest possible sense, for children at the first levels of primary school, and presents opportunities for applying them in school practice. It formulates recommendations of an instrumental nature and creates theories and theoretical systems for determining the rationale for principles applied to the pedagogy in this field. The discipline is concerned with analysing data and observations based on the activities of children at the younger levels of primary school. It highlights opportunities for the application of educational innovations at the initial levels of general education. It provides a justification for the autonomy of early-school pedagogy in view of its particular functions and organisation, as well as the mechanisms and patterns of development in children aged 7-10. It is concerned with establishing the optimal means for : activating the creative potential of pupils at the first levels of primary school, developing their interests and skills and overcoming difficulties and failures in learning. The subject is also concerned with a study of the factors determining the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process and establishes criteria for determining the contents of a syllabus, its structure and scope. It provides a rationale for the practical realisation of general educational principles determined by didactics and issues of integration and correlation. It is has a pro-pedeutological nature - that is, it specifies the principles for the optimal preparation of children for the later stages of education and the opportunities for them to become aware of their mental processes during the course of their own activities.

The discipline also determines criteria for the evaluation of the pedagogical work of the teacher at early-school levels, as well as defining the principles for planning and organising didactic and educational activities.

Lecturers: Jolanta Szada-Borzyszkowska Ph.D., Alina Mielech Ph.D., Tadeusz Józwicki Ph.D.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Kujawinski: Rozwijanie aktywnosci twórczej uczniów klas poczatkowych. (Developing the creativity of pupils in the first classes of primary school).

Palka S. (ed.): Teoretyczne odniesienia i praktyczne rozwiazania w pedagogice wczesnoszkolnej. Slask 1994. (Theoretical bases and practical solutions in early-school pedagogy).

Wieckowski R. Pedagogika wczesnoszkolna. (Early-school Pedagogy) WSiP 1993

PNM 310 - Fundamentals of Teaching Mathematics
Year III, 6th semester, 15 lectures/30 seminars, 4 hrs/week, 5 ECTS points, examination

The aim of the course on teaching mathematics is to encourage students to use precise and logical thinking for the purpose of problem solving. Mathematical knowledge is also advantageous in understanding calculators and computers. It is the basis of methodology for the teaching of mathematics.

The subject covers:

G. Cantor’s set theory - operations on sets. Relations and arrow graphs. Non-decimal number systems. Binary system operations. Mini-computers and G. Papy’s table. H. Whitney’s matrix. Fundamentals of mathematical logic. Functions. Combinatorial analysis. Natural numbers. Real numbers. Power, raising numbers to powers. Fractions, operations on fractions. Fundamentals of algebra - equations and inequalities. Fundamentals of geometry - basic geometrical designs.

Lecturer: Tadeusz Józwicki Ph.D.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: examination

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Coxeter H.S.: Wstep do geometrii dawnej i nowej. (Introduction to geometry - ancient and modern). PWN, Warszawa 1967

Encyklopedia szkolna – matematyka. (School encyclopedia - mathematics) WSiP, Warszawa 1997

Feinstein I.K.: New maths – exploring sets and numbers. 1958

HBJ mathematics. Chicago 1981

Karczmarczyk J.: Logika matematyczna w nauczaniu poczatkowym. (Mathematical logic in early-school teaching). WSiP, Warszawa 1983

Semadeni Z.: Nauczanie poczatkowe matematyki. (Teaching mathematics to the first classes of primary school). WSiP, Warszawa 1988

PNS 310 - Socio-Nature Studies
Year III, 6th semester, 15 lectures/15 seminars, 2 hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, examination

The course covers the most important issues for understanding the socio-natural environment: providing opportunities for deepening awareness of nature, both animate and inanimate, geography, ecology, cartography and topography, as well as the propedeutics of astronomical geography, climatology and hydrography. The subjects covered, form the basis for the methodology of teaching the course on socio-nature studies.

Lecturer: Irena Boreczko-Aksiucik M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: written examination

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Borowicz K. Srodowisko geograficzne. (The geographical environment) WSP Olsztyn 1995

Filipiuk T. Struktura dydaktyczna przedmiotu nauczania Srodowisko spoleczno-przyrodnicze. (The didactic structure of socio-nature studies). IKN Koszalin 1989

Wasiukiewicz J. Tematyka przyrodnicza w pracy pedagogicznej z dzieckiem w mlodszym wieku szkolnym. ( Nature themes in pedagogical work with children in the first classes of primary school). Gdansk 1989

Fratczakowie E. & J. Edukacja ekologiczna uczniów klas I-III. (Ecological education of pupils in grades I-III). TUVEX 1993

MBP 310 - Methodology of Pedagogical Research
Year III, 6th semester 15 lectures/30 seminars, 3 hrs /week, 3 ECTS points, course credit

The syllabus also applies to courses: MBP 320, MBP 330

Recommended courses: HFI 100

I. Methodology of pedagogical research:

1. Science as the domain of human social activity (definition of science, functions, criteria for classification). Pedagogy as a science. Principles of scientific cognition. Scientific versus general cognition.

2. Procedural stages in pedagogical research. The essence, features and ways of formulating research questions and hypotheses. Variables and indicators in pedagogy.

3. The theoretical basis of research. The concept of research in pedagogy.

4. Types of pedagogical research. Presentation of concepts such as : procedures, methods, techniques, research tools. Different types of research methods, techniques and instruments used in pedagogy and their characteristics.

5. Qualitative methods in pedagogical research. Characteristic features and the process of qualitative research. Language, imagination and intuition as applied in qualitative research. Characteristics of qualitative methods applied in pedagogical research.

II. Fundamentals of statistics:

1. Statistical methods in the pedagogical sciences. Stages and different kinds of statistical research. Measurement in pedagogy - essence and characteristics. Different types of measurement scales. Presentation of empirical material. The structure of tables and graphs. Descriptions of the characteristics of qualitative distributions: indicators of structure and intensity.

2. Descriptions of the characteristics of quantitative distributions. Statistical groupings. Calculation and interpretation of certain measurements reflecting means and dispersions. The relationship between qualitative and quantitative features - calculation and interpretation of Pearson’s (interval/ratio) correlatiion coefficient and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

3. Statistical conclusions. Stages in reaching statistical conclusions. Verification of statistical hypotheses. Determining the significance of correlation coefficients. Applications of parametric (Student's t-test)) and non-parametric (chi-square) tests.

Lecturers: Professor Rafal Piwowarski, Anna Krajewska Ph.D., Andrzej Cichocki Ph.D.,

Malgorzata Litman M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: written assignments

Language of instruction: Polish, Russian, English

Literature:

Pieter J. Zarys metodologii pracy naukowej, (Outline of methodology for research work). Warszawa 1971.

Lobocki M. Metody badan pedagogicznych, (Methods for Pedagogical Reseach) Warszawa 1986.

Pilch T. Zasady badan pedagogicznych, (Principles of Pedagogical Research). Warszawa 1995.

Zaczynski W. Praca badawcza nauczyciela, (Research work of the teacher). Warszawa 1995

Sztumski J. Wstep do metod i technik badan spolecznych, ( Introduction to methods and techniques for social research). Katowice 1995.

Góralski A. (ed.), Metody badan pedagogicznych w zarysie, (An outline of methods for pedagogical research). Warszawa 1994.

Nowaczyk Cz. Podstawy metod statystycznych dla pedagogów, (Fundamentals of statistical methods for pedagogy). Warszawa 1985.

Krajewska A. , Statystyka dla pedagogów - wybrane zagadnienia, (Statistics for pedagogy - selected problems). Bialystok 1997.

MNJ 310 - Methodology of Polish Language Teaching
Year III, 6th semester, 30 lectures/30 laboratory classes, 4hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, course credit

Recommendations: PEW 310, PSD 314

The aim of the course is to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge to enable them to have the necessary skills to attain their methodological aims and to realise the subject matter in their teaching discipline: the Polish language at grades I-III in the primary school, using their acquired skills in the area of psychology and pedagogy, along with their subject knowledge of the Polish language.

Lecturers: Alina Mielech Ph.D., Jolanta Szada-Borzyszkowska Ph.D., Barbara Dudel M.A., Malgorzata Gloskowska-Soldatow M.A., Urszula Oksiejczuk M.A., Mariola Pankowska M.A., Zofia Redlarska M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, laboratory classes

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:3

Baczynska H., Metodyka nauczania jezyka polskiego w kl. I-III szkoly podstawowej. (Methodology for teaching the Polish language in grades I-III of primary school).

Kulpa J., Wieckowski R., Metodyka nauczania jezyka polskiego w klasach poczatkowych. Methodology for teaching the Polish language in elementary classes).

Lelonek M., Wróbel T., Praca nauczyciela i ucznia w kl. I-III (The work of the teacher and the student in grades I-III).

MTE 310 - Methodology of Teaching Technical Education
Year III, 5th & 6th semester, 15 lectures/60 laboratory classes, 2 hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, course credit

Recommendations: PSO 101, PSD 314

The aim of the course is to extend students' technical knowledge and skills. The course includes assignments requiring creative thinking, drawing, understanding basic technical ideas and principles. Seminars provide students with practice in the methodology of technical education, running thematically creative classes and trial lessons.

Lecturers: Jan Kazberuk Ph.D., Jan Aksiucik M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, laboratory classes

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

Literature:

Kazberuk J. Zarys metodyki. Praca-technika w klasach I-III. (An outline of methodology. Technical studies in grades I-III). WSiP 1990

Kazberuk J. Poradnik techniczny nauczyciela klas I-III. (A technical handbook for teachers at grades I-III). Wyd. Filii UW 1992

Kazberuk J. Poradnik twórczego treningu technicznego dla nauczycieli klas I-III. (A handbook of creative technical training for teachers at grades i-III). Trans Humana 1996

MPL 310 - Methodology of Teaching the Fine Arts
Year III, 5th & 6th semester, 45 laboratory classes, 2 hrs/ week, 4 ECTS points, credit

The aim of the course is to give the teacher a sound grounding and preparation in organising and running art classes at the pre-school school level and at grades I-III of the primary school.

The syllabus covers:

periods and phases for the development of creativity in children and young people,
the psycho-physiological mechanisms of vision - implications for education in the arts,
methods for developing individual and spontaneous creative expression in pupils; ways of counteracting schematic reproduction.
methodology in relation to the course syllabus, aims and contents of the syllabus for teaching fine arts at pre-school and initial grades of primary school. Preparing lesson plans and conducting classes individually,
free application of various artistic techniques (classical, mixed and experimental) whilst creating an awareness of the necessity for selecting appropriate methods for use with pupils at a particular developmental stage and in keeping with the theme of the lessons.

Lecturers: Anna Hendzel-Andreew M.A., Danuta Karny M.A., Irena Lisiewicz M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

MMU 310 - Methodology of Teaching Music
Year III, 5th & 6th semester, 45 laboratory classes, 2 hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, course credit

The aim of the course is to introduce students to a syllabus for teaching music to pre-school children and pupils at grades grades I-III of primary school. It also provides them with a basis for teaching the subject matter of the course in music.

Lectures and seminars provide an opportunity for analysing textbooks and methodological handbooks and for combining the knowledge gained with practice in the different forms of musical education.

The theoretical background gained prepares students for carrying out teaching practice in primary schools.

Lecturer: Dorota Pekacka M.A.

Teaching medium: lectures, seminars

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

MWF 310 - Methodology of Teaching Physical Education
Year III, 5th & 6th semester, 45 laboratory classes, 2 hrs/week, 4 ECTS points, course credit

The course syllabus covers the following areas:

physical education, the contents and structure of the course,
physical development, factors influencing development,
the physical, mental and motor development of the child at the elementary levels of primary school,
taxonomy and methods for physical exercises,
defects of posture and correctional procedures,
motor games and play methods as the basis for physical education,
methodology and organisational advice for teaching physical education,
training teachers to teach physical education (subject-related, methodological, organisational skills),
different types of lessons, lesson planning, examples of lesson structures and how to organise them,
practical aspects of running lessons, preceded by observing a model lesson and having one's own lessons observed with fe3edback

Lecturer: Tamara Szymanska M.A.

Teaching medium: practical classes

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

PKS 311 – Teaching Practice
Year III, 6th semester, 4 hrs/week, 60 sessions, 0 ECTS points, course credit

Recommended courses: MNJ 310, MNM 410, MNS 310, TMP 410

The teaching practice sessions offer the opportunity for students to demonstrate their abilities in integrating theoretical knowledge with practical skills. They allow students to improve their levels of competence in working with children in nursery schools and grades I-III of primary school, through observing the work of teachers and having the opportunity to take classes with children themselves.

Lecturers:

Janina Uszynska Ph.D., Elzbieta Jaszczyszyn Ph.D., Anna Kienig M.A., Bozena Stankiewicz M.A., Anna Nosorowska-Mohyluk M.A., Barbara Dudel M.A., Malgorzata Gloskowska-Soldatow M.A., Zofia Redlarska M.A., Mariola Pankowska M.A.

Teaching medium: teaching practice

Form of assessment: course credit

Language of instruction: Polish

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