Syllabus
Lectures:
1. The subject of educational psychology
2. Personality of learners - developmental processes
3. Teacher’s assessment of students
4. Developmental processes and effective nurture
5. Coping with school demands, psychosocial stress
6. Learning, motor learning
7. Classroom climate, psychological approaches
8. Sport psychology, psychological aspects of movement
9. Psychological analysis of sport activities
10. Cognitive processes in sport
11. Personality and development of personality in the sport contexts
12. Emotion, motivation and volition in sports
13. Social interaction, facilitation and social groups in sport
14. Aggression, sport spectators, doping Seminars:
1. Methodology of psychological research
2. Cognitive strategies in sports (interview, qualitative research)
3. Performance anxiety (observation, questionnaire methods)
4. Classroom and sport team as a social group (sociometry)
5. Imagination - preparation of a training program (experiment)
6. Attention, assessment of attention (psychophysiological measurement)
7. Current themes related to sport and health, exercise, well-being, exercise adherence (questionnaire survey)
Annotation
The course focuses on an application of psychological knowledge to educational practice, providing future educators with basic knowledge and skills related to effective educational and psychological interventions. The course also provides students with knowledge about psychological aspects of movement and explains the role of psychology in motor skills development.
It also focuses on a positive experience of physical activity as a background for life-long physical activity participation.