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Pedagogy

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:19.03.2020 11:48:14
Study Course Information
Course Code:PIC_006LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Pedagogy; University PedagogyTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Nora Jansone-Ratinika
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Unit for Continuing Education of Academic Staff
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basics of Pedagogy and Psychology.
Objective:
To promote acquisition of basic categories and regularities of pedagogy and understanding of their use in practice in: • educational work with patients and their relatives; • academic work with students; • supervision of clinical placements in the clinical environment.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Pedagogy as science and practice, its subject matter and categories.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Updating of educational issues in healthcare practice.Classes4.00auditorium
3Knowledge and understanding of general regularities and environment of the educational process, its development and innovations in pedagogy.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Study and research process, its principles. Theoretical and practical aspects of academic and professional teaching practice.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Current educational issues. Individualisation, values and standards, socialisation, culturalisation. Phenomenon of upbringing from the point of view of various branches of science.Lectures1.00auditorium
6Range of classified pedagogical categories and techniques, justification of their choice, compliance and potential use in professional healthcare practice.Lectures1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students carry out: - selection and analysis of scientific literature according to the topic in the branches of pedagogy, psychology and physical therapy; - independently carry out an in-depth study of the chosen or offered topic and reveal the use of theoretical statements in practice; - present the results acquired during the research.
Assessment Criteria:
The final assessment consists of: - compulsory attendance of classes and active participation in them; - development and presentation of practical tasks.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts of pedagogy, nature of problems and possibilities of resolving them, regularities, cause and effect relationship; meaning and content, goals and ideals and the consequences of the dealt problems in a person’s life.
Skills:Distinguishing the problem matter, analyse and evaluate them, use creatively and flexibly pedagogical approaches and the offered instruments in research, social and professional healthcare work.
Competencies:Understand the nature and role of categories included in the science of pedagogy; discuss issues of pedagogy integrating the acquired knowledge accordingly in everyday professional practice. The students demonstrate their skills to competently and creatively organise their work and cooperate with colleagues, clients, patients and students. They are able to identify the categories of pedagogy in their daily work (care, education and upbringing), to seek critically and resonably and to implement interdisciplinary (medicine, pedagogy, psychology, etc.) approaches. They have the ability to independently develop their professional identity.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Jurgena, I. (2001). Vispārīgā pedagoģija. Rīga: SIA Izglītības soļi.
2Prudņikova, I. Montesori pedagoģija ikdienā. Rīga: RaKa,2004.
3Špona, A. (2004). Audzināšanas process teorijā un praksē. Rīga: Raka.
4Šteiners, R. (2000). Vispārējā cilvēkmācība kā pedagoģijas pamats. Rīga: RaKa.
5Zelmenis, V. (2000). Pedagoģijas pamati. Rīga: RaKa.
Additional Reading
1Diekelmann, N. L. (2003). Teaching the Practitioners of Care: New Pedagogies for the Health Professions. University of Wisconsin Press.
2Stēnsgorda, P. (2004). Māte, bērni un tēvs. Rīga: Atēna.
3Gudjons, H. (2007). Pedagoģijas pamatatziņas. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC.
4Rubene, Z., Krūmiņa, A., Vanaga, I. (2008). Ievads mediju pedagoģijā. Monogrāfija. Rīga: RaKa.
5Rubene, Z. (2008). Kritiskās domāšanas izmantošana studiju procesā. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds.
6Rubene, Z. (2006). Kritiskā domāšana postmodernisma situācijā.
7Bēme, G. (2003). Refleksijas par izglītības un kultūras kopsakarībām. Skolotājs, Nr. 4.