UPPVIK070 Training of cognitive skills II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K) && UPPVIK067 Training of cognitive skills I
The student must have taken Seminar in Cognitive Development I.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course builds on Cognitive Development Seminar I, introducing students to other ways of creating and enhancing an individual's cognitive modifiability. It supports students' cognitive development in a practical way, and in this part it focuses in particular on: accurate perception, spatial organization, retention and constancy, precision and accuracy, visual transfer, summarization, suppression of impulsivity, and elimination of trial-and-error behavior.
Learning outcomes
Development of deficit cognitive functions. Acquisition of basic ideas, names and operations. Creating motivation through habits. Creating motivation in the midst of tasks. Creating insight and reflective thinking. Developing active learning. Specifically developing in the areas of: - Selection of important, relevant information and the ability to disregard irrelevant information, - behavioural planning, awareness of steps leading to solutions, - broad mental field.
Syllabus
  • The subject is entirely practical in nature. Students work in individual sessions with worksheets (instruments) and actively participate in the activity and discussions.
Teaching methods
work with worksheets, discussion
Assessment methods
By its nature, the course requires regular class attendance and participation in group discussion. The output is an appropriate proportion of completed worksheets and active participation of students in class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The student must have taken Seminar in Cognitive Development I.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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