The Pedagogy Course 4103-P24

1. Pedagogy as science (the subdivisions of pedagogy, paradigms in pedagogy, pedagogical theories).
2. Educational aspects of communication (the personal and functional character of education, verbal and nonverbal communication).
3. Self-presentation (tactics, styles, linguistic codes)
3. Interpersonal communication: teacher -student relations (communicational barriers, active listening, communication and cooperation).
4. Parent effectiveness, solving problems in children-parents relations (the functions of family, styles and attitudes in upbringing, and their consequences in the contemporary world)
6. The rights of children and their violation (domestic violence, single-parent families, alcohol abuse, unemployment).
7. Classroom management (the styles of classroom management, creating and maintaining discipline).
8. Violence at school (causes, sources, methods of working with aggressive children).
9. Students with special educational needs (pedagogical principles of working with such students, remedial and therapeutic classes)
10. The brain and its functions (the characteristics of the brain, the functions of brain hemispheres, the process of learning, the process of knowledge acquisition).
11. Modern learning techniques (stream teaching, speed reading, linear note, brain gym).
12. Activating learning.
13. School problems and challenges (school phobias, addictions, stress, loneliness).
14. Multicultural education in the uniting Europe (stereotypes, prejudice, intolerance).
15. Education and the challenges of the 21st century (the pedagogy of dialog, J.Delors UNESCO report, international dimension of education).