Pedagogy: The concept and subject of pedagogy, basic pedagogical categories. The emergence of pedagogy as a science. The system of pedagogical scientific disciplines and their characteristics. The process of education. Goals and principles of education. Exogenous and endogenous factors of education. Relationship between exogenous and endogenous factors. Pupil in the educational process. Teacher in the educational process. Teaching competencies and pedagogical profession. School and its functions. The school system of the Slovak Republic. Characteristics of the current state and basic starting points of changes in the school system of the Slovak Republic. Humanization of education and training. Traditional and contemporary conception of components of education. Methods of education. The essence and theoretical foundations of the teaching process. The concept and subject of didactics, basic questions of didactics, current starting points of didactics. The emergence of didactics as a science. The structure of didactic science, its origin and development. Perspectives and problems of didactics development. Types of didactics. The importance of didactics for the work of teachers. Objectives of school education, their function and classification. Requirements for the goals of the teaching process. Target taxonomy. Formulation of specific teaching goals. Teacher's work with teaching goals. Basic stages of the teaching process (motivation, exposure, fixation and verification) and explanation of their didactic functions. Content of education. Selection of educational content, didactic classification of curriculum, basic curriculum, extended curriculum. Didactic analysis of the curriculum. Elements and components of the curriculum, educational standards, curriculum. Teaching methods. Classification, functions and selection of teaching methods. Organizational forms of teaching. Classification and characteristics of individual organizational forms. Social forms of students' work. Lesson as a basic organizational form, stages of the lesson, types of lessons. Didactic principles of the teaching process, historical development, characteristics and their application in the teaching process. Assessment in school education. Types, functions and evaluation criteria. Basic pedagogical documents. Thematic plan. Interdisciplinary relationships. Methods and forms of pedagogical control. Didactic tests as a tool for objectifying the evaluation of student performance. Characteristics of the essence, method of implementation, advantages and disadvantages of verbal evaluation. Basic problems of student performance evaluation. Student's Book. Functions and structural components of the textbook. Teacher work planning. Requirements for planning activities. Written preparation of the teacher for teaching. Current concepts of the teaching process.

Psychology for external students (for students of concurrent study, the topics of the subject KPPaPZ / PPgU / 15 apply) Feeling, feelings, perception, perception, attention. Peculiarities of the mentioned cognitive processes in relation to school success / failure. Memory. Memory processes. Thinking. Properties and types of thinking. Thinking as a solution to problems. Peculiarities of the mentioned cognitive processes in relation to school success / failure. Cognitivistic and behavioral approach to learning. Analysis of learned activity. Cognitive, teaching and intellectual styles. Motivation, feelings. Noncognitive preconditions of school success (Cognitive, performance, social needs of the student. Perspective orientation of the student. Rewards and punishments. Boredom and fear. Learning habits and performance of the student). Personality concepts. Temperament. Character. Pupil's self-confidence and school performance. Intelligence. Creativity. Talent. Personality peculiarities, typology of gifted children, work with gifted students. Psychological concepts of personality and their reflection in the perspectives of education. (Psychoanalysis. Individual psychology. Logotherapy. Behaviorism and ecobehavioral approach). Psychological concepts of personality and their reflection in the perspectives of education. (Humanistic psychology. The concept of creative-humanistic education. Cognitive psychology. Constructivism. Narrative psychology.) School readiness, maturity and younger school age. Puberty. Psychological peculiarities of adolescence and adulthood. Peculiarities of cognitive and psychosocial development of an individual (Theories of cognitive development of J. Piaget, L. Vygotský, J. Bruner. Theory of psychosocial development of E. H. Erikson.) Social perception, cognition, communication. Aggression and violence. Family. (The family as a changing system. Factors influencing the functioning of the family. Dysfunction and disintegration of the family. Problems associated with inappropriate family activities. Domestic violence.) Small social groups. Socio-psychological and pedagogical-psychological essence of the school class. Pupil status in the classroom and relationships between students. Problem behavior of students and its solution. Conflict, frustration, stress, their consequences on the survival and behavior of students and teachers. Mechanisms of mental adaptation to stressful situations. Strategies for managing and managing classroom processes in relation to students' problem behavior. Teacher-student interaction (Teacher's role behavior. Individual and personality characteristics of the teacher. Teacher's educational style. Teacher's attitude towards the student). Pedagogical-psychological counseling. Stages of the counseling process. Crisis intervention at school. Cooperation between teacher and psychologist