Lifelong Learn. 2015, 5, 172-200

https://doi.org/10.11118/lifele20150502172

Aspects of Learning in Didactics of Technical Subjects and Practical Training in the Context of Teaching Methods

Pavel Pecina, Ivo Svoboda

Masarykova univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra fyziky, chemie a odborného vzdělávání, Poříčí 7, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Received March 5, 2015
Accepted June 18, 2015

Aim of this study is to introduce issue of employment of psychological knowledge in the process of teaching of technical subjects and practical training at secondary technical schools to the professional public. In these processes application of adequate teaching methods plays a key role. In the first part we defined the solved issue, we explained topicality and seriousness of this issue, we described the aims of the study, its content and we focused on current state of solution of this issue. In the following part attention is paid to two questions of learning and mastering of knowledge in the process of technical subjects teaching with gradation to creativity dimension. Next part focuses on psychological questions concerning practical training with emphasis on mastering the psychomotor skills and employment of creative approaches in the course of teaching. Also partial findings in the field of development of technical creativity of secondary school students are presented.