Overview
Lecturer
Grigore-Dan Iordachescu
Seminar tutor
Grigore-Dan Iordachescu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Education Sciences
Field of study
Pedagogy of primary and preschool education
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, Examples, Conversation, Exercise, Algorithmization, Academic controversy, Case study
Entry requirements
Fundamentals of pedagogy, Developmental psychology, Early education
Aims
To become familiarised with the specifics of the game as an anthropological and historical-social phenomenon in the instructive-educational process and in spare time
To know the most important theories about the game and the didactics of the game in the instructive-educational process in kindergarten and primary school
To have the most important of didactic-methodical playful competences (in role play, puppet theater, animation, etc.)
Course contents
1.Game theories. Features and functions of the game
2.The role of the game in the development of the child's personality
3.Types of games in the evolution of the child (J. Piaget)
4.Toy: features, functions, types. Current guidelines in approaching the game and the toy
5.Didactic game: specific, classifications, examples. U6 Techniques for supporting children in play
6. Requirements for organizing the game in the instructive-educational process in primary and kindergartenLearning outcomes
- Develop a design of didactic project (theme of your choice) in which to use the method of the didactic game; -Make a presentation of the stages of human development up to the age of 18; - Write an essay on the topic: "The relationship between childhood games and the future profession chosen by the adult"
Assessment
Develop a portfolio of tools and applications in accordance with the specified requirements as outcomes. 100%
Recommended reading
Game-Based Learning and the Power of Play
Nicola Whitton Pauline Rooney
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle, 2016 · 5-80
Psychology, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Serious Games
Thomas M. Connolly
IGI Global, New York, 2013 · 5-120
Teaching in the Game-Based Classroom
David Seelow
Eye on Education, New York, 2021 · 1-200