NU:B_BA_VOP_p Personal and Professional Deve - Course Information

B_BA_VOP_p Personal and Professional Development Education

Extent and Intensity

2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Ing. Vladimír Borský, Ph.D., LL.M., MBA, MSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Ing. Radomír Saliger, Ph.D.
Centre for Competences Development – Academic Department – NEWTON University

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(!B_BA_VOP_p Personal and Professional Development Education) && (!B_BA_VOP_k Personal and Professional Development Education) && (!B_BR_VOP_p Personal and Professional Development Education) && (!B_BR_VOP_k Personal and Professional Development Education) && (!B_PH_VOP_p Personal and Professional Development Education) && (!B_PH_VOP_k Personal and Professional Development Education)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

This course is designed to help students acquire and deepen their knowledge and skills in the areas of adult education, corporate training, and personal and professional development. Students will acquire the competencies necessary to manage the education and development process within an organization. They will be able to identify and analyze educational needs, formulate educational goals, and navigate methods of adult education, which they will be able to select appropriately with regard to the target group and the established educational goals. They will understand the importance of educational evaluation and will be able to assess the results of educational activities as well as their benefits for the organization and business. At the same time, they will deepen their competencies in the areas of personal and professional development, self-reflection, motivation, and stress management and will be able to link these to their own professional development as well as that of others.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the Course, Basic Concepts, Andragogy
2. Competencies, Instructor Competencies, Competency Models, Digital Competencies, and the National Occupational Classification System
3. The Education Process - Identification and Analysis of Educational Needs, Preparation, Implementation, and Evaluation of Education
4. Specifics of adult education - physiological, psychological, and social aspects
5. Methods of adult education - on-the-job and off-the-job methods and their appropriate use
6. Supervision and its importance for professional development
7. Coaching and its use in personal and professional development
8. Personal development and its importance in professional life
9. Self-reflection, values, and professional identity
10. Mental resilience, stress, and performance under pressure
11. Motivation and self-regulation in personal and professional development
12. Summary

Literature

recommended literature
• DVOŘÁKOVÁ, M. a M. ŠERÁK. 2016. Andragogika a vzdělávání dospělých: Vybrané kapitoly. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy ISBN 978-80-7308-694-7.
• RABUŠICOVÁ, M. a kol. 2024. Učení a vzdělávání dospělých: Kontexty, teorie a výzkumy. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-3914-9.
• SOJÁK, P. 2017. Osobnostní a sociální rozvoj, aneb, Strom, mozaika a vzducholoď. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-0342-3.

Teaching methods

Teaching methods: lectures + seminars, discussions, group work, case studies, hands-on practice, self-reflection, presentations, and feedback

Assessment methods

Course credit: attendance at the required number of seminars (at least 4 out of 6 seminars; applies only to full-time students), successful completion and defence of a case study.

Examination: oral examination assessing knowledge and the ability to apply concepts and insights from the individual topics covered in the course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (winter 2026, recent)
  
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