Profession Training in Lower Secondary Schools (KPD/E-TR1)

8 credits
Lecturer: Mgr. Bc. Martina Matějíček Rozsypalová, Ph.D.
Lessons (Lectures + Exercises + Seminars): 0 + 2 + 0 [hours/week]
Semester: winter/summer
Credit test preceding examination: None
Registration for examination: written
Teaching methods: observation, reflection tasks, discussion.
Examination methods: 1. analysis of portfolio; 2. in-depth analysis of assessment of student in the school.
Status of the course in the study program: the course is a part of the study programmes Teaching for Primary Schools, plans Universal Pedagogy and Psychology – Teaching for Primary Schools – Level 2 (Master degree programme). The course is provided by the Department of Education and Adult Education.

Annotation:

In the Introductory seminar students are given the information about profession training and requests. In the following 20 teaching units they assist the teacher with organisation of the class, they help pupils individually. Also the students have the opportunity to perform in the units, they get immediate feedback from the teacher, the pupils and from the lecturer. Thus they get a closer look at the occupation of the teacher in the Czech Republic.

Requests:

Students reflect their activities in the class and their performances in written form as a part of their portfolio. The portfolio also includes preparations of lessons and samples of pupils´ work.

Topics:

The topics come out of the actual content of the subject tought in the concrete class.

Skills:

to prepare the lesson,
to be able to use teaching aids,
to choose and to use appropriate teaching methods,
to be able to make a feedback and to evaluate the lesson.

Literature:

ARENDS, R. I. Learning to teach. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1991.
CLAXTON, G. Teaching to learn. London : Cassell, 1990.
DUKE, D.L. Teaching. An Introduction. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1990.
FISCHER, P. Teaching Children to Thing. Cheltenham : Stanley Thornes, 1995.
HUOT, J. The Development of Thinking Skills. The Learning Resource. 1998.
MALACH, J. Základy didaktiky. Ostrava : PdF OU, 2002.
PETTY, G. Teaching today: a practical guide. Cheltenham : 2004.
O´SULLIVAN, E. Transformative Learning. London : Zed Books, 1999.
PASSE, J. Elementary School Curriculum. Madison : WBC, 1995.
POPE, D. C. Doing School. New Haven :Yale University Press, 2001.
POSNER, G. J. Analyzing the Curriculum. New York : Mc-Graw Hill, 1992.
REIGULUTH, CH. M. A New Paradigm of Instrucional Theory. Mahwah : NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999.
SPANLING, C. L. Motivation in the Classroom. New York : McGraw-Hall, 1992.
ULJENS, M. School Didactics and Learning. Hove : Psychology Press, 1997.