AJB_TPI Teaching Practice Issues

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Naděžda Vojtková
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJB_TPI/01: Fri 3. 10. 8:00–13:00 učebna 10, Mon 15. 12. 8:00–13:00 učebna 10, A. Dobrovolná, I. Hrozková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the first block the students will reflect on their teaching practice, share both their expertise and their problems. They will investigate what they can do to develop their practical teaching skills. They will create an action plan for the development in a certain area. Then they will try to introduce changes gradually into their teaching. In the second block the students will reflect on the process and results of the introduction of the innovations.
Course aims:
to help participants reflect on their teaching and identify their strengths and weaknesses
to support them in planning actions for the development of their teaching skills
to provide space for sharing experience
to address burning issues in teaching
Syllabus
  • SWAT discussion
  • reflection based on the EPOSTL (European Portfolio for Students of Teaching Foreign Languages)
  • observing and analyzing lessons
  • sharing experience
  • writing a teaching journal
  • planning focused lessons and actions
  • reading literature
  • presenting findings
Literature
  • EPOSTL
  • GOWER, Roger, Diane PHILLIPS and Steve WALTERS. Teaching practice handbook. New edition. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann, 1995, viii, 215. ISBN 0-435-24059-5. info
  • WAJNRYB, Ruth. Classroom observation tasks : a resource book for language teachers and trainers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, viii, 145. ISBN 0521407222. info
Teaching methods
Reflection sharing collaborative work classroom research presentation
Assessment methods
Two seminar blocks and online support and collaboration. Students are expected to identify an area in their teaching that they will investigate and suggest some changes. They will present the results of their classroom research to their peers.
Modes of work:
reflection based on the EPOSTL (European Portfolio for Students of Teaching Foreign Languages)
observing and analyzing lessons
sharing experience
writing a teaching journal
planning focused lessons
reading literature
final presentations
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: didaktický seminář.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/mod/resource/view.php?id=40965
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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