Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• work as teacher of German at secondary schools and other language-teaching settings
• explain problematic language features and phenomena of German with respect to language teaching
• present relevant information about the literature, culture, and history of the land and people of German-speaking countries
• perform receptive and productive tasks based on texts in German and Czech
• evaluate formal and functional differences and similarities between German and Czech and to utilize this knowledge in language teaching
• focus on modern teaching technologies and use them in practice
• didactically convey the advantages of modern technologies in teaching practice
• apply knowledge from adequate methodological approaches in teaching practice
• to understand the professional terminology of pedagogical and psychological disciplines to such an extent as to be able to interpret these terms, identify and reflect in teaching practice
• to orientate in the basic topics and current trends in pedagogical and psychological disciplines and also to acquire and critically process knowledge of pedagogical and psychological research
• efficiently plan, implement and evaluate his / her own instruction at a standard level, as determined by current curricular documents
• understand the principles of inclusive education that they can apply to their teaching practice. Furthermore, the graduate is able to use basic diagnostic tools
• in the preparation and implementation of the lesson to take into account the individual needs of the pupil in relation to his / her learning style, maturity, personality, abilities, skills, talents

They can work in positions involving individual creative tasks and requiring cultivated language.

• Secondary school teacher

In particular, the practice is structured in such a way that in the combined study there is a continuous (propedeutic and follow-up) practice during the first semester of study. This practice takes place concurrently with the propedeutic subject of the field didactics (Didactics - observation). The student chooses a school from the network of schools with which the German Institute cooperates. The school contacts, compiles a detailed plan of practice. It develops a questionnaire that reflects the findings of the previous seminar on the field of didactics. He / she will pass the course in the required range, reflects the attendance along with the secondary school cantor. Performs a written evaluation of the hearing. Together with the subject didactics, the student completes a short simulation of the required length of instruction, which reflects the message from the practice of listening.

In the next semester, parallel to the content-related didactic subject Didactics - Methodology, the student continues with the second part of the practice (Continuous Practice). In the first instance, the student completes a short simulation of teaching at the required length, in cooperation with the field didactic, which reflects the message from the first hearing practice. This simulation is grouped. Following is the practice at the chosen school in the required range. The report is attended by a student with a professional didactics and a secondary school cantor. The student presents the final reflection of the lesson in written form. As part of the practice, in the same semester, a joint activity of student, field didactics and secondary school cantor in a block seminar is used to utilize modern technologies in teaching, whose evaluation is part of the presented final reflection.

Students of single-subject studies continue to practice even in the third and fourth semester under the subject of Complex Practice (single-subject). There are more hours of practice at the chosen school in the required range. The student presents the final reflection of the lesson in written form. Unlike the previous work, this thesis focuses only on the problematic places of teaching. Part of the practice in the same semester is the joint activity of student, field didactics and high school cantor in a block seminar to use modern technologies in teaching. In these semesters, besides the direct practice, the creation of teaching material, which can be used in modern distance learning, takes advantage of modern technologies. This material is part of teaching in an open moodle environment of secondary schools where the student participates in the role of teachers, mentors and tutors. Student applies the knowledge of modern technology already in his / her own practice, taught at the institutions involved in this stage of the internship.

The minimum extent of the master's thesis is 120 000 characters (including footnotes and bibliography; the treatment of the annexes is decided individually by the supervisor).

Part of the study is the qualification work of graduated subjects of practice, in which students demonstrate the ability to reflect all stages of the teaching process.