Teaching practicum (roles and responsibilities of a classroom teacher)

Course: Teaching Methodology of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Foreign Language in Comprehensive School

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Teaching practicum (roles and responsibilities of a classroom teacher)
Code
ОК 15
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes: PLO 2. Know patterns of personality development, age characteristics of students, their psychology, and specifics of family relations. PLO 9. Know the forms and methods of educating students in in-class and extracurricular activities, and be able to track the progress in the personality development of a schoolchild. PLO 10. Be able to create a psychologically safe and comfortable educational environment; work effectively both independently and in teams; establish student collaboration and communication with learners’ parents. PLO 11. Be able to appreciate diversity and multiculturalism, and be guided by ethical norms, principles of tolerance, dialogue, and cooperation in teaching activities. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites and performance requirements Successful performance in the practicum builds on the prior knowledge of pedagogy, including the theory of education, age psychology of secondary school students, and ability to design extra-curricular events and class meetings. The course has interdisciplinary links with psychology and pedagogy.
Course content
Course Description The teaching practicum aims to build teacher skills in implementing instruction and education at secondary school. The practicum includes three modules. In Module 1, students are familiarised with the objectives and activities that pertain to the job duties of a class teacher/tutor. Within Module 2, students are engaged in the planning of extra-curricular events, selection of the required materials, and holding self-prepared educational events. Module 3 is focused on the preparation of reports on the practicum, and the presentation of the practicum results. Practicum settings (secondary educational establishments) are appointed each year in compliance with the agreements signed. The format of the practicum is full-time/online. It ends in a pass/fail credit with scores.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classroom activities and training techniques: The practicum is composed of the stages envisaging its organization and implementation. Weeks One-Two engage students in an organizational meeting, getting acquainted with school managers, a class teacher, and schoolchildren in the form, observation of class meetings, and communication of the class teacher with the form. During Weeks Three-Four, the trainees are engaged in the preparation and holding of extra-curricular events, the development of extended plans for the events, and the preparation of the necessary materials/visual aids. A detailed description of activities and formative assessment is presented in the course curriculum posted on the official website of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment The practicum ends in a pass/fail credit with scores. The final score is based on the 100-point grading scheme. It is composed of the scores earned for a written psychological and educational profile of the form (max. 10, min. 6 points); a designed plan of educational work in the form (max. 5, min. 3 points), observation and a written analysis of the observed educational events held by schoolteachers (max.5, min. 3 points); observation and a written analysis of the observed educational events held by fellow trainees (max. 10, min. 6 points); a written analysis of a self-conducted educational event (max.5, min. 3 points); a report on the practicum (max.5, min. 3 points). A detailed account of all criteria to assess teaching/learning activities in the course is presented in the course curriculum posted on the website of Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Lyubov Andriyivna Marymonska
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Tamara Ivanivna Kavytska
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Liudmiylа Hrygorivnа Smovzhenko
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Tetiana Petrivna Druzhchenko
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Larissa Ivanivna Zyazyun
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Liudmyla Viktorivna Byrkun
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Olesia Vadymivna Liubashenko
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Iryna Volodymyrivna Kostenko
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Viktoriia Mykolayivna Drobotun
Department of methods of teaching ukrainian and foreign languages ​​and literatures
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology