SOe204 Practice Teaching Assistant - Assisting

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.5. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Jurčík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Škarková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The goal of course is support the specific abbility to working with other teacher in classroom. During the practice students will be cooperate with teacher with preaparing study materials, using pedagogical instruments, co-teach and discussion something about formative assesment and planing lectures for pupils.
Learning outcomes
After taking the course the student will be able to: • understand the process of supporting pupils with SEN • organise goals and choose the methods that are useful in the process of tutoring with respect to a specific child • communicate with the teacher regarding the planning, implementation and evaluation of educational activities in the classroom • coordinate the work of one student as well as groups of students (including students with SEN) • make contact with pupils’ parents.
Syllabus
  • From a list of cooperating schools, the student chooses a teacher who they will work with on the teaching practice and with whom they will fulfil the duties of a teaching assistant. The first meeting between the student and the teacher will be held at the chosen school, during which the expectations of both parties will be expressed, a timetable for cooperation will be drawn up and cooperation possibilities and desired outcomes will be agreed on. The student will work with the teacher every week for the duration of the teaching practice. This is continuous practice which the student performs over 10 weeks during the semester. They spend 40 hours in the school on actual educational activity and 20 hours on preparation. Use the website for more information https://www.ped.muni.cz/pedagogika/praxe/bc-praxe/practice-teaching-assistant/
Literature
    required literature
  • Teaching and learning from within : a core reflection approach to quality and inspiration in education. Edited by F. A. J. Korthagen - Younghee M. Kim - William L. Greene. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. xii, 212. ISBN
    recommended literature
  • KORTHAGEN, F. A. J. and Jos KESSELS. Linking practice and theory : the pedagogy of realistic teacher education. London: Routledge, 2008, xvi, 312. ISBN 9780805839814. info
Teaching methods
practices in the school, training pedagogical skills, reflective writing, group reflection
Assessment methods
The students reflect on their experience with the cooperating teacher at the school. Students fill out: 1. Confirmed Confirmation of completing assistant practice at the school. 2. Structured output from practice 3. Fill in the evaluation questionnaire - via IS. 4. Participation in group reflection with other students - registration via IS.
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
Interesting sources: Antinluoma, M., Ilomäki, L., & Toom, A. (2022). The involvement of teaching assistants in professional learning communities. Cogent Education, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2022.2145811 Webster, R., Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., Brown, P., Martin, C., & Russell, A. (2011). The wider pedagogical role of teaching assistants. School Leadership & Management, 31(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2010.540562 Every important information you can find in interactive form in IS.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2024/SOe204