Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physics

The upper-secondary teacher-training follow-up Master's study programme of Physics, double-subject is a follow-up of the Bachelor's study programme of Physics. Graduates will become fully qualified teachers of physics at secondary schools. The goal of the study is to deepen their knowledge of specific physical disciplines. Each student chooses courses according to their interests and relevant to the topic of their Master's thesis. Specific courses of pedagogy and didactics of physics together with several practical training courses at secondary schools prepare students for their career as physics teachers at upper secondary schools.

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

• make the education attractive and engaging.
• deal with unusual situations in the classroom.
• motivate students, support principles of democracy in the classroom.
• understand school politics and education trends.
• know and use diagnostic and evaluation tools to identify the specifics of students.
• apply individual approach to education.
• evaluate students and himself/herself.
• do physical experiments.
• formulate, analyze and solve physical problems.
• place individual topics in their historical, social and environmental context.
• use didactic technology and adapt to its development.
• articulate clearly and in a sophisticated manner, taking into account the level of the audience.
• master physics issues at the level of a basic physics course and a theoretical physics course and be able to elementarise individual topics to the level of secondary school.

The graduates of this study programme will be qualified to teach physics at secondary schools, in particular at grammar schools.

• Secondary school teacher

Practical training 1 – three weeks of teaching. The training should take place in September, before the beginning of the first semester. Practical training 2 – teaching under supervision of an experienced pedagogue with 10 lessons of observations, 10 lessons of teaching and 10 lessons of assistant work for the host school.

In a double major, the student chooses a thesis from one field of study. The thesis in physics may focus on the following areas:

The development of demonstration and student physics experiments and their incorporation into teaching.

Collections of examples.

Applications of physics in selected areas of everyday life: technology, sports, transport and their possible use in secondary school teaching.

Historical development of physical theories and knowledge of the world.

Solution of a moderately difficult experimental problem in a scientific research laboratory.

The student typically completes a thesis in all four semesters of the standard period of study and its completion is formally declared by the completion of Thesis 1–4.

After a successful completion of the Master's study programme (and satisfying the admission requirements), graduates can continue their studies in the doctoral programme.