Teaching of Mathematics for Secondary Schools

The upper-secondary teacher-training follow-up Master's study programme of Mathematics, double-subject is a follow-up of the Bachelor's study programme of Mathematics. Graduates will become fully qualified teachers of mathematics at secondary schools. The goal of the study is to deepen their knowledge of specific mathematical 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 mathematics together with several practical training courses at secondary schools prepare students for their career as mathematics 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
• identify interactions of basic mathemtical diciplines
• know the historical background of mathematics
• explain and mediate curriculum
• to explain the usefulness and meaningfulness of mathematics
• prove the knowledge in the Diploma thesis

The graduates of this study programme will be qualified to teach matehmatics 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.

The elaboration and defence of a diploma thesis is a compulsory part of the study programme. By preparing the thesis, the student demonstrates the ability to be oriented in the problems given by the topic of the thesis, the ability to work professionally under the guidance of his/her supervisor and the ability of written and oral presentation. The standard thesis assignment period is in the first semester of the master's program. By assigning a thesis, the teacher who wrote the topic becomes the thesis supervisor for the student who chose it. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics registers and archives the written assignment of the thesis. The student may suggest a topic for his/her thesis to any teacher of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics or they may agree on the topic. In this case, the teacher proposes a thesis topic for a particular student.

The guidelines for the preparation of the thesis are regulated by the Dean's Measure 5/2014 Guidelines for the preparation of bachelor's, master's and rigorous theses at the MU Faculty of Science.

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