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Pedagogy of Primary Education
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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
To train primary teachers who have a higher education college degree, are ambitious and creative, and able to experiment and use scientific knowledge and contemporary educational technologies in designing and contextualizing educational activities of young learners, communicate and collaborate with all actors in the educational process in interdisciplinary and intercultural environments.
Learning outcomes:
1. Knows and applies educational theories (pedagogical, psychological, philosophical, intercultural aspects), which analyze educational activity.
2. Knows planning and management of education, and (self) assessment strategies, methods and technologies.
3. Explains educational policy and its implementation at the organizational, regional and national level.
4. Plans the context of inclusive education.
5. Carries out research using analysis and selection of the research data, visualizing and presenting the results.
6. Applies computer literacy when using information technologies in the process of teaching and learning.
7. Creates safe, tolerant, open to change and interactive learning environments which facilitate the learners‘ emotional, social, mental and creative development.
8. Applies educational content, methods and resources taking into consideration the diversity of learners and their educational needs, independence and self-directed learning abilities.
9. Assesses the learners‘ development taking into account individual differences.
10. Establishes communication and collaboration with the learner‘s family and other actors of the educational process in interdisciplinary and intercultural environments, following professional ethics.
11. Communicates in the Lithuanian language (oral and written) in an accurate manner, and in a foreign language at C1 proficiency level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) for academic and professional purposes.
12. Reflects and establishes the directions for professional activity and personal career, and assumes responsibility for the outcomes of one‘s activity.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Primary Education Pedagogy study program is oriented to the development of generic and specialist competences and creativity: lectures, seminars, discussions, individual and group projects, practice, case studies, public presentation and defense of projects, mind-maps, problem-solving reading, writing articles, information search and systematizing, etc.
Methods of assessment of learning outcomes:
The assessment of the learning outcomes of the study programme is carried out during the semester and the examination session applying a cumulative assessment system. During the semester, the learning outcomes are assessed by means of interim assignments: tests, individual and group projects, case studies, information search and systematizing, discussions, essays, independent creative tasks, seminars, term papers, practice reports, examinations, final projects.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Subjects study (120 credits): Professional Foreign Language (English, German), Pedagogy of Pre-Primary Education, General and Personality Psychology, Innovative Education in Primary School, Family Pedagogy, Lithuanian Language and Literature Education, Development of Educational Environments, Form Teacher Activity, Pedagogical Thought and Phylosophical Foundations of Education, Moral Education (Ethics), Inclusive Education, Developmental and Special Needs Psychology, Development of Teacher Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills Development, Educational Psychology, Mathematics Education, Information Literacy Education, Natural Science and Social Education, Early Entrepreneurship Education, Methodology of Applied Research, Art and Technology Education, Music Education, Physical Education and Dance, Final Thesis of Studies of Education Subjects, Education Management and Children‘s Rights, The Ethics of Teaching.
Optional subjects (6 credits).
Practices (45 credits): Preprimary Education Practice, Test Teaching Practice, Teaching Practice in Forms 1 – 2, Teaching Practice in Forms 3-4, Final Teaching Practice.
Graduation Paper (9 credits).
Specialisations:
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Optional courses:
It is possible:
- to select optional subjects;
- to select alternative subjects.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The study program is characterized by the interaction of theoretical and practical subjects. The program focuses on the preparation of primary education teachers for work with younger school age children. Lectures are given by foreign scientists, primary school directors, deputy directors and teachers form Lithuanian education institutions. Practices are carried out in the whole region of Western as well abroad under Erasmus+ program.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Graduates will be able to work as preschool and primary education teachers in state, municipal or private primary schools, or primary education divisions in basic schools, secondary schools and schools-kindergartens.
Access to further study:
Access to the second cycle studies upon meeting requirements set by the accepting higher education institution.
