Student teachers preparation for classroom practice professional competencies in terms of knowledge,

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Student teachers preparation for classroom
practice professional competencies (in terms of
knowledge, skills, approaches)

• Vilma Leonaviciene
• Vilnius Pedagogical University, Faculty of
  Lithuanian Language,
• Vilnius, 2009

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The main aim of pedagogical practice at VPU
Lithuanian Language Faculty

• To help future teachers develop pedagogical and
  subject-matter competences, to develop an ability
  to apply acquired knowledge and to gain skills of
  practical activity.

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Students have to acquire the following
competences

• general cultural and professional competences
  (creating of positive teaching environment),
• planning and developing of subject content,
• management of teaching process.

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Students have to acquire the following
competences

• assessment of learners attainment and progress,
• general competences (communicative, co-operative,
  learning to learn, reflecting, information
  management, research activity).

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Preparation for pedagogical practice. (Didactics
of the Lithuanian Language)

• After the course students have to acquire the
  general cultural and professional competences.
• Didactics of the Lithuanian language help to
  define aims and tasks of teaching Lithuanian
  language.

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Preparation for pedagogical practice(Didactics
of the Lithuanian Language)

• To prepare students for practical work.
• To get acquainted with research work at school.
• To create conditions for experiments during the
  teaching practice.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• During pedagogical practice student has 10 credit
  lessons 6 lessons in 5th-7th class forms and 4
  lessons in 9th-12th class forms.
• LF students have practice in secondary schools in
  5th-12th class forms. The duration of this
  practice is 10 weeks 5th January 2009 - 12th
  March 2010.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• 2nd-10th March students independently have all
  Lithuanian Language and Literature lessons in
  their educative classes.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• First week of practice students observe the
  lessons (5th and 12th class forms), which are
  held by Lithuanian language teachers.
• Students get ready for credit lessons.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• The group leader (by free choice) can visit 1 or
  2 students independent lessons.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• Every student is obligated for Lithuanian
  language and literature extracurricular
  activities/work.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• Students should have extra work with
  schoolchildren who are doing excellent school
  work and the ones who are not following so well.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• Credit lessons can be evaluated by one summary
  mark, except cases, when there are not approved
  lessons.
• Every credit lesson is evaluated by separate
  mark.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• Summary mark is for all independent lessons,
  which were held on the last practice week.
• Third profession mark/grade is written for
  correcting schoolchildren's exercise books.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• The evaluation of lesson is reduced for mistakes
  in discipline, language, and didactic.

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Work at school (classroom practice)

• Pedagogical practice is ended at the school, by
  discussing and summing up the results in the
  deliberation.

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Pedagogical practice in VPU Lithuanian Language
Faculty

• Students of Faculty of Lithuanian Philology have
  pedagogical practice in 5-12th classes of general
  education schools.
• Practice duration is 11 weeks.
• Students have the first part of pedagogical
  practice in 6th term (7 credits).
• The second one is in the 8th term (4 credits).