Pedagogy (Double Major, Teacher Training)

Overview

The main specific competences achieved by the graduates are:

• expertise, analysis, and evaluation of basic and applied pedagogy knowledge and knowledge of other related scientific disciplines;
• ability to analyze complex pedagogical problems on professional autonomous way;
• ability to use research methods, approaches, and techniques in the field of pedagogy with critical evaluation;
• ability to plan, organize, and conduct scientific qualitative and quantitative pedagogical research;
• understandings of developmental, individual, social, and cultural characteristics in pedagogical work; and

• ability for pedagogical counseling of individuals, groups, and institutions in different social contexts.

COURSES (ECTS)

Year 1: 1st Semester

• Theory of Education (3)
• Didactics (3)
• Educational Psychology (3)
• Quantitative and Qualitative Pedagogical Research (6)

Year 1: 2nd Semester

• Practical Training in the Field of Counselling and Management in Education (3)
• Elective course: Pedagogical Counselling (6) OR Educational Approaches and Strategies (6) OR School Management and Education Policy (6)
• Elective teacher-training course 1 (1,5)
• Elective teacher-training course 2 (1,5)
• Elective course in the field of family and law (3)

Elective teacher-training courses:

• English for Academic Purposes (3)
• Authentic Forms of Knowledge Assessment (3)
• Learning of Language and Communication in the Classroom (3)
• Ethical Issues in Education (3)
• Outdoor Learning (3)
• Supervision and Group Process in Education (3)
• Multimedia (3)
• Games in Teaching (3)
• Multilingualism in the School (3)
• Alternative Pedagogical Concepts (3)
• Discipline in Contemporary School (3)
• Badminton and Fitness (3)
• Volleyball and Aerobic Exercise (3)
• Professional Language in School (3)
• Professional Development of Teachers (3)

Electives in the field of family and law:

• Preschool Education in Family and Institutional Environment (3)
• Legal Aspects of Working with Children and Adolescents (3)
• Professional Development of Teachers (3)

Year 2: 3rd Semester

• 2 elective courses: Curriculum Theory (6) OR Cognition, Personality and Learning Process (6) OR Adults and Learning (6) OR Didactics Strategies Information Support (6)
• 1 elective course: Support to Students with Learning Disabilities (3) OR Class Teacher, Class Teaching (3) OR Digital Security (3) OR Pedagogical Administration (3)

Year 2: 4th Semester

• Practical Training in the Field of Learning and Teaching (4)
• Master’s Seminar (3)
• Master’s Thesis (8)

Accreditation

The study programme has been accredited by the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (Slovenian abbreviation: NAKVIS; English abbreviation SQAA).