Teacher Education of Musics for Lower and Upper Secondary Schools - Teacher Education of Educational Sciences Charles University

Overview

The Teacher Education of Musics for Lower and Upper Secondary Schools - Teacher Education of Educational Sciences program at Charles University will primarily aim at the development of professional, pedagogical and psychological, communication, and other personal and cultivation competences needed to become a teacher of pedagogy at secondary vocational schools and for other educational and coordination activities in the field of education. 

Apart from the intensification of professional scientific bases of pedagogical disciplines (following the contents of the bachelor studies), the aim will be at the didactics of education and at the application of professional didactic competences in teaching practice. Special focus will be on the methodology of pedagogical research, because one of the objectives will be to make pedagogy teachers proficient, among other things, in proposing, implementing, and evaluating empirical research in the field of education. 

The focus in the study program will also be placed on knowledge and skills in the field of social education, social work, and methodology of these phenomena. Students will have their teaching practice in schools and school facilities, as well as in social service facilities.

Career

• Primary opportunities: Music teacher of Middle school / Junior High school / Secondary school / High school / Junior High school; pedagogue or assistant pedagogue in an out-of-school music institution
• Secondary opportunities: assistant in public administration or private company in culture, productive and senior education.