SPECIFICATION OF PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

Department: Philosophy, Social and Humanitarian Education

Course Code: M.3.3
Corse Title: Pedagogical Training
Corse Writer: Vitalina V. Leonidova, PhD, Associate Professor
Time: Year 2, semester 4
Level: Undergraduate / Graduate
Total Credits: 6 credits (216 hours)
STUDENTS WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS
ACTIVITY

HOURS

Directed study

16

Private study

200
INTRODUCTION

Pedagogical Training (PT) is a compulsory course of Master of Educations

programme.
The goal of PT is to provide the opportunity to master teaching skills which are
required in the process of education.
The objectives of the Pedagogical Training are to enable the student teachers:
to fix and enrich the knowledge about theories of learning and teaching, integrate
different types of knowledge and apply them in the professional work;
to gain education research and teaching-learning experience in the specific
professional field;
effectively to plan and prepare lessons and other issues of educational process;
to create, update, and modify different teaching and learning strategies and
educational programmes;
to give lessons appropriate to the age, level and culture of the students in different
types of educational institution.

A student teacher shall undergo Pedagogical Training for a minimum of six

weeks. The timetable is set according to the curriculum. This course is developed in
accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education
(050100.68 Pedagogical Education).
The final attestation is conducted in the form of a pass-fail examination.
DESCRIPTION
Practice teaching placements are arranged by the Director of Masters
Programme. The content of PT is determined by PT Coordinator and PT Supervisor.
It includes the following activities:
1. Conducting Lessons
2. Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids
3. Review of Learning and Teaching Resources
Conducting Lessons
A student teacher is to conduct different types of courses (lectures, seminar
classes). Hours are determined by PT Coordinator, subject is determined by the
Masters Programme Curriculum.
Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids
A student teacher is to
develop different teaching aids (lesson plan, textbook, worksheet, slide show, films,
multimedia presentations, etc.);
create assessment resources (different tests, quizzes, tasks for self-directed
assessment, etc.);
write study guides (for students, teachers, etc.).
A student teacher may take part in Departments activities including writing of
workbooks and study guides.
Review of Learning and Teaching Resources
This activity includes the following:
review of scientific, non-fiction and teachers books;
writing lists of main and supplement references with evaluative (critical) abstracts;
creation of an annotated, descriptive, indexed catalog; etc.

NOTE: For foreign candidates for a master's degree the content of PT is individually
determined by agreement with PT Coordinator. Moreover Conducting Lessons is not
compulsory PT activity for foreigners. The compulsory PT activities are
Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids and Review of Learning and
Teaching Resources (students workload is individually determined by a PT
Supervisor).
PT ORGANIZATION
PT is organized by Philosophy, Social and Humanitarian Education Department.
Before the beginning of PT an overview conference is held by PT Coordinator.
It covers such points as goals and objectives, PT activities, stages of PT, PT
assessment details.
After the ending of PT a summative conference is held. It includes students
final reports. A student earns credits on the basis of his/her reports.
PT Coordinator and PT Supervisor are appointed. PT Supervisor is responsible
for preparation for and conducting a demonstration lesson.
Issues connected with PT (PT organization, PT conferences, students reports,
etc.) are in the Departments Meeting Plan.
PT PLAN

Type of activity
1 Taking part in an
overview
2

Goal
To get tasks and

Result

Period
1 week
st

recommendations

conference
Observing classes of To get an idea of

Observation notes

PT Supervisor

teaching and learning

(analysis of

at Universities

teachers and
students
classroom
activities)
including

1st week

information on
instructional
strategies,
management,
program, student
organization,
resources,
evaluation, teacher
responsibilities and
3

Visiting library,

to prepare lectures

classroom climate.
Literature review

searching

and seminars

with evaluative

information on the
4

2nd week

(critical) abstracts

Internet
Development of

to master teaching

Summary of

3rd and 4th

Teaching Materials

skills

lectures, slide

weeks

and Teaching Aids

shows, tests, topics

to conduct a

of tests

demonstration
5

lesson
Conducting a

to master teaching

Self-evaluation

demonstration

skills

(evaluation of a

lesson in course

demonstration

Cultural

lesson)

Anthropology
Taking part in a

To summarize the

PT Results

summative

results of PT and

Reporting

5th week

6th week

conference
discuss them
NOTE: For foreign candidates for a master's degree PT plan can be changed in
accordance with an individual task given by PT Coordinator and PT Supervisor.
PT REPORTING

In the end of PT a student-teacher is obliged to hand in the following

documents:
A plan of given lessons;
References review with evaluative (critical) abstracts;
Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids which were developed and used at a
demonstration lesson and at academic performance rating;
Individual Work Plan of Student teacher;
Summative assessment of PT made by PT Supervisor.
PT OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
put and solve problems occurred during research and educational process and
demanded deep professional knowledge;
choose, create, update and use appropriate teaching strategies and assessment
techniques;
select and use appropriate teaching resources;
understand the diversity of society and communities and create supportive learning
communities;
analyze and interpret the results of practice taking into account literature data;
search information using modern IT;
demonstrate the results of practice in the form of reports, library-research paper,
articles, etc. according to samples using modern editing and print services.
REFERENCES
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Appendix A. Guidelines for doing PT and preparing final report

PT starts with compulsory attendance of an overview conference in the Office of
Philosophy, Social and Humanitarian Education Department. A student-teacher gets
the tasks and instructions, and information about subject for a demonstration lesson,
gets acquainted with PT Supervisor. He/she is informed that the result of observing
classes of PT Supervisor is observation notes (analysis of teachers and students
classroom activities) which help in planning and giving lessons.
Observation notes include the following points:

assessment of learners (level, personal peculiarities, strength of the class, abilities and

specific problems of the students, mutual relations, classroom climate);

assessment of resources (timing, student books, teacher books, workbooks, teaching
aids, computers, IT, etc.);
assessment of teacher (experience, instructional strategies, management, program,
student organization, evaluation, etc.)
other factors (day of the week, period of classes, etc.).
Assessment of learners is important to understand what kind of learners a
student-teacher is going to deal with. Scheme of studies (type of lesson, educating
methods and instructional strategies) depends on this analysis. There are different
types of learning styles (visual, auditory, read-write, kinesthetic) and different groups
of learners. For example, if you teach Group I (learners would rather listen to things
being explained, then write information down without thinking independently, a
teacher has to use a lot of different teaching aids), you should provide written
materials and exercises, explain a lot, use many visuals or graphics and pictures. If
you teach Group II (learners would rather ask a lot of questions, prefer heuristic
search methods, they think independently), you should give a lecture or seminar
using an inquiry- or problem-solving approach or unusual type of lesson (for
instance, discussion sections, problem set, laboratory section, conversations,
conference, etc.)
While assessing a teacher a student-teacher should pay attention to the following
points:

goals and objectives of a lesson;

timeliness and originality of lesson topic;
methods of presenting material, their effectiveness;
way of interaction between a teacher and students.
When a student-teacher plan and give his/her own demonstration lessons, he/she
should take into consideration such issues as experience of choosing subject teacher,
level of students, his/her own abilities and skills.
After special preparation a student-teacher is to give demonstration lessons in
the group he/she chose. Number of given lectures and seminars is determined by PT
Coordinator. All the classes should be attended by a PT Supervisor who controls the

lessons, keeps an eye on the discipline and, if its necessary, helps to solve difficult
and embarrassing situations.
When a student-teacher plan a lesson, he/she should choose lesson title, define
its timeliness and originality, goals and objectives, write a summary, put the main
questions and points, full text, train reading it paying attention to taken time. At the
lesson you shouldnt just read without having an eye contact with students. Some
passages should be pronounced without looking at notes, but with emphasizing some
ideas. You should try to communicate with students, ask questions, and ask to express
their own point of view. You should avoid explanations without reflection. Only
definitions, names, dates and titles could be written to dictation.
During a lesson students shouldnt just retell the material, but also interpret it
and express their own point of view on the problem under discussion. Moreover its
important to ask additional questions.
At the end of the lesson conclusions and summary should be made, attention
should be paid to main idea of the topic. A student-teacher should analyze students
answers and their activity at the lesson, and put marks. PT Supervisor could help a
student-teacher at the end.
A student-teacher should hand in a Lesson plan to PT Supervisor before or after
a lesson. The plan should include lesson title, type of lesson (lecture or seminar),
goals and objectives, introduction, main part and ending, references.
Introduction includes the title, problems under discussion, type of lesson.
In the main part a student-teacher presents the outline of the lesson paying
attention to topics and time to discuss each of them.
At the end a student-teacher makes conclusion including summary of students
answers, their activity at the lesson, and putting marks. If the plan is of lecture, at the
end the topics for discussion at the seminar should be given.
At the end of PT a student-teacher should present final report to PT Coordinator.
Deadline of reporting is determined by the programme curriculum. PT Results
Reporting includes observation notes, Summaries of given lessons, Literature review

with evaluative (critical) abstracts, teaching aides and assessment resources,

individual work plan Summative Assessment of PT made by PT Supervisor.
Title page of PT report includes title of Masters programme, level, year, full
name of a student-teacher. Individual work plan should cover type of activity, period,
number and type of classes, classes topic and its timeliness, goals and objectives,
outcomes, main problems with planning and giving classes, level of students activity
and interest, references.
Final PT Grade depends on the report and Summative Assessment of PT made
by PT Supervisor.

Appendix B. Title page of PT report. Sample.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education
Far eastern federal university
(FEFU)
School of Education

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING REPORT

Nicholay N. Samoylenko
(Full name)

Masters Degree, 2 year

050100.68 Pedagogical Education
Cultural Diversity in Education

Checked by PT Supervisor
_____________________ __________
(Full name)

(signature)

_________________ 20__.

Ussuriisk, 20__

Appendix C. Realization of Individual Work Plan. Template.

1. Planning and teaching
Type of activity,

Description of realization

Period,
Number and Type of classes
Classes topic and its Timeliness
Goals and objectives
Outcomes
Main problems with planning and
giving classes
Level of students activity and interest
References (author, title, imprint)
numbered list in alphabetical order.
2. Teaching and Guiding

Description of realization

Observing special classes and writing

observation notes
Planning the lesson,
Development of Teaching Materials and
Teaching Aids to conduct the
demonstration lesson
3. Assessment and research

Description of realization

Writing review of scientific and

teachers books with evaluative
abstracts

Appendix D. Individual Work Plan. Template.

Masters Programme _______________________________________________

Student-teacher: Candidate for a Master's degree, 2 year (Full name) ___________
__________________________________________________________________
PT Supervisor: (full name, Degree, academic title) _________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Place of PT in University (Full name with department): _____________________
__________________________________________________________________
Subject: ___________________________________________________________
Learners Course and Level: ___________________________________________
Period of Pedagogical Training: From_________________ to ________________

1. Conducting Lessons

Observing PT Supervisors classes in the subject which is determined to be the

demonstration lessons subject;

Writing Lesson Analysis including Rationale for lesson, review of Learning

Context (learners, learning environment, teaching resources), Objectives, Content
analysis, Assessment, Teaching/learning Strategies, Interaction analysis, lesson
Critique (reflections, strength, weakness);
Planning, preparation and giving a demonstration lesson.

2. Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids

preparing lecture summaries, visual aids, slide shows, etc.;

create assessment resources (different tests, quizzes, tasks for self-directed

assessment, etc.).

3. Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

 review of Subject references (creation of annotated bibliography).

4. Preparing the report

1 Week from _____________ to ________________

Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids

Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

2 Week from _____________ to ________________

Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids

Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

3 Week from _____________ to ________________

Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids

Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

4 Week from _____________ to ________________

Conducting Lessons
Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids
Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

5 Week from _____________ to ________________

Conducting Lessons
Development of Teaching Materials and Teaching Aids

Review of Learning and Teaching Resources

6 Week from _____________ to ________________

Preparing the report

Appendix E. Summative Assessment of PT made by PT Supervisor.

Template.
Student-teacher: Candidate for a Master's degree, 2 year (Full name) ___________
__________________________________________________________________
Masters Programme _______________________________________________
Period of Teaching Practice: From_________________ to ___________________
Subject: ___________________________________________________________
In Summative Assessment PT Supervisor writes general comments and
suggestions for improvement. She/he characterizes a student-teacher in General
Comments using such assessment criteria as:
1) Personal Qualities (punctuality, dress, pitch of voice, general attitude towards TP,
colleagues, teachers, learners, ability to collaborate with others to create a learning
community, leadership);

2) Lesson Organization (appropriate lesson plan used, suitable objectives, aids and
materials appropriate for the activities and well-organized, lesson and materials
appropriate for the age, level, cultural background of learners);
3) Lesson Management (developed positive rapport with students, developed friendly
environment, used different types of work effectively, facilitation of activities,
given clear instructions, used (non-)verbal communication effectively (including
mistake correcting, assessment), appropriate ratio of student/teacher talk time,
ability to arise interest of the learners, successful keeping discipline of class).
PT Supervisor marks student-teachers work strengths and weaknesses
(lecture plan, choosing topic, etc.). She/he summarize the results of PT
(observation and teaching parts), and define Level of Development (If a studentteacher displays understanding of teaching skills. If content and methodology
selected are generally appropriate and/or adequate to meet learners needs. If a
student-teacher requires any assistance in responding to suggestions for
improvement. If he/she demonstrates ability to apply reflective thought
successfully in a variety of teaching situations. If a student-teacher displays
understanding of professional growth and responsibility, including respecting
confidential information about students).

Final PT Grade ___________/_________________/ (pass/fail examination)

PT Supervisor ___________________________ /________________________________/

PT Coordinator ___________________________ /________________________________/