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LIEPÁJA ACADEMY OF PEDAGOGY SECOND LEVEL PROFESSIONAL HIGHER
EDUCATION PROGRAMME A TEACHER OF BASIC EDUCATION (Code 471413) ACCREDITATION DOCUMENTS Part 1
Programme Director: M.paed. ?. Petrauska
CONTENT
|No. |Name of the document |Page |
|I |Self-assessment of the study programme. |3 |
| |Appendix No1. Research work of the Academic Personnel|18 |
|II |Description of the content of the study programme | |
| |and its implementation |24 |
|III |Assessment of the study programme viewed in the | |
| |context of the interests of the state of Latvia |59 |
|IV |Academic personnel involved in the implementation of | |
| |the programme |61 |
|V |Description of the study courses |71 |
|VI |Documents not annexed |216 |
Liep?ja Academy of Pedagogy
Second Level Professional Higher Education
Study Programme "A Teacher of Basic Education" (code 47 1413) SELF-ASSESSMENT Confirmed
at the Senate sitting
of the LPA
19 January 2004
Minutes No.5 Chairwoman of the Senate
Dr.paed. Prof. A.Samus?vi?a
Second Level Professional Higher Education Study Programme
"A Teacher of Basic Education" SELF-ASSESSMENT
The study programme A Teacher of Basic Education at the Liep?ja
Academy of Pedagogy (further LPA) is a Second Level Professional Higher
Education Study Programme (education classification index of the Ministry
of Education of the Republic of Latvia 471413) and it is implemented in
compliance with the decision of the Senate of the LPA on 17 February 2003
(Minutes No.8). On completing the study course the student is awarded a
professional qualification of a teacher of basic education.
In order to assess the study programme A Teacher of Basic Education a
working group was established (Rector's order No. 114-v).
The self-assessment report was discussed by the Board of the Faculty
of Educational Science of the LPA (1 December 2003), by the Board of
Studies (8 December 2003) and confirmed at the Senate sitting (19 January
2004).
1. Goals and Objectives of the Study Programme
AIM: to provide opportunities for educators to acquire a
qualification of a teacher of basic education and appropriate professional
competence.
Objectives:
To create conditions for acquiring knowledge of and developing skills
needed for implementation of the State Standard of Basic Education, the
curriculum and the subject syllabuses.
To perfect skills of organising and assessing the process of upbringing and
teaching/learning.
To encourage students to develop their personalities and enhance formation
of democratic and humanistic environment.
To involve students in applied research with the aim of developing their
research skills in the fields of science related to their qualification.
To motivate students for life-long learning in the united space of European
education. Basic principles of the study programme:
Teachers' further education is oriented towards the difficulties the
teachers come across in their practical work at school; therefore the study
course is problem-oriented.
Teachers' further education should provide certain competences for
activity; therefore the study course is activity-oriented.
To meet the growing demands for the teaching profession the study course is
scientifically- oriented.
2. Organisation of the Study Programme
In developing the structure of the study programme the regulations of
the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia on the State Educational
Standard of the second level professional higher further education No. 481
(20 November 2001) and the draft standard of the teaching profession were
taken into consideration. The volume of the programme is 75 CP, the
duration of the course is 2 years.
The content of the study programme has been elaborated basing on the
fact that the students have completed higher professional pedagogical
education and have some teaching experience.
The study courses are combined into three modules.
Structure of the programme
|Module I |3 CP |
|Module II | |
|Basic theoretical courses in the field |5 CP |
|Module III | |
|Courses in Information Technologies |2 CP |
|Module IV | |
|Professional Specialisation Courses in the |41 CP |
|Field | |
|1English as a Foreign Language |2.Biology |
|ForeignLanguageLanguageLanguage.Ang?u valoda | |
|(k? sve?valoda) | |
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|Module VI | |
|Final (state) examination |12 CP |
|Module VII | |
|Optional (free choice) courses |4 CP | The volume of the practice is 26 CP, 18 of them are earned on the
basis of the length of the teacher's pedagogical service and the earlier
acquired pedagogical education.
The general education study courses provide knowledge of the main
directions of the functioning of the European Union, the tendencies of co-
operation in the field of education. Students get acquainted with the
systems of assessing the quality of education and possibilities of
improving education.
The basic theoretical courses in the field activate a need for
innovative approaches to implementing the educational process in an
institution of basic education. Students get a theoretical insight into and
practice in providing values education, master the theoretical fundamentals
of bilingual education and develop the skills enhancing collaboration among
the school, the family and the community.
The content of the programme lays a special emphasis on courses for
professional specialisation in the field (41 CP), which are needed for
implementation of State Standard of Basic Education, the curricula and
subject syllabuses; the student chooses those which are related to the
qualification (specialisation) he/she has chosen.
The volume and the content of the practice are determined taking into
account the fact that the students enrolled for the programme have acquired
higher professional pedagogical education and have experience of teaching.
Optional courses are offered to meet the students' interests and in
compliance with the regulations confirmed at the LPA concerning the choice
of the study courses. Every year a catalogue including courses for free
choice is confirmed at the LPA, it is available on the home page of the LPA
(www.lieppa.lv) in the section studies as well as in the library.
3. Practical Implementation of the Study Programme
The study work is regulated by the Regulations of Studies of the LPA.
Methods of Study, Technologies, Substantiation of their Choice
A variety of methods and forms of study are used in the process of
implementing the study programme: lectures, theoretical and practical
seminars, student research work, students' individual work, frontal
teaching, group and individual work, case studies, problem-oriented
studies, project works, presentations of works, experiments, practical work
in the laboratory and in the open air, fieldtrips, e-studies.
The choice of methods and forms of studies are closely connected with
the particularity of the study courses related to specialisation.
Students' independent work and practical workshops play a significant
role in acquisition of the programme and implementation of the above-
mentioned forms and methods of studies. When organising workshops method of
group work is used efficiently. Both the students and the lecturers rank
case studies and problem-based studies among the most valuable. Due to this
it is possible to consolidate, extend and improve the acquired theoretical
knowledge and skills.
The teaching practice provides opportunities for applying theoretical
knowledge in practical teaching at school. The content of practice
materials presents a possibility to make conclusions about the level of the
student's knowledge as well as grants an opportunity to assess and control
reaching the aim of the study programme. When developing the programme of
the practice students' suggestions are also taken into consideration.
The study programme includes also students' research activity
(writing a diploma/graduation paper); it makes it possible to provide
comprehension of interconnections between the theoretical and practical
ideas, by consolidating appli