Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning

Abstract

Requirements for schools by the education policy of the state are changing dynamically. A number of key needs of in-service teachers have been identified - the development of teachers’ competences in the field of didactics, in the field of reflection of their own teaching activities, the implementation of new teaching forms and methods of work with emphasis to the individual needs of learners within a heterogeneous group, the implementation of interdisciplinary relations. The aim of this paper is to present the outcomes of the project that is solved at the Faculty of Science in Olomouc, Czech Republic. One of the key activities of the project is to interconnect more closely the pre-graduate teacher training with the practice at schools and the cooperation with teachers of various secondary schools. Video hospitalizations of lessons are provided. Lessons realized by experienced teachers are compared with lessons realized by university students (pre-service teachers). The lessons are analysed and reflected. Particular examples of the comparison of various physics lessons will be presented, crucial problems in these two types of lessons will be discussed. It can be demonstrated that the community of practice (universities, secondary schools and non-profit organizations) can be of great importance for acquisition of new competencies of teachers so as students.