Course code

KAL7008.HR

old course code

KAL7008

Course title in Estonian

Didaktika alused

Course title in English

Basics of Didactics

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Support students’ preparedness to acquaint themselves with specific features of studying process proceeding from peculiarities of pupils’ age;
Create possibilities of acquiring skills of planning, arranging and managing the teaching process.

Brief description of the course

The concept, essence and circular model of didactics and its connections with other subjects. Approaches to learning, the theoretical bases of the curriculum, the curriculum as a part of didactics. Key and contemporary issues in didactics, descriptive and normative didactics. General/classic principles of didactics. Planning lessons, teaching units/lesson, aims and stages of a lesson. Basic skills of teaching. Methods of teaching or ways of working, the selection and aims of the methods. Integration principle. Teaching based on integrated topics in a basic school (the first stage). Learning through making projects. Assessment.
Support students’ preparedness to acquainting themselves with specific features of studying process proceeding from peculiarities of pupils’ age; create possibilities of acquiring skills of planning, arranging and managing the teaching process.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to set objectives and plan the teaching process in accordance with principles of contemporary teaching considering pupils’ peculiarities proceeding from their age, and other factors;
- has a repertoire of justified teaching methods;
- is able to communicate with pupils properly to make the teaching process more efficient;
- is able to analyse the conducted lessons.

Teacher

dots Anne Uusen

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Special Education (KAEPB/15.HR)
Special Education (KAEPB/14.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/11.HR)
Special Education (KAEPB/13.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/10.HR)
Special Education (KAEPB/12.HR)
Special Education (KAEPM/11.HR)
Special Education (KAEPM/10.HR)
Special Education (KAEPB/09.HR)
Special Education (KAEPB/00.HR)