Study programme code

KAKLI.HR

Study programme administrator

Inge Timoštšuk

MER study programme code

1514

version code

HKKL/10.HR

School / college

HR - School of Educational Sciences

Study programme title in Est.

Klassiõpetaja

study programme title in Engl.

Primary School Teacher

Language of instruction

Estonian

Study level

Integrated BA and MA studies

ECTS credits

300

Study domain

Education

Study programme group

teacher training and educational science

Study programme subgroup

Teacher training without subject specialisation

Nominal study period (in semesters)

10

Access conditions

Secondary School Leaving Certificate, Certificate of Vocational Secondary Education or a corresponding qualification giving access to higher education. show more...

Minimum level of proficiency of the Estonian language at B2 level according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Entrance examination.

Degrees conferred

haridusteaduse magister (klassiõpetaja)

Study programme aims and objectives

- To create opportunities for the development of an ethical and active teacher; show more...

- To form the readiness to develop pupils with different needs and personal characteristics;
- To support the formation of pedagogical-psychological, subject and subject didactical competence;
- To develop the readiness to cooperate with colleagues and parents;
- To develop the readiness for self-development and continuous learning.

Learning outcomes of the study programme

- understands knowledge in child development and learning, is able to use this knowledge in supporting pupils with different abilities and personal characteristics show more...


- can plan a study activity and analyse it pursuant to the established objectives
- can manage, as a class teacher, a learning process in the I and II school stage
- can manage a learning process until the end of compulsory school in one selected subject (minor)
- can develop a motivating learning environment for pupils
- is capable of cooperating with colleagues and parents
- can design, analyse and reflect professional development as a pedagogue

Graduation requirements

In order to graduate, the student shall complete the study programme in the given volume, show more...
which includes passing all compulsory courses and compiling and defending the Master’s thesis. During the studies, students are required to pass at least one course which uses a foreign language as the language of instruction. Students who have not graduated from upper secondary schools where Estonian is the language of instruction, or who have graduated from schools where Estonian is only partly the language of instruction, are required to have Estonian language proficiency at C1 level.
As an additional requirement for students who have been admitted until 2015/2016, the foreign language proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages shall correspond to B2 level, in case of students of distant and cyclical learning to B1 level, and their computer skills shall be sufficient for university studies