TECHNICS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING OF SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE UNIVERSITIES OF GERMANY

Abstract

The basic technics and methods of psychological and pedagogical training of teachers of secondary schools used at the universities in Germany are presented in the article. It is also emphasized that the competence approach is the conceptual basis of professional pedagogical education in Germany. We discovered that the main forms of training in the Federal Republic of Germany are: lecture, seminar, colloquium, professional pedagogical practice, individual work. We also detected that: written homework, oral and written tests, bachelor and master theses and portfolio is used for intermediate and final control of students learning. After the introduction of competency approach the role of traditional forms of teaching students at German universities is changing. Now lectures mainly serve to present the basic theory, and they are the methodological basis and guide for students further individual work. A decrease in the number of lectures is happening, preference is given to work in the workshops, which aimed to specify and explain the issues outlined in the lectures. We found that psychological and pedagogical training of future teachers is practice- oriented, aimed at the development of professional competencies and personal responsibility. Herewith this theoretical training is practically oriented and is organized using the reflection, cooperative, problem-based, situational and research training methods. During university studies much attention is paid to individual support and training of students as future teachers which is implemented in the form of mentoring and coaching.