Open AccessPedagogical practice and professional training of mathematics teachers
Author(s) -
Nijolė Cibulskaitė,
Vytautas Bernotas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lietuvos matematikos rinkinys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2335-898X
pISSN - 0132-2818
DOI - 10.15388/lmr.b.2013.18
Subject(s) - lithuanian , mathematics education , specialty , statistical analysis , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , psychiatry
The aim of this paper is to highlight the features of the improvement of student’s professional competencies in the final stage of the pedagogical studies in the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. 84 students of the fourth year studies of mathematics and computer science specialty were interviewed using questionnaire. The research methods: statistical quantitative analysis of empirical data; qualitative analysis of students’ reports of carried out teaching practice. The results revealed: the studies of mathematics didactics and teaching practice effectively helped students develop their professional competencies; the experience gained during the teaching practice determinated student’s choosing of teaching career mostly.