DISADVANTAGES OF UNIVERSITY CURRICULA CONSIDERING TEACHING METHODOLOGY AT DEPARTMENTS FOR TEACHING PROFESSIONS

Abstract

Bearing in mind that the main role of the faculties for teachers all around the world is education of teachers who are going to work in primary or secondary school, it is logical that the document called Standards and competences for the teacher's profession and their professional development issued by Ministry of Education of Republic of Srbija in Belgrade 2011, named four groups of competences as follows: 1. Teaching area, subject and teaching methodology, 2. Teaching and learning, 3. Support to development of student's personality, 4. Communication and cooperation

On the basis of the above, and in accordance with the main topic, we have decided to talk about teaching methodology in contemporary university programs at teaching faculties from the point of view based on professional standards and competences which are necessary for the efficient and quality teaching practice in the classroom.

This report indicates concrete disadvantages of these programs we have encountered by their comparative analyzes. It also presents clear proposals for improvement of these programs in order to help young teachers to be ready for teaching practice after they pass their teaching methodology exam at their faculty, or we can say, to be ready for teaching practice on their subject in the classroom, which is not the case today.