Becoming a Teacher 1

Becoming a Teacher 1 integrates theory on teachers' professional development with practical teacher training. Students gain teaching experience during their internship and learn to continually reflect upon their experiences and the development of their teaching competencies, through assignments (both individual and group work), group intervision and feedback sessions, discussion and theory. Proof of their development is through a portfolio. They learn to formulate learning goals and plan activities with which they further develop themselves during the intership at a secondary school. Every student is assigned a mentor from WUR and the secondary school to prepare and supervise the internship, who will both provide feedback on the development as a teacher.

NB: this course is part of the Minor Education and is integrated with an internship at a school. Note that if you are interested, you can contact the coordination team of the minor (via minor.educatie@wur.nl) well in advance of the actual start of the minor, so that the internship can be organized. Deadline for application for semester I is April 1st, deadline for application for semester II is October 1st

After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:

• Communicate on the level with students (interpersonal competence)
• Show, with concrete examples from the internship, significant growth in creating a safe learning environment (pedagogical competence)
• Communicate and cooperate with other teachers in the school (cooperation with colleagues and environment)
• Reflect on their classroom experiences and draw conclusions from these to improve their performance
• Show, with concrete examples from the internship, significant growth in creating a powerful learning environment (pedagogical content knowledge)
• Show, with concrete examples from the internship, significant growth in organizing a learning environment that is well-structured, clear and task-oriented (planning)

Assumed Knowledge:

ELS34506 Becoming a Teacher Basics. If Dutch is not your native language, proof of C1 level is required.