Teaching practice in The Viikki
Teacher Training School
Kimmo Koskinen
Principal basic education
Viikki Teacher Training School of Helsinki
University
•University of Helsinki (11 faculties)
•Faculty of Behavioural Sciences
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•Institute of Behavioural Sciences
•Department of Teacher Education
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Unit formed by the two
Teacher Training Schools
Viikki Teacher Training School (grades 1–9 and upper secondary school)
Helsingin normaalilyseo (grades 7–9 and upper secondary school)
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In the Department of Teacher Education,
studies can be carried out in six different
sections
• Subject teacher education
• Special education
• Home economics teacher education
• Craft science and textiles teacher education
• Class teacher education
• Kindergarten teacher and early childhood education
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Subject Teacher Education
TEACHING PRACTICE (20 credits)
October
7 credits, 8 weeks, 15 lessons (45 min)
9 lessons (75 min)
January
4/5 credits, 3 weeks, 10 lessons (45 min)
6 lessons (75 min)
March
9 credits, 9 weeks, 15 lessons (45 min)
9 lessons (75 min)
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Class Teacher Education
TEACHING PRACTICE (20 credits)
Orientative teaching practice
(3 credits, 3 weeks, 18 lessons)
Minor subject teaching practice
(9 credits, 7 weeks, 60 lessons)
Main subject teaching practice
(8 credits, 5 weeks, 20 lessons/week)
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The Teacher Training Practices
 The target of the practices is to develop and deepen the professional growth of the
student.
 During the practice, theory and practice interact: the matters the student has learnt during
the pedagogic studies and the subject education will be applied in the class and, on the
other hand, the practice will be conceptualized.
 The student is supervised so that he / she will become aware of his / her own educational
theory through co-operational and individual methods.
 The practices are supervised and instructed, and the aim is to gradually increase the
independence of the student.
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The Teacher Training Practices
All the practices include
observing the lessons,
group meetings,
seminars, lectures,
discussions
with the supervisor etc.
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An example:
The Minor Subject Teaching Practice
in Class Teacher Education
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An example:
The Minor Subject Teaching Practice
in Class Teacher Education
The aims (demanded for the examination):
The student will be capable of
 understanding the curriculum from the point of view of the subject didactics
 using different methods of teaching and different ways to visualise matters
 co-operating in a peer group
 explaining and justifying the decisions he/she has made during the lessons
 identifying the needs of his/her own professional development.
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The basic targets are that the
student will
 understand the characteristics of different subjects (10) and branches of
knowledge
 develop his/her subject educational preparedness and skills
 learn to identify, analyse and evaluate different teaching-studying-learning
processes
 understand the learning process
 be able to use his/her theoretical knowledge in practical teaching work
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…and more the basic targets that
the student will
 learn to analyse
 be able to take into account his/her own professional development
 get acquainted with different ways of working
 be able to co-operate with others different learners, for example pupils from different
cultures
 get acquainted with possibilities of using teaching and learning information
technology as an instrument for teaching and learning
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What happens in a class:
 In the beginning of the practice period, the
class team (the class teacher and the
students) plans the teaching and makes
written long term plans for the whole period in
each teaching subject.
 Written plans are also made for each individual
lesson.
 Plans are made in co-operation with the class
teacher and the university teachers of subject
didactics.
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Personal training plan
 In the beginning of the practice period the student will compose a
personal training plan in which he / she will register the personal
learning targets based on the targets set by the class teacher section
 During the practice, the student will reflect his / her professional
development and evaluate the learning process and the results
compared to the self-set goals.
 At the end of the practice, the student will write a self-evaluating report.
The report will then be used as a basis in the last evaluation discussion
between the student and the class teacher.
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Finnish Teacher Training Schools
University of Helsinki (2)
University of Turku (2)
University of Tampere
University of Jyväskylä
University of Joensuu (2)
University of Oulu
University of Lapland
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