In the Czech Republic, teachers at secondary schools are obliged to expand their educational knowledge and skills because engineering education completed at technical university is not sufficient to practice the profession of the teacher of technical subjects. The Dept. of Engineering Pedagogy, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies (MIAS), CTU in Prague prepares students for the profession of technical teacher in a Bachelors’ study program entitled, “Technical Teacher Education”. We offer both in-class and distance study. Graduates are encouraged to integrate their knowledge of humanities with practical abilities and skills.

The program aims to support teaching practice through a focus on case studies within the core subject “teaching methodology”. The case studies are presented through videos of what we call “representative classes” and are designed to engage students with both pedagogical theory and practice, predominantly through facilitated discussion. Students assess the performance of teachers in these videos across a range of pedagogical aspects including verbal and non verbal communication, motivation of students, involvement and co-operation, feedback, - evaluation and marking and so on. These aspects are discussed and analysed by students as well as by the teacher who also plays the role of facilitator and moderator in order to convey new knowledge and skills. Thus a model teaching presentation, that is, a short presentation by the student as a teacher, is an important didactic tool applied in technical teacher training.

Keywords: teaching aid, representative classes, model teaching presentation, teaching methodology