FI MU Study Catalogue 2024/2025

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Informatics for Secondary School Teachers

follow-up master's program (Czech) without specializations supporting Major/Minor study

The aim of this program is to prepare graduates with a range of competencies necessary for the teaching profession. They have both knowledge and skills regarding pupil education, classroom management, and addressing specific learning situations and pupils. The knowledge of individual subjects and the didactic competence ensure a high level of knowledge of the given discipline, which is in accordance to the expected requirements of the secondary schools and the ability of the graduates to mediate the knowledge of the given discipline using a wide range of didactic methods. Graduates are also equipped with the skills and abilities to lead pedagogical communication with students, their parents, colleagues and other subjects (social and communication competencies), educate and motivate pupils, manage classes, participate in school activities and solve specific situations associated with teaching pedagogical-psychological competencies). In addition, graduates are equipped with diagnostic and special pedagogical competencies that enable them to recognize the individual educational and other needs of students, to prepare individual plans for students, to work with counseling specialists, and to apply a wide range of support measures within an inclusive approach. In addition to pedagogical abilities, this program intends to prepare graduates also for the position of school information system manager and administrator.

Graduates of this master degree study program will primarily act as teachers of relevant subjects at secondary schools (grammar schools and secondary technical schools) with accordance of the accredited fields and their focus. In the case the IT administration study plan, graduates will be able to operate in positions of IT administrators at secondary schools.

Requirements for successful graduation

Compulsory courses of the program

PV094 PC Hardware
PV175 MS Windows Systems Management I
PV004 UNIX
UA104 Didactics for Informatics I
UA105 Didactics for Informatics II
UA442 Exercises in Practical Education I
UA542 Exercises in Practical Education II
UA642 Exercises in Practical Education III
SOBHA Defence of Thesis
SZMGR State Exam (MSc degree)
PřF:XS080 Special pedagogy
PřF:XS092 School management
PřF:XS093 Educational activity with gifted learners
PřF:XS100 Teacher and school administration
PřF:XS130 Personality psychology
PřF:XS150 Educational Psychology
PřF:XS021 Inspiratorium for teachers 2
PřF:XS350 Group dynamic workshop

Study option: Teacher of Informatics and IT administrator

Study option The Informatics Teacher and Network Administrator prepares students for professional positioning as a Network Administrator at a secondary school in parallel with the pedagogical training necessary to obtain secondary school approbation in Informatics.

Compulsory courses and other obligations of the study option

Pass all obligatory courses of the program.
PA159 Net-Centric Computing I
Informatics teching Pass at least 1 course of the following list
DUCIT Teaching Lab
UB001 Assesment of teaching in Informatics
UA742 Exercises in Practical Education IV
UA842 Exercises in Practical Education V
PřF:XS020 Inspiratorium for teachers
PřF:XS050 School pedagogy
PřF:XS060 General didactics
PřF:XS140 Foundations of Psychology
PřF:XS090 Initial teacher training
PřF:XS220 Reflective seminar
Collect at least 36 credits from courses taught at FI with prefixes I or P.

Recommended course of study

Fall 2024 (1. term)
Spring 2025 (2. term)
Fall 2025 (3. term)
Spring 2026 (4. term)

Study option: Minor

This study option leads students in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University to obtain two secondary school approbations.

Compulsory courses and other obligations of the study option

PV004 UNIX
PV175 MS Windows Systems Management I
PV094 PC Hardware
UA104 Didactics for Informatics I
UA105 Didactics for Informatics II
UA442 Exercises in Practical Education I
UA542 Exercises in Practical Education II
UA642 Exercises in Practical Education III
SZMGR State Exam (MSc degree)
Collect at least 22 credits from courses taught at FI with prefixes I or P.

Recommended course of study

Fall 2024 (1. term)
Spring 2025 (2. term)
Fall 2025 (3. term)
Spring 2026 (4. term)