Role of Pre-service Teachers Educators in Forming of Future Teachers Professional Competencies

The dissertation deals with the educators of future teachers and their roles in shaping the professional competencies of pre-service teachers during undergraduate training. The theoretical basis of the work is grounded in the theory of undergraduate education, as well as the concepts of professional competences of teachers and professional competences of pre-service teachers educators and related concept of model role. The empirical part, using mixed methods research, consists of several substudies. The research sample consists of a group of novice teachers, pre-service teachers and educators of future teachers. From different perspectives represented by these groups, I tried to point out the facts, moments and influences that play an important role in gaining the teacher professional competencies during undergraduate training of pre-service teachers at Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia, for the purpose of improving the current system of undergraduate studies. From the quantitative research methods a questionnaire is used, which was distributed to a group of pre-service teachers and novice teachers and then statistically analyzed. The qualitative research methods are represented by a focus group and an open-ended questionnaire (the statements are encoded). The aim of the research is..