Mathematics and informatics teacher education perspectives

Abstract

The ongoing reform of Lithuanian higher education affected teacher education (or pre-service training) as well. Therefore it is important to review and update teacher training programs and to discuss them within community. This paper presents an overwiev, issues and perspectives of mathematics and informatics teacher training at the Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics.

Statistical Survey: the Proportion of Students Willing to Become Teachers of Mathematics

“…When experiments with mathematics, the oldest and the most conservative study subject, which is also likely to be considered the most respectable, started, the gap between the level of school and university knowledge significantly widened. This is confirmed not only by the opinions of the representatives of other national universities (Kaminskienė et al, 2013;Stankus, 2008;Stankus, Dagienė, 2010) but also by the conducted research. The graphic presentation of the questionnaire results received to the question 'In your opinion, is level of preparation of pupils for studies and life in secondary schools decreasing?'…”

Challenges of information technology teacher education

“…Iš pirmo žvilgsnio gali pasirodyti, kad tokių studijų programų pakanka, bet problema ta, kad norinčių studijuoti yra mažai, ir kiekvienais metais vis mažėja. Be to, didžiojoje dalyje programų informatika prijungta prie matematikos, todėl absolventai įgyja teisę dirbti ne tik IT, bet ir matematikos mokytojais [7,5].…”