BA/BS in Subject Education

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: The aim of the Subject Education programme is to prepare high qualification subject teachers of lower secondary and secondary education who have acquired fundamental knowledge of the selected education field (education of natural sciences, social education, art and language education) and who, on the basis of the acquired intercultural, professional, general and personal competencies, will be able to ensure qualitative (self)education of pupils at present and in the future, will create different learning opportunities, develop personal competencies and the competencies of their pupils, would use the acquired competencies in educational activity and further studies. Learning outcomes: 1. To create (self)education curriculum of different education levels, based on the theoretical and didactical knowledge of the chosen education field (natural science, physical sciences, technologies, languages, social and artistic education). 2. To analyse, systematise and critically assess information, legal and political documents, related to the development of education curricula of different education levels. 3. To plan, organise, implement and summarise action research as well as scientific research and employ the obtained results in the education practice. 4. To assess the differences of individual learner development, personality peculiarities appearing due to the social environment, gender, nationality, culture or other factors and personalise the educational process in order to improve and form personal learner motivation, their self-guided learning and independence. 5. To plan, organise and manage the educational process taking into account individual needs and self-education potential of the learners, properly selecting and applying modern (self)education strategies and technologies. 6. To develop essential general and subject competencies of the learners in different spheres of educational activity by enhancing their learning to learn, cognitive, communication, initiative and creativity competencies, personal and informational culture, critical thinking and problem solving; to integrate the provisions of sociocultural and preventive programmes into the (self)education content, to expand subject matter related, general scientific and socio-cultural worldview of the pupils. 7. To present a business idea or problem, to reason a decision or research results orally and/or in writing in the state or a foreign language. 8. To act and learn in cooperation with the school community, learner groups and other environments. 9. To assume responsibility for the quality of the professional activity process and teaching results related to the learners’ learning achievements by enhancing professional and personal development as a moral component of professional identity. Activities of teaching and learning: Methodologies of knowledge provision and application that could be applied during interactive lectures, seminars, practical activities, independent individual and team work sessions: Active understanding, information processing, linking the acquired and new knowledge as well as experience, clear understanding of the learning aim and orientation to its achievement while planning, performing, assessing and reflecting on the learning process, progress and achievements, written works, discussions, debates, case studies, analyses, projects, problem teaching and learning activities, field trips, role plays, presentation and presentations and discussions of work (projects, reports, etc.), peer assessment, expert method, audio and video conferences, audio and video lectures, distance teaching and learning of a module, text analysis, text interpretation, scientific discussion, heuristic conversation, logical persuasion, interpretation and assessment of education ideas, demonstration of visual material, case analysis, simulations, reflection, analysis of video material, patchwork, creative tasks, role games, tasks for cognition of self and the others, Venn diagram, thematic debates and presentations, search for information resources, selection, systematising, search for information in data bases, independent study of scientific and methodological literature, document analysis, critical reflection on literature under study. Performance and self-assessment methodologies based on learner reflection: Designing mind maps and concept maps, brainstorming, essay writing, cooperation-based team work, pair work. Experience-based, reflexive learning: attending educational institutions, reflection diaries, observation and reflection on activity performance situations, watching and discussion of video recorded cases; practical work – selection of education ideas and teaching aids, their application and reflection on their efficiency, assessment of the children’s needs and achievements; practice in programme development, practice in designing plans; linking the acquired and new knowledge with the experience, organising children’s activities under assistance of a mentor and working independently, organisation of educational idea fairs, reflection on practice, and etc. Research based learning: the methodology of qualitative research (content analysis, thematic analysis, ethnographic, action research, case studies and narrative research), data collection and analysis. Project preparation in a cooperating group; preparation of a course paper; preparation of the final Bachelor thesis. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Evaluation of written papers and theoretical analysis, reports on projects and individual works, (self)evaluation of the competence portfolio, peer assessment, essay writing, individual and group presentations, participation in discussions and debates, assessment of the oral presentation of the research paper and skills of providing counter-arguments to presenters; reflections, assessment of individual creative tasks and simulation, assessment of the description of the educational activity, assessment of the presentation and analysis of information obtained in the e-environment, assessment of interpretation of educational ideas, assessment of creative tasks, and etc. Assessment of student work portfolios, assessment of tasks performed in the virtual environment (MOODLE), critical reflections, reviews, assessment of papers and comparative analysis, and etc. Assessment of a project and its presentation, assessment of problem identification and its solution, and etc. Assessment of a part of the designed programme, assessment of the plan for children’s activity, assessment of the recording and identification of children’s needs and achievements, assessment of situation observation and reflection, assessment of practice portfolios, and etc. Assessment of mini research/study, assessment of research papers Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Foreign language Artes liberales subjects Pedagogical modules (obligatory fo all specialisations): General and Developmental Psychology Health Education Pedagogy Development of Emotional Intelligence Curriculum Creation and Management Inclusive Education Final Paper of Pedagogical Studies Pedagogical Practice: Teaching Practice of Teacher Assistant Teaching Practice under Supervision of Mentor Independent Teaching Practice English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (French, German, Spanish Language): (Obligatory for specialization Englishs Language Pedagogy and Second Foreign Language): Subject Didactics 1 Subject Didactics 2 Modern English 1 English Grammar 1 English Phonetics and Phonology Modern English 2 English Grammar 2 Introduction into Linguistics English Morphology Country Study (the UK and the USA) English Syntax The Language of Research English Lexicology The Language of Media Introduction into Research Methodology English Stylistics British Literature Modern Language Teaching Technologies American Literature Intercultural Communication and Multilingualism English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (French): French Language and Culture 1 Basics of French Grammar French Language and Culture 2 French Grammar in Dialogues French Language and Culture 3 French Language and Culture 4 Tradition of Literary Genres in Francophone Countries / or / Culturological analysis of Literary Texts Diplomatic French Analysis of Spoken Language Historical Contexts of French Speaking Countries or Politics and Economics of Francophone Countries English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (German): Contemporary German 1 German Phonetics German Grammar 1 Contemporary German 2 German Grammar 2 Contemporary German 3 Contemporary German or Intercultural Communication Contemporary German 5 Contrastive Textlinguistics and Pragmatics Business German Modern Social and Cultural Life in Germany or German Lexicology German History English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (Spanish): Spanish language and communication I Spanish morpfology Spanish language and communication II Syntax of Spanish Spanish Language and Communication III Spanish Language and Communication IV Spanish Language and Communication V Didactics of Spanish as a foreign language Hispanic literature and media Contemporary society of the Spanish-speaking countries Regional and Historical Contexts of Spanish-speaking Countries Bachelor thesis Polish Language anl Literature Pedagogy Introduction into Linguistics (PL) Introduction to Literary Theory (PL) Old Polish Literature and Folklore (PL) Polish Phonetics and Phonology (PL) General and Developmental Psychology Health Education Polish Literature of Romanticism (PL) Lexicology and Lexicography (PL) Polish Literature of Positivism (PL) Morphology (PL) Stylistics and Text Linguistics (PL) Teaching Practice of Teacher Assistant (PL/EN) Polish Modernist Literature (PL) 1890-1914 Word Composition (PL) Polish Literature (1914-1944) (PL) Basics of Syntax (PL) Differentiation of the Polish Language (PL) Didactics of Polish Language and Literature (PL) Modern Polish Literature (PL) współczesna 1945-1989 Syntax of Composite Sentences (PL) Language Culture (PL) Introduction to Research Work and Academic Writing (PL) Contemporary Polish Literature (PL) najnowsza po 1989 Basics of Rhetoric (PL) Literature of Children and Youth (PL) Polish Language History (PL) BA Paper (PL) Lithuanian Language and Literature: Introduction to Philology Philological Culture of Ancient World Morphology Word Composition Lithuanian and Western European Literature (the Middle Ages – 19th Century) Lexicology and Lexicography Basics of the Latin Language Specialty Language Literary Text Analysis World Literature (19th-20th Century) Lithuanian Literature (19th – the Beginning of the 20th Century) Syntax of Lithuanian Introduction to Socio and Psycholinguistics Linguistic Communication Teaching Lithuanian as a Foreign Language Cognitive Linguistics Didactics of Lithuanian Language and Literature The Lithuanian Literature of the Inter-war Period Phonetics and Accentology of the Lithuanian Language Stylistics and Text Linguistics Academic Writing Research Work Lithuanian Literature (Exile and Soviet Lithuania) History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology UDL in Literature Lessons Topicality of Literary Education Contemporary Lithuanian Literature Folklore and Children Literature Creative Writing Modern Language Teaching Technologies Literature, Advertising and Media Text Editing Bachelor Thesis Biology Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematics Basic ecology General biology Biology of Plants and Animals Probability theory and statistics Evolution and phylogeny Information technologies for teaching and learning Didactics of Biology Human and animal morphophysiology Foundations of STEAM education General genetics Biochemistry Principles of STEAM integration Biology specific tasks Human ecology Project based STEAM training Cell biology Microbiology Final paper pedagogical studies Bachelor thesis Chemistry Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematics General and analytical chemistry General Physics Inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry Probability theory and statistics Chemical analysis I Information technologies for teaching and learning Chemistry didactics Organic and bioorganic chemistry Foundations of STEAM education Chemical analysis II Biochemistry Principles of STEAM integration Chemistry specific tasks Environmental chemistry Project based STEAM training Physical and colloidal chemistry Chemical technology Bachelor thesis Physics Pedagogy (STEAM) Calculus 1 Astronomy Calculus 2 Physics I Mechanics and molecular physics Probability theory and statistics Physics-2 Information technologies for teaching and learning Physics didactics Thermodynamics Foundations of STEAM education Quantum physics Atmospheric physics and climatology Principles of STEAM integration Physics specific tasks Atomic and subatomic physics Project based STEAM training Solid State Physics Computational physics Bachelor thesis Information Technologies Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematics Fundamentals of Programming General physics Object oriented programming Probability theory and statistics Databases and information systems Information technologies for teaching and learning Didactics of informatics Graphics and visualization Foundations of STEAM education Computer architecture and operating systems Internet technology Principles of STEAM integration Informatics specific tasks Robotics and visual programming Project based STEAM training Artificial intelligence Multimedia technology Bachelor thesis Mathematics Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematical analysis I Geometry General physics Mathematical analysis II Probability theory and statistics Discrete mathematics Information technologies for teaching and learning Didactics of mathematics Algebra Foundations of STEAM education History of mathematics Elementary mathematics 1 Numerical methods Principles of STEAM integration Mathematics specific tasks Elementary mathematics 2 Project based STEAM training Number theory Differential equations Bachelor thesis Technology Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematics Design and Art Technologies General physics Resistant Materials I Design History Probability theory and statistics Ethnoculture. Textile Technologies I Information technologies for teaching and learning Didactics of Technologies Food Technologies I Foundations of STEAM education Applied Electronics I Resistant Materials II Principles of STEAM integration Technology specific tasks Applied Electronics II Project based STEAM training Food Technologies II Ethnoculture. Textile Technologies II Entrepreneurship education Bachelor thesis Ethics and Philosophy Pedagogy: Ancient Philosophy and Ethics Philosophy of Art Pedagogical Ethics Philosophy of Literature Philosophy and Ethics of Religion Medieval Philosophy and Ethics Didactics of Teaching Ethics Politics and Ethics Philosophy of Renaissance and Modern Ages Phenomenology Ontology Applied Ethics Methodic of Philosophical Pedagogical Investigation Psychoanalysis and Philosophy Humanistic Ethics and Cultural Diversity 19th Century Philosophy and Ethics Academic Writing Didactics of Teaching Philosophy Existentialism and Ethics Ecological Ethics Philosophy of Economics Philosophy of Media Philosophy and Ethics of the 20th and the 21st century Philosophy of History Political and Social Philosophy History of Lithuanian Philosophy Levinas` Philosophy and Ethics Meta-ethics Psychology and Ethics Arts Pedagogy Fundamentals of Fine Arts Studies Fundamentals of Visual Eexpression Colour Science Drawing and its Teaching 1 Composition and its Teaching 1 Modelling Drawing and its Teaching 2 Composition and its Teaching 1 Painting and its Teaching 1 Drawing and its Teaching 3 Painting and its Teaching 2 Composition and its Teaching 3 Visual Art Historypression of Media Didactics of of Fine Arts 1 Design Painting and its Teaching 1 Composition and its Teaching 4 Spatial Plastic Arts Research in Arts Education 1 Didactics of of Fine Arts 2 Coordination and Organisation of Exhibitions Inclusive Arts Education Research in Arts Education 2 Expression of Mixed Techniques Freestyle Drawing Expression of Graphhic Desing Two-Dimensional and Three -Dimensional Composition Modern Painting Installations Grahic Project Bachelor Thesis Music Pedagogy Music Performance 1 (Piano, Choir Studio, Singing) Music Performance 2 (Piano, Choir Studio, Singing) Music Performance 3 (Piano, Singing, Choir Studio ) Music Performance 4 (Piano, Singing, Choir Studio, Conducting) Music Playing 5 (Piano, Choir Studio and Conducting) Music Performance 6 (Piano, Choir Studio, Conducting) Music Performance 6 (Piano, Choir Studio, Conducting) Choir Studio Musical projects Harmony and Solfeggio Arrangement and Solfeggio Polyphony and Solfeggio Psychology of Musical Activities Ethnic Culture and Ensemble Music Musical Instruments at School Research in Music Education Esthetics of Music and Analysis of Compositions Musical creation History of World Music Culture 1 History of World Music Culture 2 History of Lithuanian Music World Traditional Music and Optional Instrument Subject didactics 1 (didactics of pre-school and primary music education) Computer Music Technologies Didactic Technologies of Music Foundations of music education Theory and Methodology of Pedagogical Research Pedagogy of games Non-formal Music Education Subject didactics 2 (didactics of middle and general music education) Bachelor Thesis Theather and Dance Pedagogy Acting Foundations I Movement Art Stage Speech Choreography Acting Foundations Ii Interactive Stage Art Classical Dance Communication: Voice and Speech Modern and Contemporary Dance Acting: Text and Performance Development of Musicality Theory and History of Movement and Dance History and Analysis of Drama Directing Dance Composition Creative Text Writing Vocal Dance Improvisation Media In Performing Arts Acting and Dancing in New Media Improvisation Creative Projects Cinema History and Analysis History and Analysis of Stage Directing Dance and Theatre in non-traditional Space Body and Object on a Stage Management of Creative Projects Bachelor Thesis Physical and Health Pedagogy Strategies for Saving and Enhancing Health Human Anatomy and Morphology Gymnastic Introduction into Movement Science The Didactics of Sports Games 1 : Basketball Training Human Physiology Track and Field Athletics 1 Genetics and Biology of Physical Performance The Didactics of Sports Games 2 : Handball Training Theory of Sports Science Kinesiology 1 The Didactics of Sports Games 3 : Volleyball Training Specialisation of the Selected Sport 1 Track and Field Athletics 2 Kinesiology 2 Specialisation of the Selected Sport 2 The Didactics of Sports Games 4 : Football (soccer) Training Sports Pedagogy and Psychology Outdoors Physical Activity Physical and Health Education Didactics 2 Course work Methodological Fundamentals of Research Work Prevention of Risky Behavior Fun Games for PE Specialisation of the Selected Sport 3 Non-traditional Sports Applied Physical Education The Didactics of Sports Games 5 : Tennis and Table Tennis Training Bachelor Thesis Swimming Management of Physical Activity and Sports Development of Healthy Eating Habits Specialisation of the Selected Sport 4 History and Geography Pedagogy: Prehistory of the Europe and the Balts Geography of Population and Settlements Hydrology and ocean geography Meteorology and climatology Topography and cartography Ancient History Geomorphology and basics of geology Geographic Information Systems History of the Middle Ages Human Geography and Regionalism Source study Europe and the World in Modern Times Human Geography of Lithuania History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Physical Geography of Lithuania History of Modern Times Geography of tourism and travel History methods and theory Lithuania in the 19th century History of National Minorities in Lithuania Research Project European Historiography Lithuania in the 20th century Landscape Geography and Environmental Protection The History of the Lithuanian Diaspora Political Geography Bachelor Thesis Specialisations: English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (French Language) English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (German Language) English Language and Second Foreign Language Pedagogy (Spanish Language) Polish Language anl Literature Pedagogy Lithuanian Language and Literature Pedagogy Biology Pedagogy (STEAM) Chemistry Pedagogy (STEAM) Physics Pedagogy (STEAM) Information Technologies Pedagogy (STEAM) Mathematics Pedagogy (STEAM) Technology Pedagogy (STEAM) Ethics an Phylosophy Pedagogy Arts Pedagogy Music Pedagogy Theather and dance Pedagogy Physical and Health Pedagogy History and Geography Pedagogy Optional courses: Polish Language and Literature Pedagogy: To choose one subject out of three: Studies about the Vilnius Region (PL); Culture and History of Poland (PL); Poland Country Studies (PL) To choose one subject out of three: Studies about the Vilnius Region (PL); Culture and History of Poland (PL); Poland Country Studies (PL). To choose one subject out of three: Studies about the Vilnius Region (PL); Culture and History of Poland (PL); Poland Country Studies (PL); Basics of Subject Didactics (PL); To choose one subject out of four: Development of Slavic Languages (PL); School Text Genres (PL); Media Genres (PL); Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language (PL). To choose one subject out of four: Basics of Translation (PL); Contrastive of Polish and Lithuanian Languages (PL); Literary Text Analysis (PL); Polish Literature Contexts (PL). To choose one subject out of two: Course Paper Of Literature (PL); Course Paper Of Linguistics (PL); Teaching Practice under Supervision of Mentor (PL/EN). To choose one subject out of four:Basics of Translation (PL); Contrastive of Polish and Lithuanian Languages (PL); Literary Text Analysis (PL); Polish Literature Contexts (PL). To choose one subject out of four: Development of Slavic Languages (PL); School Text Genres (PL); Media Genres (PL); Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language (PL). To choose one subject out of three: Lithuanian-Polish Literature Relationships (PL); Lithuanian Polish Literature (PL); Foreign Literature (PL) To choose one subject out of four: Basics of Translation (PL); Contrastive of Polish and Lithuanian Languages (PL); Literary Text Analysis (PL); Polish Literature Contexts (PL). Distinctive features of a study programme: Subject Education is a unique programme in Lithuania. The programme offers students the opportunity to select one or several subjects in four fields formed according to the general education subject fields: - The field of natural, physical and technological sciences – STEAM Education (Pedagogy of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Technologies). In this field, the students will choose two subjects out of six offered in the programme (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Informatics, Mathematics, Technologies) and in four years’ time will acquire the qualification of a teacher of two subjects. - The field of Language Education (Pedagogy of the English Language and another Foreign Language, Pedagogy of the Lithuanian Language and Literature). Having chosen the Pedagogy of the Lithuanian Language and Literature, the students will deepen their knowledge in the subject. Those who choose to study Pedagogy of the English Language and another Foreign Language (French, Spanish, German) will acquire the knowledge of two languages and will have an opportunity to teach another foreign language as an extra-curricular subject, chosen as minor studies together with English. - The field of social education (Pedagogy of Geography and History). The students will become teachers of two subjects (Geography and History). - The field of artistic education (Pedagogy of Music, Art, Dance and Theatre). In this field, the students will have an opportunity to either deepen their knowledge in a chosen speciality or additionally select minor studies of another art speciality. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: Having completed the programme of Subject Education, the graduates will be awarded with a Bachelor degree in Education Sciences and will acquire the qualification of a teacher. The graduates of the programme will be prepared for the teacher’s work. They will be able to find employment in: • schools of general education, • vocational education schools, • institutions of non-formal education, • state, private and public organisations related to the education of natural and exact sciences. Access to further study: Depending on the selected study field, those willing will be able to continue Master programme studies in Education Science and in the Master programmes of the same field (natural science, physical sciences, arts, humanities).