Didactic Strategies

1. Definition of didactic strategies
2. The roles of teacher and pupil in contemporary school: change factors in contemporary school
3. Problem-based learning
• Definition, foundation of problem-based learning, development and characteristics of problem-based learning;
• Teaching contents and teaching methods in the function of problem-based learning
• Advantages and limitations of problem-based learning
• Basic problem categories (a problem situation, a problem, a didactic problem-based task)
• Types and forms of problems
• Macro-articulation of problem solving
• Development of problem-solving learning abilities in pupils
4. Project-based learning:
• Definition, characteristics, integration in the teaching process
• Occurrence and development of project-based learning in Slovenia and in the world
• Pedagogic, psychological and didactic fundamentals of project-based learning
• Construction and progress of project-based learning
• Introduction of project-based learning in school life and work
5. Learning in a group and cooperative learning
• Characteristics, basic conditions, advantages and limitations of group learning
• Principles of cooperative learning
• The structure of tasks in cooperative learning
• Teacher's role and tasks; assessment of cooperative learning
6. Research-based learning
7. Integrated/interdisciplinary curriculum
8. Didactic innovations (teacher as a reflective practitioner and action researcher)

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