Department of Teacher Education and Foreign Languages

Contact

• Head of department: Marlena Plavšić, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Address:
• Negrijeva 6, 52100 Pula, Croatia, 1st floor
• Phone
• Faculty secretary: +385 (52) 877 436

Academic Staff

TEACHING MODULE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The Department of Teacher Education and Foreign Languages is made up of the Department of Teacher Education and the Department of Foreign Languages.

Courses that belong to the teaching module are organized within the frame of the Department of Teacher Education. The specialization of teaching can be selected when registering for the full-time study at the Faculty of Humanities. It includes a minimum of 55 ECTS credits and by graduating, students acquire pedagogical competences necessary for work in primary and secondary schools. The number of ECTS credits is determined by the Primary and secondary education act.

For students who choose the teaching specialization, it becomes the study's main component starting from the first semester of the first year at the undergraduate level and is included into the total of 300 ECTS credits of the undergraduate (180 credits) and graduate (120 credits) study levels. The selection of the teaching specialization enables the acquirement of fundamental competences for a Primary School and a Secondary School Teacher. This includes competences of knowledge (teaching and learning, grading and monitoring the development and differences of students), skills (curricular and extracurricular activity planning, teaching, evaluating, monitoring and giving feedback, creating an incentive learning environment, encouraging teamwork and cooperation) and the values of the teaching position (relations with students, parents, colleagues, personal progress etc.). The Teacher Study obligatory courses include the fields of psychology, pedagogy, didactics, methodology and practice in school. Optional courses supplement obligatory ones, whether those be general courses (sociology, philosophy, communication etc.) or even courses related to the profession.  

The Department of Foreign Languages is directed towards educating students in foreign languages, and teachers hold lectures to students from all departments of the Faculty of Humanities, but also the University as a whole, because students attend courses of foreign languages as obligatory and optional courses but also as external courses. By learning a foreign language, students acquire 3 ECTS credits per semester. Foreign languages are taught through contrastive approach, modern methods and techniques, in contact with native speakers (lectures held by guest professors, meetings with writers, screenings of films and educational programmes and attending outdoor lessons) and include learning the language, literature, history and culture of the language. The Department of Foreign Languages organizes international scientific conferences, manifestations, various international creative competitions for students, and poetry nights in foreign languages.

The Russian Language and Culture Centre “Pushkin Institute” Pula operates as an organizational unit of the Faculty of Humanities at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.

Activities of the “Pushkin Institute” Centre:

• organizes Russian language courses and proficiency testing, with the possibility of open e-learning in Russian
• organizes and conducts educational events, scientific conferences, round tables, seminars, virtual lectures, presentations, exhibitions, excursions, literary salons, film screenings, fairs, and festivals of Russian culture, including presentations of Russian traditions, customs, cuisine, virtual tours of Russian cities, etc.
• organizes competitions for students
• organizes and conducts courses and professional development for teachers of Russian.

Target audience of the “Pushkin Institute”:

• students and pupils, foreign universities and schools where Russian is taught as a foreign language, and Russian schools outside Russia
• teachers of the Russian language;
• compatriots and their families living outside Russia;
• foreign citizens.

Notable social and educational activities of the international “Pushkin Institute”:

Days of the Russian language, literature, and culture, themed festivals, and exhibitions, Creative competitions in the Russian language and literature for students and pupils.