Name of study: INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMME FOR PRIMARY TEACHER EDUCATION

 

Name of the title obtained upon completion: Master of Primary Education

(The obtained supplement reflects additional specific competencies of the Master of Primary Education in accordance with the chosen specialisation (English language, German language) or module (ICT, Croatian language, Visual Arts, Educational Sciences).

Duration of study: 5 years (10 semesters)

Points gained: 300 ECTS points.

Type of study: full-time studies

From the first year of study, the student enrols in a teaching degree programme with a specialisation (German Language, English Language) or a module (ICT, Croatian language, Visual Arts, Educational Sciences).

Conditions of admission: the student must have completed grammar school or four-year secondary school and met conditions for checking the special predispositions prescribed by the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.

 

Competencies acquired after graduation:

The study programme enables the acquisition of a wide range of general, special, and additional competencies necessary for the comprehensive education of pupils at the primary level of education (from Year 1 to Year 4 of primary school) in all forms of work in which they are realised (regular, elective, remedial, and supplementary classes, leisure activities, cultural and public activities) and the acquisition of specific competencies for teaching a particular teaching subject in primary school (depending on the completed specialisation or module).

 

The study programme includes:

  • pedagogical-psychological-didactic training,
  • training in the field of basic subjects of the profession,
  • methodological training in the field of basic subjects, and
  • training in the field of the selected specialisation or module.

These enable the graduate to successfully operate in all forms of educational work, lifelong education, research in the field of education, and successful organisation and improvement of the educational process in accordance with modern scientific and professional knowledge in the field of education.

 

Completion of studies:

The study ends after obtaining a minimum of 300 ECTS credits by:

  • completing all exams from the study program,
  • completing all other study requirements
  • preparing and defending a thesis

Access to further levels of study:

Upon completion of the studies, the holder of the degree can continue the study at the postgraduate university study or postgraduate specialist study, where the completion of differential exams may be a prerequisite for enrolment.

 

PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDIES WITH A SPECIALISATION (programme 835)

  • Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Specialisation

The Master of Primary Education specialising in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (mag. prim. educ.) acquires general, special, and additional competencies necessary for the overall education of pupils at the primary level of education (from Year 1 to Year 4 of primary school) enriched with additional andragogical competencies for organising and teaching classes in adult education.