The design and implementation of learner-centered guided in-service programme for technical teacher education

The design of learner-centered guided in-service program for technical teacher education has been launched at Estonian Centre for Engineering Pedagogy at Tallinn University of Technology. The aim of the designed program has been facilitating the initial in-service teaching experience, involving mentoring, peer support and cognitive apprenticeship. The emphasis has been on teaching for knowledge application, including the choice of content and processes, motivation, reflection and problem-solving, choice of educational technology, effective teaching methods, teaching models and strategies - concepts, tools and procedures of the field of engineering, organized in ways enabling teachers to formulate real world problems and solve them. The designed program has been completed in 2012 in the amount of 31 ECTS credits. The modular program consists of compulsory subjects (25 ECTS) and elective subjects (6 ECTS). The program has been implemented since 2012 and covers IGIP curriculum requirements.