4.15 Educational Psychology
- Course: Educational Psychology
- Course code: SP010
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours 20 theory hours, 20 tutorial, 80 self-study
- Management unit
- Department: Educational Psychology
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prequisites: SP009
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with the knowledge of the characteristics of psychology of ages, psychological theories in learning, psychological basis of teaching and education, pedagogical labor characteristics and teacher personality.
- To develop students’ skills to understand students' psychology characteristics; the ability to prove/relate the psychological theories in learning and the psychological basis in teaching and education to the formation and development of psychology, student personality; self-training the teacher's personality in the course of pedagogical psychology and the following courses; to develop cognitive skills, cooperation skills, emotional adjustment skills, time management skills and apply basic information knowledge in solving learning tasks.
- To cultivate students’ attitude of objectively assessing students' psychological characteristics, carefully recognizing the psychological basis in learning and in education; to develop a serious attitude in training pedagogical style, training future teachers' personality.
- Brief description of the course:
The course provides students with basic knowledge of theories of developing student psychology, psychological basis in teaching and education, and pedagogical labor characteristics, personality structure of teachers to equip students with fundamental pedagogical knowledge to prepare students to participate in the process of school observation and teaching practicum and as a basis for training teachers' personality and pedagogical skills in the other semesters.
4.16 Pedagogy
- Course: Pedagogy
- Course code: SP079
- Credits: 03 credits
- Hours: 45 theory hours and 90 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Psychology in Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: SP010
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with general knowledge of education, teaching methods and professional ethics.
- To develop their knowledge of how to study effectively.
-To enable students’ ability to use general knowledge of education, teaching methods and professional ethics in education; to use effectively this knowledgein their study,
- To better students’ attitudes for education in general and for teaching actvities and teaching professional ethics as well as for effectively organizing the course.
- Brief description of the course:
The content of this course provides students with a general knowledge of human education as follows: Pedagogy is science, education, development of personality, purposes, missions, educational paths and principles, the national education system, the systematic general knowledge of teaching including processes, rules and principles, purposes, tasks, contents, methods, means of teaching, the organisation of teaching, and the general knowledge of teaching professional ethics to students including processes, principles, objectives, contents and methods of education.
4.17 Educational Activities in Schools
- Course: Education Activities in Schools
- Course code: SG131
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 15 theory hours, 30 practice hours and 90 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Psychology in Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: SP079
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with knowledge of class management and preparation for experiential activities for high school students; of how to study this course effectively.
- To develop their ability to perform class management and to prepare for experiential activities for high school students.
- To develop their ability to organise studying activities of this course effectively; to foster students’ attitudes towards class management and preparation of experiential activities for high school students; to develop students’ attitudes in preparing to study for this course.
- Brief description of the course:
The content of this course relates to knowledge in class management, and the preparation for experiential activities for high school students, is specifically presented as follows: the knowledge of all of the high school students, class management and the preparation of experiential activities in high schools. It simultaneously includes practice activities to initially prepare students for skills of class management (planning skills, implementation and organisation skills and skills of activity assessment in class management and the preparation of experiential activities) such as skills to prepare for class management plans and for organizing experiential activities.
4.18 Comparative Education and Sustainable Education
- Course: Comparative Education and Sustainable Education
- Course code: SG114
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 30 theory hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Psychology in Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: SP079
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with a systematic knowledge of comparative and sustainable education.
- To develop their skills of comparing, designing and organising the sustainable development in education; skills for communication, listening, teamwork, planning, problem - solving and decision - making.
- To develop students’ gratitude and willingness to apply the values and quintessence of different education, and to develop attitudes for willingness, activeness and taken initiatives in the process of sustainable education.
- Brief description of the course:
The course provides students’ knowledge of comparative education. At the same time, it provides a general knowledge of the sustainable development and education for sustainable development.
4.19 Inclusive Education
- Course: Inclusive Education
- Course code: SG394
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 30 theory hours and 60 self-study hours
- Management unit:
- Department: Psychology in Education
- School: School of Education
- Prerequisites: SP009; SP010; SP079
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of inclusive education.
- To enable students' ability to use knowledge of inclusive education in student education.
- To develop soft skills related to inclusive education.
- To foster students' attitudes towards inclusive education.
- Brief description of the course:
The content of this course is to equip students with a general knowledge of inclusive education including objects, missions, research methods, concepts, indispensability of inclusive education, modality of teaching disabled children, the classification of disabled students, inclusive teaching (including requiring, adjusting, designing and implementing inclusive teaching, and evaluating the results of inclusive teaching); to supports for inclusive education including contents and resources for supporting inclusive education.
4.20 Didactics of Mathematics and Natural Science
- Course: Didactics of Mathematics and Natural Science
- Course code: SG419
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 30 theory hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Biological Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: SP079
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of the cognitive basis and learning theories, and modern models for teaching courses of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
- To enable students to apply knowledge of theory into Mathematics and Natural Science to design capacity development-oriented exercises based on the model of STEM 4.0.
- To develop students’ capacities such as cooperation, communication, creative thinking, lifelong learning and presentation skills.
- To form students’ habit of self-study through actively updating, flexibly applying and efficiently handling information from various sources.
- To enhance students’ understanding of the course value; their responsibility and working skills in accordance with professional standards.
- Brief description of the course:
The course equips students with fundamental knowledge of teaching theory in Natural Sciences and Mathematics to build of fundamental knowledge and the foundation of for theory of Natural Science and Mathematics. Students are able to apply knowledge of fundamental teaching theories, teaching models, and the theoryal basis of Natural Sciences and Mathematics to develop students' competencies and qualities into developing programmes, organising learning and experiential activities, and to apply teaching methods into designing lesson plans.
4.21 Methods of Teaching Mathematics
- Course: Methods of Teaching Mathematics
- Course code: SG152
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 15 theory hours, 30 practice hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Prerequisites: SG419
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of modern teaching methods in Mathematics, typical teaching methods in Mathematics, and the structure for Mathematics lesson plans.
- To enable students to apply teaching Mathematics methods for individual and group study into preparing lesson plans and practicing teaching Mathematics.
- To develop students’ competency in presentation, cooperation, communication, logical thinking, modelling mathematical thinking, critical and creative thinking, and problem - solving.
- To enhance students’ understanding of the course value; their responsibility and working skills in accordance with professional standards
- Brief description of the course:
The course provides students with fundamental knowledge of modern teaching methods in Mathematics and typical teaching methods in mathematics. It also helps students build teaching plans and structures of Mathematics lesson plans. Besides, it provides them with an opportunity to practice teaching Mathematics in high schools.
4.22 The application of Information Technology in Teaching and Learning Mathematics
- Course: The application of Information Technology in teaching and learning Mathematics
- Course code: SG156
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 15 theory hours, 30 practice hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: TN 034, SG152
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provides students with basic knowledge of applying information technology and mathematical animation software into teaching Mathematics.
- To enable them to analyse study materials and to design lessons, with the support of the GeoGebra software; to intensively explore the functions and uses of information technology and mathematical animation software to enhance the effectiveness of teaching Mathematics.
- To develop their cooperation and presentation skills.
- Brief description of the course:
The course introduces the use of information technology in teaching Mathematics. Students also have the ability to use the GeoGebra animation software to support teaching Mathematics in the modern teaching trend.
4.23 Micro Teaching in Mathematics
- Course: Micro Teaching in Mathematics
- Course code: SG158
- Credits: 2 credits
- Hours: 60 practice hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Prerequisites: SG152
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students an understanding and skills of using commonly used methods in teaching Mathematics; the structure of lesson plans and skills for preparing Mathematics lesson plans in high schools.
- To enhance students’ understanding of teaching principles and of handling pedagogical situations.
- To develop students’ passion for their profession, responsibility, open attitude to criticisms, to critical thinking based on science, the objective assessment, and no- hesitance in application of new methods.
- Brief description of the course:
The course provides students with fundamental skills of teaching Mathematics in high schools including:
skills of choosing, using and combining commonly used teaching methods in Mathematics in high schools;
- skills of designing Mathematics lesson plans in high schools;
- skills of teaching Mathematics and handling pedagogical situations.
4.24 School observation
- Course: School observation
- Course code: SP597
- Credits: 2 credits
- Hours: 60 practice hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: No.
- Corequisites: SG158
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To help students to reinforce and develop their understanding of high schools, teachers' teaching activities, and the class organisation; to understand contents, methods and teaching structures.
- To enhance the role and duty of teachers through class management; To learn from self - assessment in the process of pedagogical observation.
- To develop students’ communication skills with students, teachers, trainee to be teachers, staff, and students' parents, and to handle pedagogical situations as well.
- To train them to be more enthusiastic and positive; to have discipline, to be humble, to maintain good relationships with guiding teachers and high school students with interests, learning desires and whole heartedly committed to teaching
- Brief description of the course:
Pedagogical observation is the period when students approach the educational environment in high schools, specifically to observe and learn teaching activities, students' educational activities and social activities of high schools. It gives students an opportunity to learn about school reports on situations, organizational framework and activities of high schools, and teachers’ experiences on teaching profession and class management activities. In addition, students are also allowed to attend teaching hours of guiding teachers in their classrooms and to learn how to organise extracurricular activities, class competitions, union activities or team activities, etc. These initially develop the connection and comprehension of teaching profession as well as to support for the stage of teaching practices later. Time for pedagogical observation is usually the first semester of the third year. Form of pedagogical observation is, fully 3 consecutive weeks.
4.25 Teaching Practicum
- Course: Teaching Practicum
- Course code: SP598
- Credits: 3 credits
- Hours: 90 practice hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: SG158, SP597.
- Corequisite: No
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To enable students to systematise their knowledge of the pedagogical principles, organisational structure, management and operation of a high school to integrate into working environment after graduation, to reinforce their professional knowledge, and to have a general understanding of educational science.
- To develop students’ skills of applying active teaching methods and information technology into teaching, and skills of high school student management, observation, and assessment.
- To develop students’ solf skills including social communication skills when working with students, parents and colleagues; lifelong learning skills to improve their own competency in their career.
- To raise their awareness of the role of education in the cause of industrialisation and modernisation of the country, to grasp regulations on the duties and powers of teachers, to have a high sense of striving and efforts in apprenticeship, to have a sense of responsibility, and to foster their love and experience towards their work.
- Brief description of the course:
Teaching practicum is the period when students practice their knowledge of specialized science subjects and educational sciences studied at the university. It is the period when students are trained and challenged in many aspects such as the ability to flexibly apply knowledge into practice, creativeness, organisational capacity, and high school student management. Besides, it gives students an opportunity to participate in professional activities in high schools, thereby further enhancing the passion for their profession and their work.
Time for teaching practicum is the eighth semester of the fourth year, starting at the beginning of the second semester and lasting for 8 consecutive weeks. Form of teaching practicum is full-time. Students will be considered as members of high schools under school management and assignment of the school for teaching practicum.
4.26 Logic and Set Theory
- Course: Logic and Set Theory
- Course code: SP101
- Credits: 2 credits
- Hours: 30 theory hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: No.
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of logic and set theory of Mathematics such as propositions, sets, maps, equivalence relations, ordinal relations, numbers and ordinal numbers, as a foundation for students to study next courses.
- To develop students’ mathematical thinking and logical thinking, to apply the rules for mathematical proofs or to rigorously present the mathematics solutions.
- To develop students’ ability to work independently or in a team, to prepare self-study plans, and to present in public; to study intently and responsibly and to be active in class participation.
- Brief description of the course:
This course provides students with the concepts of propositions, logical operations, deducible and inductive principles. Simultaneously, it also provides students with the concept of sets and the operations on sets, a concept of mapping, image and creating image, and types of mapping. In addition, it provides students with the concepts of equivalence relations and ordinal relations, numbers and ordinal numbers.
4.27 Analytic Geometry
- Course: Analytic Geometry
- Course code: SP113
- Credits: 02 credits
- Hours: 30 theory hours and 60 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: No.
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of vector algebra, types of coordinate axes in plane and in space, forms of equations and representations (graphs) of flat curves and special quadratic surfaces, as the foundation for students to study next courses well.
- To develop their mathematical and logical thinking, creatively applying coordinate axes into solving/ proving problems and rigorously presenting solutions to problems.
- To develop their ability to work independently or in a team, and to prepare self-study plans and to improve presentation skill; to study intently and responsibly and to be active in class participation.
- Brief description of the course:
This course provides students with concepts of vector algebra and vector operations in two- and three-dimensional spaces, types of coordinate axes in planes and three-dimensional spaces, general and canonical forms of quadratic equations and surfaces, as well as some of their representations. The course enables students’ problem solving skills by using the coordinate methods. It also provides students with the overview of analytic geometry in high schools.
4.28 Linear algebra
- Course: Linear algebra
- Course code: SP102
- Credits: 3 credits
- Hours: 45 theory hours and 90 self-study hours.
- Management unit:
- Department: Mathematics Teacher Education
- School: School of Education
- Requisites:
- Prerequisites: No.
- Corequisites: No.
- Course objectives:
This course aims:
- To provide students with fundamental knowledge of the matrix theory, determinants, systems of linear equations, vector - space structures, linear mapping, bilinear forms and quadratic forms.
- To develop students’ mathematical and logical thinking;
- To enable students to apply knowledge of the course to solve relevant problems and to use it as a foundation to study next courses well.
- To develop their ability to work independently or in a team, and to prepare self-study plans and to improve presentation skill; to study intently and responsibly and to be active in class participation.
- Brief description of the course:
This course provides students with concepts of matrices and matrix operations, and methods of solving some determinant-related problems. It also provides students with methods of calculating the ranks of a matrix, examining whether a matrix is invertible or not, and solving invertible matrices. At the same time, it helps students know methods to solve the systems of linear equations and applications of the systems of linear equations. It also provides students with vector-space structures, linear-mapping concepts, and bilinear and quadratic forms.
Marxist– Leninist Philosophy
- Course code: ML014
- Course credits: 3 Credits
- Hours: 45 theory hours, 15 discussion hours and 90 self-study hours.
Management unit:
- Department: The Basic Principles of Marxist-Leninism
- School: Political Sciences
Requisites:
- No.
Course objectives
This course aims:
- To provide students with basic and specialized knowledge of the Marxist and Leninist philosophy.
- To form their scientific worldview, logical thinking and scientific methodology as the basis for the research of specialized knowledge.
- To enable them to identify and solve theoretical and practical problems on the basis of Marxist-Leninist worldview and methodology.
- To develop their skills of independent work and plan-making for self study.
- To enable them to apply knowledge in this course to analyze economic, political and social issues effectively.
- To form students’ skills of teamwork such as to assign, monitor and check teammates’ progress.
- To enable students to handle pedagogical communication situations, practice presentation skills and use IT aids in the working process.
- To help students to build a stable political stance and ideology on the basis of Marxist-Leninist world view and methodology.
- To develop students’ professional, confident, responsible and disciplined working attitude; Students are able to be self-oriented to present personal viewpoints and develop critical thinking skills to defense such views correctly in public.
Brief description of the course:
In this course, students will be provided with basic and specialized knowledge of Marxist-Leninist philosophy including: Philosophy and the role of philosophy in social life, Marxist-Leninist Philosophy and the role of Marxist-Leninist Philosophy in social life; Dialectical materialism: matter and mind, materialistic dialectics and cognitive reasoning; historical materialism: Socio-economic morphology doctrine, class and nation, state and social revolution, social consciousness, human philosophy.