Abstract:

This study aims to determine the distance education-oriented attitudes of prospective teachers within the pandemic time of COVID-19 in the focus of the online teacher training internships and excursions to education institutions as a part of the standard study accomplishment. The online alternative means easy access and an option for prospective teacher students to accomplish the standard full teacher training at the university level including pedagogical disciplines and even the teacher training education practise at the educational institutions. In the teacher training of prospective teachers there is an alteration to distance education that can minimize the pandemic impact to the standard university education. This study describes alternative ways of standard education of prospective teachers in the field of their professional training within their professional practice in the form of online development of key competencies and acquisition of professional practice. Students accomplished the online excursions via internet and media in various educational and supportive centers, which are an integral part of their training within their professional orientation as a pre-service teachers and at the same time the profession in the pedagogical environment. This article presents a specific case study from teacher training professional practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords:

Distance Education, Prospective Teachers, Teacher Training, Pedagogical Disciplines, Pandemic, Document Analysis, Assessment, Tutors´ Perception.