Abstract:

In the teaching of practical courses, it is possible to use several methods and forms. During pedagogical practice students are required to record their own experiences in diaries or portfolios and also they should collect evaluation of mentors, experts from practice in the form of a final summary. But more effective are final reflective sessions - students present the story of their own practice to their classmates and for the university teacher of the practical course it is great possibility to use supervision. These meetings represent the culmination of practical training for students of social pedagogy and parenting at the Faculty of Education of the Trnava University in Slovakia, because of the dissemination their own practical experience to each other, which they reflected in diaries and portfolios during their internship and based on them they also receive an evaluation from the mentor and a classification from the course teacher. The study will bring the possibilities of other alternatives can be used in the practical teaching of students, which should increase the process of identification with the profession and enable effective adaptation of students to the future profession, e.g. method of storytelling (so-called living books). Based on the obtained data we present educational strategies of effective enforcement and adaptation of graduates to the still little-known profession of social pedagogue in the education sector in Slovakia, in which, as a coordinator of the school support team, they can significantly contribute to a better inclusive process in schools and school facilities .

Keywords:

Social pedagogue, practical course, supervision, reflection, assessment, reflective meeting, storytelling, living books, preparation for a profession.