Abstract:

Contemporary educational tendencies in Slovakia aim towards transformation of traditional encyclopaedic memorising into practice-oriented and creative learning with emphasis on critical thinking development. Teachers and their professional competencies in educational strategy implementation play an important role in the development of critical thinking. The objective of this contribution is to present the AAA method, a specific method for evaluating teacher competencies, in the subject of Technology. The AAA method researches one or several teaching activities by annotation, analysis and alteration of various teaching situations from video hospitations. This article focuses on the teaching strategies applied by teachers in order to meet the established teaching goals with emphasis on the development of critical thinking in a Technology lesson themed Electric energy, Electric circuits.

Keywords:

AAA method, strategies, critical thinking, subject of Technology.