Name of qualification Magister profesor matematike/magistrica profesorica matematikeAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Master of Arts in teaching mathematics
Type of qualification Diploma druge stopnje
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Master's education
Duration
5 years
Credits 300 credits
Admission requirements
  • Matura or
  • vocational matura in any four-year secondary school programme and an examination in a matura subject, which may not be a subject which the candidate has already taken in the vocational matura; the subjects taken in the matura or vocational matura must include mathematics; or
  • school-leaving examination (prior to 1 June 1995) under any four-year secondary school programme.
ISCED field Field
Izobraževalne znanosti in izobraževanje učiteljev
ISCED subfield subfield izobraževanje učiteljev s predmetno specializacijo
Qualification level

SQF 8
EQF 7
Second level

The qualification holder will be able to: 
(general competences)
  • demonstrate a capacity for abstraction and analysis of problems, and synthesise and critically assess solutions,
  • cooperate with others,
  • demonstrate self-confidence, autonomy and responsibility in contacts with others,
  • communicate,
  • work in a group while taking into account diversity, multiculturalism and ethnicity,
  • give consideration to different value systems,
  • solve problems effectively,
  • teach effectively,
  • plan and manage time,
  • demonstrate proficiency in teaching/learning strategies and different methods of checking and assessing knowledge,
  • take into account the developmental characteristics and specificities of children, secondary school students and adult participants in education (hereinafter: students) in order to encourage successful learning,
  • develop students' capacities for lifelong learning,
  • use information and communication technologies or develop information literacy in students,
  • cooperate with the working and social environment (with society and in society): with staff at the school, other schools and institutions and experts in the field of education, parents and other persons responsible for students,
  • demonstrate a capacity for technical communication,
  • communicate and work in team,
  • communicate at the local, regional, national, European and wider global levels,
  • demonstrate a capacity for ongoing professional development (lifelong learning),
  • reflect self-critically on own work and evaluate it,
  • improve the quality of own work by developing study and research skills,
  • communicate, be open to advice and contemporary findings in own professional environment, develop and create knowledge,
  • demonstrate a capacity to organise and lead, with good knowledge of own profession and regulations governing the functioning of the school,
(subject-specific competences)
  • demonstrate knowledge of basic mathematical disciplines (e.g. algebra, analysis, geometry),
  • demonstrate a capacity to think logically and prove easier theorems,
  • plan, implement and evaluate learning process,
  • reflect on own teaching practice,
  • promote modern didactic concepts,
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the developmental capacities and needs of individual,
  • demonstrate knowledge of concepts in education,
  • prepare, lead and evaluate project-based teaching in the field of mathematics,
  • use modern technologies in education,
  • use software relevant to mathematics,
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the institutional frameworks of work,
  • demonstrate proficiency in dealing with questions of professional ethics,
  • demonstrate knowledge of individual values and value systems,
  • participate creatively in research and development projects aimed at improving the quality of educational work.

Examination performance is scored as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10). 

In order to enrol in a higher year, students must complete at least 54 ECTS credits in subjects from the current year, where the following examinations are compulsory: 
  • for enrolment in the second year: Analysis 1, Algebra 1 and Computer science practicum,
  • for enrolment in the third year: all first-year examinations, Analysis 2a, Analysis 2b, Algebra 2 and General topology,
  • for enrolment in the fourth year: all first- and second-year examinations, Analysis 3,
  • for enrolment in the fifth year: all first-, second- and third-year examinations.

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

To complete their studies, students must pass all examinations, complete a placement, pass a final examination and write and defend a master's thesis.

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

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