teacher education reform, pre-service teacher preparation, educational policy, competency-based education

The primary purpose of the current reform of pregraduate preparation of teachers inthe Czech Republic is to prepare future teachers for educating students in accordance with theobjectives of the Strategy 2030+. Basically, this means providing students with suchcompetencies that will enable them to use their full potential in the dynamically changingworld, both for their benefit and the benefit of society. Objectives of the long-term conceptionof education of students are, of course, the need to adapt the system of pregraduate preparationof teachers. The submitted paper presents not only the main areas of the reform of the educationof teachers in general, but it also states particular aspects of teachers’ preparation at theUniversity of Ostrava. It also includes current innovations and proposals for considering themain objectives of the reform in the future.

The primary purpose of the current reform of pregraduate preparation of teachers inthe Czech Republic is to prepare future teachers for educating students in accordance with theobjectives of the Strategy 2030+. Basically, this means providing students with suchcompetencies that will enable them to use their full potential in the dynamically changingworld, both for their benefit and the benefit of society. Objectives of the long-term conceptionof education of students are, of course, the need to adapt the system of pregraduate preparationof teachers. The submitted paper presents not only the main areas of the reform of the educationof teachers in general, but it also states particular aspects of teachers’ preparation at theUniversity of Ostrava. It also includes current innovations and proposals for considering themain objectives of the reform in the future.