Internship practices
At the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport, pedagogical and production internships are held in undergraduate specialties, and scientific-pedagogical and scientific research experiences are conducted in master's degree specialties.
Pedagogical practice takes place in general education schools located in Baku with the approval of the Baku City Education Department. According to the types of sports and the nature of the specialty, the production experience is carried out in federations, sports schools, sports clubs in the specialty "Coaching" and federations, sports organizations in the specialty "Sports Management and Communication", based on the approval of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Interships are held in public associations, clubs and limited liability companies in the field of "Physical education and rehabilitation in sports" at the National Practical Institute of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Science, other rehabilitation centers and recovery centers.
At the undergraduate level, 30 credits and 20 weeks of experience are allocated to each major. Students' hours for pedagogical experience are calculated according to the hours of the school shift (morning or evening), and according to the hours allocated to methodologists (2 hours) for industrial experience (except for PERS specialty - 6 hours are calculated for this specialty).
Hours of practice for teachers in pedagogical practice are calculated by the teaching load per student (56 hours) according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 19, 2008 No. 221. 4 hours for a teacher from the academy, 2 hours for a psychologist, 31 hours for a specialist methodologist (16 hours of physical education, 15 hours of pre-service training), 1 hour for a school director, 1 hour for a deputy director, 16 hours for a subject teacher (8 hours of physical education, 8 hours of pre-service training) ), 1 hour is provided for the class teacher. In production practice, 2 hours are calculated for each group on each working day for the methodologist from both institutions (Order No. 113 of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 24, 1994).
Evaluation of internships is reflected in the internship program for each specialty. Attendance of students during the internship is recorded. In addition, during the internship, students record their daily activities in the internship diary. In addition, the evaluation of pedagogical experience is carried out on the basis of conducting overview lessons, pedagogical and psychological work, and the evaluation of production experience is carried out on the basis of assignments given in accordance with professional competencies and the final report.
During the internship period, regular monitoring is carried out at the internship sites. At the end of the experience, an assessment is made based on the experience programs and a report is presented.