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The overall aim of the PLA is to explore and define the conditions for the successful organisation and implementation of policies on practical classroom training during initial Teacher Education, by analyzing policy examples from different countries and sharing points of view and approaches.
PLA meeting in Vilnius seek to analyze one aspect of teacher training - preparation for teacher’s profession and meeting national as well as EU requirements for teacher’s professional competences. Teaching practices at school served as binoculars to look at subject teachers training in Universities.
PLA discussed and shared policies and practices in initial teachers training concerning professional education in higher education institutions. PLA participants
have been asked to present their own examples of professional training, for example: content of studies and their correspondence to the needs and requirements of education systems and schools, preparation for teaching in universities and practicing at schools, measurement of professional competences through preparation for teaching and practicing at schools and etc.
PLA encouraged open and professional discussions on wider educational contexts that interrelate with current topic. The final aim
was to discuss examples of preparation for teachers profession and find out what are the policy conditions for the successful implementation of classroom practices in ITE (including how the different actors prepare students to undertake teaching practice and how students’ experiences of teaching practice is integrated into their learning).
PLA focused for subject teachers training for lower and upper secondary schools levels.
11 countries participated in this PLA: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.
The host country was Lithuania.
Place - Ministry of Education and Science, Volano str. 2/7, Vilnius
Accommodation -
Hotel
Atrium, Pilies str. 10, Vilnius
CONCEPT NOTE
PLA PROGRAMME
PLA HOMEWORK
PLA PRESENTATIONS
Policy approaches to
Practical Classroom Training in ITE / Paul Holdsworth
Practical Classroom Training in Lithuanian secondary schools: models, changes, innovations
/ Marija Barkauskaite, Elvyra Peciuliauskiene
Practical Classroom Training in Denmark
/ Ditte Soebro
Teaching Competencies and Initial Teacher Training in England / John Carr
System of training lower secondary school teachers in Flanders / Stijn Dhert,
Liesbeth Hens
Classroom practice of the new teacher education master in Hungary / Csilla Steger
Initial and practical classroom training according students point of view: European exchange experience
/ Daiva Penkauskiene
Reflections on teaching practice and first years of teaching at school
/ Dalia Tumanoviene
Impressions of the beginning chemistry teacher
/ Roman Voronovich
Competences of student teachers: international context
/ Vitalija Graziene
Student teachers’ preparation for classroom practice; professional competencies (in terms of knowledge, skills, approaches)
/ Vilma Leonaviciene
Vilnius Simonas Daukantas gymnasium / Jolanta Knyviene
Teaching practice at school / Nida
Kozemiakaite
Descriptors of students’ performance
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| photographer Gabriele Tervidyte |
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Reading materials
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Indicators on Initial Teacher Education
Beginner Teachers’ Experiences of Initial Teacher Preparation, Induction and Early Professional Development:
A review of literature
Improving the Quality of Teacher Education
European Network on Teacher Education Policies (ENTEP)
Entep Coordination Note/1/May 2004
Entep Coordination Note/5/October 2001
Common European Principles for
Teacher Competences and Qualifications
Draft conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on improving the quality of teacher education
Kate Jacques. From universities to schools: story of
radical change in teacher education in England
Michael Schratz. What is an "European Teacher"? |
Documents on TE in Lithuania
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Teacher Education Curriculum in Lithuania
Lithuanian Conception on Teacher Training
Ministry
of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania:
Order on the Approval of the Description of Professional Competences of Teachers
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of
Lithuania: Order on the Approval of the Description of the Competencies
of the School Principal
Ministry
of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania: Description Of General Requirements For Master’s Study Programmes
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of
Lithuania: Order on the Approval of the Regulations for the In-Service Training
of School Principals, their Deputies for Education of State-Run
and Municipal Schools, Heads of the Divisions Organising Education, Teachers,
and Experts Providing Assistance to Learners
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Useful links
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About
PLA
About Lithuania
About Vilnius
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of
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