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European Teachers Professional
Development for Science Teaching in a Web-based Environment
Bradford College has been involved
with a consortium of Seven European Universities to produce a range of
web-based training materials. The project has been funded through Comenius funding and completes in September 2009.
The main focus of the project is the
professional development of teachers teaching science subjects at the
primary and junior secondary level (grades 1-9). It is guided by the
educational policy of the EC, namely the Lisbon Objectives in Education
and Training (2000) and their endorsement (2002), which attempts to make
education and training systems in Europe
a quality reference by 2010.
That project produced
a set of materials for science teacher professional development, with
interconnected levels, namely:
- Level I, aiming
to identify a teacher’s professional need and to present an
overall view of the professional development opportunities within
the programme;
- Level II,
provides a set of individual modules, all rooted in guidelines
provided by science education research and providing professional
enhancement;
- Level III,
investigative projects, conducted by teacher in their own
classrooms, using an action-research methodology and working in a
pan-European field in conjunction with other teachers. The new
institution provides a wider dimension, involving an additional
language and system, while the NGO (ICASE) adds a teacher voice both
to the development of the web-based system (ICASE itself) and the
needs of science teachers (through its member national
organisations).
Click
here to visit the Project’s Website for more details
and information on how you can access the materials.
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