Improving the Education of Teachers and Trainers

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• Improving the Education of Teachers and Trainers

Expert Group A Improving the Education of
teachers and Trainers Athens 2 June 2003 Mr Seán
FEERICK, DG EAC
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• Section 1
• Framework of the Objectives Process
• Section 2
• Work of the Expert Group A - improving the
  education of teachers and trainers

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Article 149 (ex Article 126)

• The Community shall contribute to the development
  of quality education by encouraging co-operation
  between Member States and, if necessary, by
  supporting and supplementing their action, while
  fully respecting the responsibility of the Member
  States for the content of teaching and the
  organisation of education systems and their
  cultural and linguistic diversity

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Bologna ProcessCopenhagen
ProcessObjectives Process
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• The objectives process and the open method of
• co-ordination

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Lisbon, March 2000

• Strategic goal for the EU to 2010
• to become the most competitive and dynamic
  knowledge-based economy in the world,
• capable of sustainable economic growth
• with more and better jobs
• and greater social cohesion

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HOW?

• The Education Council
• to undertake a general reflection on the concrete
  future objectives of education systems,
• focusing on common concerns and priorities,
• while respecting national diversity

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The open method ofco-ordination

• A co-ordinated strategy
• Common objectives
• Common instruments

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The common tools

• Indicators and benchmarks
• Exchange of good practice
• Peer reviews

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Barcelona, March 2002

• Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the
  objectives of Education and Training Systems in
  Europe

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The Detailed Work Programme

• 3 Strategic objectives
• 13 Objectives
• 33 Indicative indicators

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Strategic Objective 1

• Improving the quality and effectiveness of
  education and training systems in the EU

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Strategic Objective 1

• 1.1 Improving education and training for
  teachers and trainers
• 1.2 Developing skills for the knowledge society
• 1.3 Ensuring access to ICT for everyone
• 1.4 Increasing recruitment to scientific and
  technical studies
• 1.5 Making the best use of resources

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Strategic Objective 2

• Facilitating the access of all to education and
  training systems

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Strategic Objective 2

• 2.1 Open learning environment
• 2.2 Making learning more attractive
• 2.3 Supporting active citizenship, equal
  opportunities and social cohesion

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Strategic Objective 3

• Opening up education and training systems to the
  wider world

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Strategic Objective 3

• 3.1 Strengthening the links with working life
  and research in society at large
• 3.2 Developing the spirit of enterprise
• 3.3 Improving foreign language learning
• 3.4 Increasing mobility and exchange
• 3.5 Strengthening the European co-operation

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Eight Blocks of work

• Teacher/trainer education
• Basic skills/foreign language teaching/entrepreneu
  rship
• ICT in education and training
• Increasing participation in maths and science
• Best use of resources

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Eight Blocks of work

• Mobility and European co-operation
• Open learning, active citizenship, inclusion
• Making learning more attractive, links with
  working life and society

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Group A Improving the education of teachers and
trainers

• 4 Key Issues
• 1. Identifying the skills teachers and trainers
  need given their changing roles in society
• 2. Supporting teachers and trainers as they
  respond to the challenges of the knowledge
  society
• 3. Securing sufficient entry levels
• 4. Attracting people into the profession from
  other areas of professional experience

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Learning process competencies

• how teachers are equipped to deal with issues
  such as diversity of intake, and the environment
  in which teaching takes place

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• (a) Dealing with social, cultural and ethnic
  diversity
• (b) Organizing learning environments
• (c) Integrating ICT
• (d) Working in teams
• (e) Working in school curriculum and organisation
  development and evaluation
• (f) Collaborating with parents and other social
  partners
• (g) Acting in an investigative or problem-solving
  way
• (h) Steering and promoting their own professional
  development

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Learning outcome competencies

• how teachers/trainers are equipped to ensure that
  pupils/trainees acquire skills of citizenship,
  develop appropriate competencies during their
  education/training

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• (i) Contributing to citizenship education of
  pupils and trainees
• (j) Promoting the development of competencies of
  pupils for the knowledge society
• (k) Linking the development of new curriculum
  competencies with subject learning

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Competencies seen as relating to

• 1) Continuum of the teaching/training profession
• 2) Dialogue between the school and society

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Focus on policy practice relating to the
competenciesIssue of policy development and
implementation
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Study visits

• Deepen knowledge and understanding
• Identify messages of interest to countries and
  European level

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Next steps

• Report of the Expert Group
• What has been accomplished
• What needs to be done in the medium term

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Interim Report at Education Council
(Autumn)Presentation of update on process to
European Council (Spring 2004)