Workshop 2

Quality assurance mechanisms – Case studies

 

Jurgen Horschinegg, Working towards sustainable development at schools. Austrian experience with e-learning – Clusters and the quality in schools initiative

 

Thalia. Pitsouli, John Christakopoulos, Christos Chamalidis, "Science Laboratory Centers (S. L. C.)" in Greece. Outsourcing in-service teachers' training and support to school science laboratories

 

Athanassios Katsis, Anastasia Kotsira, Georgia Koukopoulou, Quality assurance mechanisms: the case of Greece

 

Frances Tsakona, Private sector development in education in SE Europe – Case studies of good practices

 

WORKSHOP 3

Teachers’ Training & Continuous Professional Development I

 

“European Programs: Adriving force in the Reformation of the Curriculum Mobility Programs”, M. Kourou, H.Ioannidou

 

“Learning Together, achieving Together: the collaborative process of CPD”, Tim Brosnan

 

“The new approach to staff development and quality improvement in the Hungarian public education sector”, Katalin Molnar - Stadler

 

WORKSHOP 4

Quality Assurance : Good Practices of School Support Actions

 

Francoise Ropé, Educational priority zones in France, 20 years later

 

Anna Fragoudaki, Alexandra Adroussou, Challenges of an important innovation: the project of reforming the education of the Muslim Minority in the north-eastern Greek province of Thrace

 

Education Evaluation in Finland Implications for educational policy and practice Jari Rajanen Ministry of Education Quality of Education - Teachers' Professional Training and Development

 

 

WORKSHOP 5

Teachers’ Training & Continuous Professional Development II

 

“Improving the Education of Teachers and Trainers: the work of the European Commission”, Sean Feercik    

 

“Professional Development of School Teachers’ in SE Europe in the frame work of TEMPUS programme”, Athanasopoulos Panagiotis

 

“Evaluation- Accountability of teachers: Results of a research in Cyprus regarding views of teachers and parents”, Christos Pantelidis

 

 

WORKSHOP 6

The Cross-Thematic Approach to Teaching and Learning of ICT and Foreign Languages: Implications for the Professional Development for Teachers

 

Cross – thematic approach to curriculum design and application: The case of Greece with special reference to the use of ICT» Eleni Karatzia – Stavlioti University of Patras Hellenic Pedagogical Institute

 

The cross-disciplinary  approach to education system in the framework of System’s Theory. Dr.Sarantos Psycharis Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Th

 

Catherine Zouganeli, Languages open doors

 

WORKSHOP 7

‘The contribution of teachers and trainers to the quality of training in the European Union and the SA countries .

 

Marta Gonzalo Iraceburu The place of teachers and trainers in quality approaches in the EU: initial assessment of a TTnet study in the EU Member States;

 

Lise-Lotte Ravnmark,Quality in professional development practices for VET teachers: findings of a TTnet network working party on innovative practices in the EU;

 

Ronald Sultana, Quality management of VET systems and the role of teachers and trainers.

 

Workshop 8

"Improving Teacher Preparation and Professional Development: Country Experiences from an International Teacher Policy Review"

 

INITIATIVES IN TEACHER EDUCATION Ian Murphy Department of Education & Science

 

Ingrid Holmbäck Rolander, Recent teacher reform initiatives in Sweden

 

Françoise Cros, Improving teacher preparation and professional development: the French case

 

Plenary session II

 

Anna Fragoudaki, Professor of the University of Athens

Educational Challenges in the rapidly changing societies of today’s Europe: the case of Greece

    

Henrik Nepper-Christensen, Permanent Secretary, Danish Ministry of Education  Quality Assurance-The Danish Model in a European Context

  

Andreas Schleicher, DEELSA Statistics and Indicators Division,OECD

Indicators on the Quality of Educational Performance Results From Pisa 2000

   

John Coolahan, Professor of the National University of Ireland The Teaching Career in the Knowledge Society: Trends and Challenges