Friday Sessions

Session 1 10h30 - 11h30
Session 2 11h45 - 12h45
Session 3 15h30 - 16h30

Friday Sep 21st at 10h30 - 11h30

1A THE BEST COMES FROM YOURSELF!
Lecture. Presenters: Jaap Bakker and Hotze van Vries (NL)
Target audience: Upper Secondary

The lecture presents the changing role of the teacher in the profession departments of Lauwers College.

For many years the teacher and its learning substance stood central in the profession departments. The teacher gave the best from himself and gave that to the students. It meant in a lot of cases: to give meaning guidance to the learning process so that also responsibility and control concerning the same learning process remained at the teacher.

That idea changed end nineties. The practice / trade and industry asked more and more for an independently operating and active student who had already considerable insight in living in practice.

As from that moment the role of the teacher became different. Now, the teacher is the one who lets the student to get the best by himself. The active role is now laid upon the student, and the teacher becomes coach.

1B NEW COMPETENCES – NEW STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION
Lecture. Presenters: Dr. Beata Dyrda and Dr. Irena Przybylska (PL)
Target audience: General

In the lecture the authors intend to outline the new standards of professional teachers' education. In the times of political and cultural changes in Poland the views on "how to be a good teacher" have changed too. Particular centre of attention is put on personal competences such as creativity, emotional intelligence and socio-communicative competences. The authors also present the research data of empirical studies led on the sample of teachers. The subject of the research is how teachers perceive the competences and their competence in the areas addressed.

1C TEACHERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES TO CHALLENGE CHILDREN TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY
Lecture. Presenters: Kerstin Kohlström, Marianne Nilsson, Johanne Lihv (SE)
Target audience: Pre-school, Primary

Do girls and boys grow up to have the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities? This is a focus for the work in our pre-school/primary school. It is also the focus for our work togeher with partner schools in a European Comenius 1 project. The aim is that teachers and children become aware of stereotypical gender patterns and will achieve a new view of how to handle these. We hope that the result will be an encouragement of girls and boys to cross gender borders, and that they will feel free to choose and act according to their dreams and wishes – instead of their sex.


1D NEVER, SAY NEVER! – MOVING THE CHILD FROM FRUSTRATION TO ENGAGEMENT IN READING
Sharing results. Presenters: Carole Price and Linda Perry (UK)
Target audience: Primary

Given the brief to significantly improve the reading of 90 Year 3 children (7+) with both entrenched reading difficulties and having a broad spectrum of complex needs including Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia etc, a project was launched which had truly fantastic results. The children improved significantly in all aspects of their reading including their reading age, but most crucially they had now moved from 'frustrated readers' to 'engaged and confident readers.'

We will share the methodology and the results, and discuss the most significant factors contributing to the huge success of the project.


Friday Sep 21st at 11h45 - 12h45

2A WHY GO INTERNATIONAL?
Lecture. Presenter: Mary Stiasny (UK)
Target audience: General

As the education world becomes more international there are many ways that schools and colleges make international links. There is a real increase in interest, commitment and awareness of the importance of internationalism - and the work which is going on has seen a qualitative change in the last five years. We are beginning to be able to measure the benefits to schools from working in this way, and to show what the impact is on the learning process. At a time when international links and understanding are crucial, there is growing evidence that schools and colleges - and their students and staff really benefit from working in an international way.

2B EYES IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD
Paper. Presenter: Amanda Kipling (UK)
Target audience: Higher Education

Videoconferencing has been utilised in business and in medical training for years - why has education been so far behind? This paper reports the findings of experimental work which explores the ways in which dynamic interactive use of videoconferencing enriches and enables all concerned in the process of initial teacher training.

2C THE TEACHER AS A KEY AGENT IN CREATING AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Paper. Presenters: Karel Rýdl, Michaela Pišova, Pavel Brebera (CZ)
Target audience: General

The ongoing civilisation changes (globalisation, post modern paradigm, value changes, etc.) undoubtedly represent a qualitatively new environment in which our schools have to operate. One of the attempts to respond to the needs of the "learning society" in Czech educational context is the current process of curriculum reform and the related focus on key concepts of quality assurance, autonomy and openness. It is the teacher who plays a key role amongst the agents of educational change. This fundamentally new task the teacher has to address will be analysed and demonstrated by means of authentic materials from educational institutions.

2D ‘OPEN THE DOOR’
Workshop. Presenter: Jacinta McCarthy (IE)
Target audience: Primary

Teachers' work tends to be individual and solitary. Yet teachers are now expected to form close collaborative partnerships with the special educators who support the children in their classrooms. How do teachers respond to this demand and what elements of their work are compatible with collaboration. In this session, participants will engage in collaborative activities that will highlight the need for class teachers and special educators to work together and explore the possibilities of sharing practice in an effort to enhance the learning of their pupils. This session may encourage some of us to open our doors and more of us to open the door a little wider.

Friday Sep 21st at 15h30 - 16h30

3A USING A CAMEL TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
Workshop. Presenters: Simon Walker and Malcolm Ryan (UK)
Target audience: General

The Learning Teacher Network’s conceptual framework of the new role of the teacher comprises 10 recommendations. The third and fifth recommendations refer to the, “need to build, maintain and sustain trustful relationships” and “create professional learning communities.” In this workshop we will examine a model for the sharing of effective practice that has been used successfully in a cross sector project in Higher and Further Education in the collaborative management of e-learning (CAMEL) in the UK that we believe has wider application.

We propose it as a model to accomplish the above recommendations, across all sectors of education and training in any topic of mutual interest to partners. Participants will discuss the model and consider its application to their own professional context.

3B PIZZA EDUCATIONE
Lecture. Presenter: Marc Thiry (NL)
Target audience: Primary

Pizza educatione is a model in which the different subjects are organised in so-called "circuits". The classroom is divided into a minimum of eight work corners. The learning materials in each work corner are different but aim to reach the same learning targets. The assignments corresponding with the learning materials allow for a variation of learning styles, levels, pace, and interests. The subject matter of the total circuit, all work corners together, is based on a clear structure of instructions, excercises, testing and monitoring.The results of a corner is a beautiful pizza. At the beginning of every lesson the students choose for themselves one of the work corners.They have to submit to a number of rule, for example: the assignment that they have started must always be finished and shown to their teacher.

During a circuit lesson the teacher is organiser as well as instructor. He is the chef cook.

After class instructions there is time to support students individually. Observation and diagnosis are parts of daily practice.

3C THE SCHOOL EDUCATION PLAN TURNED INTO DYNAMIC REALITY
Lecture. Presenter: Nataša Centa (SI)
Target audience: Primary

Every primary school in Slovenia is subject by law to preparation of its individual education plan. It should be derived from the goals which are set in the school plan and is accordingly an appendix to it. Its contents are basic values and educational principles, cooperative relationship with parents, school educational activities, and educational procedures. School education plan is drawn by the school's pedagogic staff in cooperation with parents, pupils and school's associates.The education plan is based on pedagogic values that serve the following purposes: a) designation of an optimal learning and educational environment which the focus on physical, social and ethical dimensions, b) encouraging integration, tolerance and cooperation, c) collective problem-solving and negotiation, d) attention to every individual, exceptional students and relationships, and e) trust and providing a secure environment.

3D EVERY CHILD MATTERS QUALITY MARK, A STANDARD FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOLS' EFFECTIVE ACTION
Workshop. Presenter: Kathryn O’Leary (UK)
Target audience: General

The ECM Quality Mark, together with its supporting programmes and strategies, is designed to ensure that all young people are given appropriate opportunities to grow and thrive through the experiences they access during their school years. The standard enables schools and their partners to look at their practice and enhance provision to ensure all pupils, whatever their context, receive their entitlement. The ECM Quality Mark Framework is designed to help schools to recognise the impact of their particular context and the impact of this on pupils. The Framework shapes appropriate actions in order to strategically and systematically support all learners.


Friday 21 Sept at 17h00 - 18h00

A World of Knowledge

WK1 GLOBAL LEARNING – A POINT OF DEPARTURE
Workshop.Presenters: Christer Torstensson (the Global School, SE), Lotta Nordström (Swedish Principals Association and Headmaster, Umeå SE), Olive Ayebale (Mayors Office Municipality of Entebbe, Uganda), Deogratias Ssekyole (DEO Municipality of Entebbe, Uganda) and/or Ernest Kavulu (Chairman Principals Association and Headmaster Municipality of Entebbe, Uganda).
Target audience: General

Learning for a global sustainable development, opens people’s eyes and minds to the realities of the world, and awakens them to bring about a greater ecological responsibility, justice, equity and human rights for all. A holistic and integrating view is essential and the learning process typically uses democratic methods, critical analysis, cross-curriculum co-operations and a multitude of pedagogical methods. With first hand experience from meeting and interacting with poor people in a less developed country the teacher adds a dimension that cannot be substituted. The workshop discusses methodology and effects of The Global School program that since 2001 has facilitated that close to 1000 teachers and headmasters have interacted with people in less developed countries.