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Practical Classroom Training in Denmark

Practical Classroom Training in Denmark. Presentation of policy example from Denmark PLA, Vilnius 4-8 October 2009. Presentation:. Ideas behind teaching practice in ITE: General approach to ITE Motivation behind the reform from 2006/7 Policy ambitions

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Practical Classroom Training in Denmark

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  1. Practical Classroom Training in Denmark Presentation of policy example from Denmark PLA, Vilnius 4-8 October 2009 Danish Ministry of Education

  2. Presentation: • Ideas behind teaching practice in ITE: • General approach to ITE • Motivation behind the reform from 2006/7 • Policy ambitions • Organization, scope and content of teaching practice • Formal requirements • Reality… • Rethinking teaching practice: • “School-based” teacher education • Conclusion and questions Danish Ministry of Education

  3. General approach to ITE • The conception of ITE has been defined by three elements: Didactics/pedagogy • But: It was the students’ own responsibility to connect the three elements Practice Subject(s) Danish Ministry of Education

  4. Teaching practice Didactics and pedagogy Subject Danish Ministry of Education

  5. Motivation behind the reform from 2007 • Policy goals: • One of the ambitions behind the reform was to better support the connection behind the three elements from the policy side • Strengthen the position of teaching practice • New elements • Teaching practice upgraded in the act • Teaching practice integrated in the various courses • Specification of the goals of teaching practice Danish Ministry of Education

  6. Organisation, scope and content of teaching practice • Teaching practice constitutes 36 ECTS points/24 weeks (15 % of the total programme) • Placed at regular intervals throughout the programme • Very specific descriptions of the content • Progression from year 1-4 • Teaching practice in each chosen subject • Policy requirement that collaboration between the different elements takes place Danish Ministry of Education

  7. Reality… • Improvements • Vox pop (students and teachers) • Preliminary evaluation of reform • But • Students still find it difficult to connect the three elements • Students have an “artificial” perception of teaching practice Danish Ministry of Education

  8. Rethinking teaching practice… • Minister of Education launches new idea… • “School-based teacher education” • Work and education at the same time • First “experiments” from August 2009 • E.g.: Dyssengårdsskolen Gentofte • 2 days of work – 2 days of school • Mentoring and guidance • Difference between teaching practice and “real work” • More to come in the future (?) Danish Ministry of Education

  9. Rethinking teacher practice • Is more automatically better? • Quantity vs. quality? • Declaration of failure for the “normal” teaching practice? • How can we as policy-makers provide the best possible conditions for teaching practice? • … ? Danish Ministry of Education

  10. Conclusion(?): Policy Political preference Political negotiation School leadership Teachers Resources Teacher education institution School leadership Teachers Resources Practice school Student teacher group Student-teacher link Student – student Teaching practice Danish Ministry of Education

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