Managing teaching innovations - centred around teachers and students

1. Managing teaching innovations - centred around teachers and students

2. Table of Contents • Personal details: Our fields of Activity • Germany: one country with 16 educational systems • Teacher training in Bavaria: • central topics • organisation and structure • new pathways in teacher training: from print media to e-learning platforms

3. Juergen Rotschedl Representative and Consultant for German literature and language at the ISB (www.isb.bayern.de) Contact: JuergenRotschedl State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research (ISB)Schellingstraße 155 80797 München Phone +49 89 2170-2137 Fax +49 89 2170-2125 E-mail: Juergen.Rotschedl@isb.bayern.de

4. Main tasks of the State Institute • The ISBmakes the results of research and classroom experience available to schools. • The ISBsupports and advises the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs in the continuing development of the Bavarian educational system.

5. Table of Contents • Personal details: Our fields of Activity • Germany: one country with 16 educational systems • Teacher training in Bavaria: • central topics • organisation and structure • new pathways in teacher training: from print media to e-learning platforms

6. Germany: one country with 16 educational systems Germany Area: 360.000 km² Population: 82,5 Mio Students: 12,3 Mio. Teachers: 790.000 Saxony Area: 19.000 km² Population: 4.3 Mio Students: 420.000 Teachers: 36.000 Schools: 1.450 Bavaria Area: 70.549 km² Population: 12.4 Mio Students: 1.900.000 Teachers: 89.000 Schools: 5.500 6

7. Federalism: Diversity of States - Cultural Sovereignity • Most of responsibilities regarding Education are taken by the 16 states: 16 Educational Laws • Each state is free to establish its own Education system: Differences in the Design of School Systems • The states are harmonizing their Education systems by a continuing conference of ministers • School-leaving certificates are recognized by all states if preconditions are fulfilled: Standardized testing requirements but not the same exams

8. The Schoolsystem in Bavaria • Primary Level (Grades 1-4) • Secondary Level • Hauptschule/Mittelschule (Grades 5 – 9/10) • Realschule (Grades 5 - 10) • Gymnasium (Grades 5 – 12) • Vocational Schools • Dual Educational System • Vocational Training at School • Förderschule – Special Education (Grades 1 – 9/10)

9. Table of Contents • Personal details: Our fields of Activity • Germany: one country with 16 educational systems • Teacher training in Bavaria: • central topics • organisation and structure • new pathways in teacher training: from print media to e-learning platforms

10. The Bavarian State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research (ISB)- Location in the education system - Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs ALP in-service teacher training centre: responsible for the training of all teachers and executive staff members in Bavaria S c h o o l s

11. ISB: Fields of Activity • Curricula developing: according to the new standards in education • Development of final examinations: ”new” exercise and test culture • Support of school trials • External School Evaluation • Education Monitoring

12. Teachertraining in Bavaria: central topics • Reductionofschooldays • Since 2003: 8 yearsof High schoolinsteadof 9 years • New kindofcurriculum in all subjects • output and competence oriented • recapitulation of basic knowledge • new exercise culture • New compulsory subjects • „Natur und Technik” (grade 5-7: biology, physics, chemistry, informatics) • „Informatics“

13. Teachertraining in Bavaria: organisation and structure • ALP • in-service teacher training centre: courses for 3-5 days • Themes e.g.: scientific innovations, new curriculum, new teaching methods in science education … • formultipliers • for all teachers schools schools multipliersfor all subjects in everydistrict otherteachersatthe same school teachers

14. New pathways in teacher training: • from print media to e-learning platforms Print media

15. New pathways in teacher training: • from print media to e-learning platforms new compulsory subject: „Natur und Technik”teaching material: chemical reaction in grade 5 web presence with various information and online documents videoanimation

16. New pathways in teacher training: • from print media to e-learning platforms Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. In Bavaria it is used between the multipliers and the teachers.

17. New pathways in teacher training: • from print media to e-learning platforms ALP: eSessions Live-Lecture (45-60 min.) with a WebConferencing-Software: To join, the participant needs a computer with headset and a web-acess. An expert explains and shows the contents. The participants can write questions, which are answerd at the end of the session. Used e.g. for introducing new computer programms.

18. New pathways in teacher training: from print media to e-learning platforms • Test culture in German: text knowledge, vocab., spelling, grammar • Pool of tests for every school year – from teachers, for teachers • Restricted acces • Setting new standards in test formats

19. New pathways in teacher training: from print media to e-learning platforms Teachertrainingcoursesbystaterepresentative Guenther Neumann: • Interactive learninggameswithHot Potatoes • CreationofwebsiteswithCompozer/NVU • Mind-mappingas a methodofteaching • Howtouseand/ordevelop a Web Quest • HowtouseWikis todevelopandbroadenwritingskills et al.

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