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Teacher Education in Europe – and some recent developments in Austria. Arthur Mettinger UNICA Bologna Lab Berlin, 05 December 2013. Sources. Council conclusions of 26 November 2009 on the professional development of teachers and school leaders - Official Journal of the European Union
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Teacher Education in Europe –and some recent developments in Austria Arthur MettingerUNICA Bologna LabBerlin, 05 December 2013 Erstellt von: Arthur Mettinger
Sources • Council conclusions of 26 November 2009 on the professional development of teachers and school leaders - Official Journal of the European Union http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:302:0006:0009:EN:PDF • SupportingTeacher Education http://ec.europa.eu/education/school-education/doc/support-teacher-educators_en.pdf • SupportingTeachercompetencedevelopment http://ec.europa.eu/education/school-education/doc/teachercomp_en.pdf • CommissionStaff Working Document: Supportingthe Teaching ProfessionsforBetter Learning Outcomes - SWD(2012) 374 final http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/rethinking/sw374_en.pdf • The Profession of Teacher Educator in Europe http://ec.europa.eu/education/school-education/doc/prof_en.pdf • Teacher Learning andPerceptionsAcrossthe Professional Continuum (Journal ofTeacher Education,2013, 64: 6 http://jte.sagepub.com/content/64/1/6 • Education an d Training 2010: Threestudiestosupport School Policy Development – Lot 2: Teacher Education Curricula in the EU http://ktl.jyu.fi/img/portal/17545/TEC_FINAL_REPORT_12th_Apr2010_WEB.pdf?cs=1271922032
Main trends • Importance of teachers for Europe‘s educational futurebut mostly for competitiveness (Lisbon goals) • Importance of teacher education/educators • Responsibility of the nation states,method of open coordination • Shift towards competence-based formats of teacher education • Strong interdependence of teacher education, systemic/organi-sational framework(s), teachers as a professional community • Growing importance of school leadership Erstellt von: Vorname Nachname
Increasingly fast developments require constant adaptations • See initial teacher training, induction into practical work andcontinuous professional development as a coherent whole • Importance of LLL for teachers themselves • Growing need for international/European experience of future teachers Erstellt von: Vorname Nachname
The Reform Process in AT: Major Goals • Modernisation of teacher education • Development of overarching framework for all pedagogical professions, in the Bologna framework • Development of exit and entry scenarios • Introduction of common pedagogocal core • Development of age group related teacher education • Institutional collaboration instead of institutional overlap Erstellt von: Vorname Nachname
The Reform Process: Major Steps • 2007: Government program; 2 ministers are responsible • 2009: „Expert Group“: sketches overall framework • 2010: Stakeholder conferences discuss results • 2011: „Preparation Group“: checks & sketches feasibility • 2012: „Development Council“: 4 people (2 nominated by each minister) oversee realisation • Nov.2012: Council of Ministers adopts DC‘s suggestions • June 2013: legal framework discussed in Parliamentary enquete • July 2013: legal changes approved by Parliament • September 2013: independent Quality Council (3+3) established Erstellt von: Vorname Nachname
The Reform Process: Next Steps • (interinstitutional) curriculumdevelopment • Development ofcooperationmodels • Development ofadequate QM system Erstellt von: Vorname Nachname