Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium (RWCT IC)

1. Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium(RWCT IC)

2. RWCT International Consortium • Network of 28 RWCT organizations (membership based associations, or foundations, or resource centers) promoters of the RWCT Programme (in-service teacher training); • Involved together in a variety of international projects : anticorruption education, curriculum development, multicultural education, parents’ education, literacy projects, inclusive education etc.)

3. RWCT IC Members (1) • Center for Democratic Education, ALBANIA; • “Step by Step” Benevolent Foundation, ARMENIA; • Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation, AZERBAIJAN; • “Step by Step” Belarus League of Parents and Educators, BELARUS; • Bulgarian Reading Association, BULGARIA; • Forum for Freedom in Education, CROATIA; • Critical Thinking, CZECH REPUBLIC; • The Center for Promotion and Popular Education (CEPP), ECUADOR, • The Center for Excellence in School Improvement, ESTONIA; • “School – Family – Society” Association, GEORGIA; • Kosova Education Center, KOSOVA; • Nongovernmental Foundation of Innovative Education “Peremena”, KYRGYZSTAN;

4. RWCT IC Members (2) • Education Development Centre, LATVIA; • Centre for Modern Didactics, LITHUANIA; • “Pro Didactica” Educational Center, MOLDOVA; • Mongolian Foundation for Open Society, MONGOLIA; • Pedagogical Center of Montenegro, MONTENEGRO, • Romanian RWCT Association, ROMANIA; • Center Education 2000+, ROMANIA; • “RWCT-Russia” Special Interest Council of International Reading Association, RUSSIA; • Center of Interactive Pedagogy, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; • Orava Association for Democratic Education, SLOVAKIA; • Development Research Center for Pedagogical Initiative Step by Step at Educational Research Institute, SLOVENIA; • Tajik Critical Thinking Association, TAJIKISTAN; • Teacher Training Center for Burmese Teachers, THAILAND, • “Intellect” Scholarly-Methodical Center for Development of Critical and Visual Thinking, UKRAINE; • Critical Thinking International, USA. • Tashkent Center of Modern Information Technologies, UZBEKISTAN.

5. What member organizations share (1)  • The aim to develop open, collaborative, collegial, long-term relations between educators from various cultures and circumstances, which will expand the understanding of teaching and learning for all and lead to a free flow of ideas between peoples. 

6. What member organizations share (2)   • The strive to increase the capacity of students to think critically, engage in critical reflection, take responsibility for their own learning, form independent opinions, and show respect for the opinions of others; 

7. What member organizations share (3)  • We train teachers able to reflect on students’ thinking and learning and refine methods based on those reflections;  • We place teaching within a comprehensive instructional framework that guides instructional decision making.

8. Participants in the workshops … • teachers • teacher educators • Members of the local or regional education authorities, representatives of ministries of education

9. Thank you! Maria Kovacs Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium E-mail: maria_rwct_ro@yahoo.com www.rwct.org