School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Evangelia Boutskou Teacher education: critical perspectives

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Teacher education in Greece should be understood within specific context National Social Political Ideological

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Greek teacher education before 1990s Primary school teachers Pedagogical Academies ( ) Non-university theoretical and practical education Short duration courses Methodological weaknesses -no distinction between nursery and elementary teachers -sociological & psychological subjects not adequately taught

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November year training 60% specialization modules 30% Arts, Music, Physical Education 10% pedagogy year training in five cities 43% specialization 34% Pedagogy 24% Arts and crafts Primary school teacher education

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Pre-service education for secondary school teachers University Departments according to specialisation: classical studies Mathematics Physics Theology Biology Weaknesses -Absence of pedagogical, psychological subjects

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Teaching profession Was not the result of personal choice but the consequences of their participation in highly competitive state exam system Those who did not manage to work in the market they could be appointed in the public sector The hidden assumption of the University Departments: The artistic nature of teaching: -- teachers are born not made -- no pedagogy course

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 In-service teacher education SELDE/SELME one year course for few teachers by lottery Aim touch with developments in educational science Promote the administrative and supervisory mechanisms in education Weaknesses --Limited number of trainees --unfair selection procedure --The bad organisation and low quality of the courses

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November Regional Centers of In service teacher training PEKs 1)induction seminars from 30 hours to 4 months 2) short term seminars for New Methods and New programs from hours The goal short term seminars for more teachers grants from European Union for the seminars effort to identify teachers’ needs on training In-service teacher education PEK

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November year training in 9 big cities for primary and nursery education 51% specialization 35% Pedagogy 14% Arts and crafts Greek primary teacher education after 1990s University based

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November ) Compulsory 60% 2) Compulsory by selection 10% 3)Optional modulus5%-15% 4) Thesis 10% (optional) (12 ECTS / 60 ECTS per year 5) Praxis 15% University modulus

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Very few departments included modules of Pedagogy and Teaching Methodology in their syllabi “Certificate of pedagogical and teaching efficiency” after bachelor graduation for very few teachers Secondary teacher education

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Masters Special Education, Intercultural education, History of education, IT, Curriculum, Teaching Maths, Literacy, Science, Philosophy and Policy of Education, Consulting 2 year Post graduate courses With and without fees

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 IT seminars for teachers New teaching styles and methodologies Long term massive seminars for both primary and secondary teachers

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November interpersonal relations and communication (students, parents, colleagues, hierarchy) but no modulus about communication forms and rules -various working conditions with mixed ability classes but at the university the courses are inadequate without differentiations -not much taught about the reflective practitioner and about the culture and ethics of the job The characteristics of the teachers’ profession and the drawbacks of their training

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Recent developments and future prospects within European perspective Aim is the modernisation and quality improvement --wider differentiation in educational paths --possibilities of student teacher mobility to other European countries --extension of postgraduate studies by strengthening the role of research --Life Long learning is personal choice and responsibility and not state responsibility for all

School Management And Resource Training Directorate of Primary Education West Thessaloniki Comenius Regio Thessaloniki November 2013 Although teacher education is declared by European legislation as a milestone of educational systems it is yet to be proved whether teachers’ education programmes will work as an “industry of mediocrity” that churns out unprepared teachers or “highly accredited training centers” that create compassionate, competent and ethical professionals. The political question that should be answered first is what kind of future generation citizens we want? Final thought for discussion