Presentation by Rosemary Sage at ePIC 2013

1. FUTURES FOR TEACHERS
Rosemary Sage
Professor of Education
Dean of The College of Teachers

2. IMPROVING THE TEACHER IMAGE!
Don’t go near Miss Head,
Just stay in bed,
Jump in a box and hide
Our old teacher
Is fond of the little ones
Roasted, frittered or fried!
A verse by a student about
teachers!
До госпожа Главчева не доближавай!!
Или в леглото си се излежавай,
или кашон голям си намери,
скачай в него и очите затвори!
И защо – деца обича госпожата наша,
нооо..... печени, пържени или сготвени
на каша!
Стихче, написано от ученик за
учителите!

3. THERE ARE MANY VIEWS OF TEACHERS & TEACHING
In this Japanese school - students are the teachers!

4. EDUCATION FAVOURS LEFT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Teachers need to develop Right brains to prepare for jobs
FACTS
UNDERSTANDING
analyses
synthesises

5. THE EU AIMS TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF TEACHERS & TEACHING
because....
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Education is vital for global understanding
Education standards vary across Europe
There is no consensus about education purposes/goals
Education targets critical thinking & knowledge above
creative thinking & understanding required for jobs
A project to meet
aims includes
BULGARIA

6. RAISING STANDARDS OF TEACHERS & TEACHING
POLICY FOR EDUCATOR EVIDENCE IN PORTFOLIOS (PEEP)
Based on EU principles for teachers & 3 career stages: initial, mid, specialist
Well qualified
Continual Professional Development
Partnerships
Mobility
Evidence of personal & professional development
Formal qualifications
Non-formal - planned – curriculum project
Informal - unplanned – competencies gained
from activities like learning a language

7. ‘In
seeking knowledge - the first step is silence the second listening - the third remembering the fourth practising & the fifth - teaching others’
Solomon & Gabirol
Teachers do an important job
Tracking careers with a broader
range of evidence establishes
professional status strongly & clearly
E-portfolios enable sharing with
others for many purposes –
job interviews, annual appraisals &
staff training
Professions using e-portfolios report
they help reflective practice, monitor
career development & bring pride in
achievements

8. USING AN E-PORTFOLIO RAISES
STANDARDS
•Educate for humanity & understanding as well as knowledge ...
•Target communicative & cultural issues in diversity
•Form relationships with successful nations
•Value talk as the technology for understanding
•Facilitate images & non-verbal communication
•Loosen learning frameworks & increase freedom
•Educate for students rather than systems..........
Right &
Left
Brain!

9. Time to rest both my
Right & Left brains &
dream of my e-portfolio!

10. Time to rest both my
Right & Left brains &
dream of my e-portfolio!