A Comenius 2.1 project

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• A Comenius 2.1 project
• 2001 2004

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• The background for the PROMISE project
• Why go from TRANSPRO to PROMISE?
• The objectives of the PROMISE project
• The aim of the PROMISE 2004 conference
• Recommendations

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European Schools Project
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PIST - TRANSPRO Courses

• Participants in the ESP collaboration had asked
  for methods to be used as a common platform for
  the international projects
• Collaboration within the ESP coordinator network
• Socrates Comenius programme

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PIST - TRANSPRO Courses

• Three columns
• The Project method
• ICT
• Transnational collaboration

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PIST -TRANSPRO

• Organisers
• Borivoj Brdicka (CZ) - John Rullestad /
  Coordinator (NO)
• Mogens Eriksen (DK) Kirsten M. Anttila (DK)
• John Bruce (UK - Scotland)
• Course tutor
• Signe Holm-Larsen (DK)

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PIST - TRANSPRO Courses

• 1997 2001 5 courses with almost 150 teachers
  from 19 European countries.
• Many new contacts and transnational projects
• Publication The Project Method and
  Transnational Projects
• The organisers urged to set up even more TRANSPRO
  courses.

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Why PROMISE?

• The project method to a larger audience
• The technology had opened for new possibilities,
• but also challenges
• New ways in European in-service training
  eLearning?

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• Organisers
• Borivoj Brdicka (CZ) - John Rullestad (NO) -
  Mogens Eriksen (DK) -
• Kirsten M. Anttila/Coordinator (DK) Clara I.
  Navas (EUN)
• Course tutor
• Signe Holm-Larsen (DK)

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• The objectives of The PROMISE (the PROject
  Method In School projects through E-learning)
  project are to offer a structured and tested
  method, make it more widely used and at the same
  time combine different uses of the Internet to
  support the professional development (E-learning)
  of teachers and the learning outcome of their
  students. ..

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• The objectives cont.
• Technology will be implemented and used according
  to didactic considerations
• The project will demonstrate how on-line courses
  and mixed approaches material can be used to
  qualify teachers
• The project method will be used as the overall
  method combined with an ongoing internal
  evaluation to promote the possibilities of
  creating contents and framework for E-learning
  for both teachers and students.

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Course content

• The TRANSPRO book used as the main background
  material
• 12 modules for the e-Learning course inserted on
  the EUN platform (internal website)
• Course tutor and organisers as tutors for the
  different modules
• Establishment of an external website

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The PROMISE ProjectOrganisation

• An initial course for teacher trainers 2002
• Online course with the teacher trainers to try
  the PM and the e-Learning platform (course tutor
  and organisers as tutors)
• Local courses conducted by teacher trainers,
  course tutor and one of the organisers..
• Organisers and tutor to visit and interview the
  teacher trainers
• (10 countries represented)
• Teachers from these courses try to initiate new
  transnational projects
• Conference 2004 inputs recommendations
• Editing of course modules and other educational
  material
• Final report and opening of the platform in the
  spring of 2005

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The PROMISE Project

• Course material still under revision and
  therefore not yet accessible for anyone but the
  ones that have password
• When the course material is revised there will be
  free access to it.
• Different models
• Self study
• Local tutor
• European in-service training

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The 2nd PROMISE conference
Teacher trainers an add on... Enthusiasm ..
Organising the seminars Spreading their
knowledge to colleagues
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The 2nd PROMISE conference
Key note speakers to add and to share knowledge
and expertise of value for the project and
thereby for future European collaboration..
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The 2nd PROMISE conference
To present results and findings.. To give and
receive advice To improve models for in-service
training To enhance quality of teaching and
learning in transnational projects To exchange
views .. ideas.. experiences
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The 2nd PROMISE conference
On behalf of the organisers.. Our hope we in the
days to come not only will be able to share
professional results but also enjoy being
together from 12 different European countries..