WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, LEARNING AND CO-OPERATION

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WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, LEARNING AND CO-OPERATION
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES - NATIONAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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BASIC INFORMATION

• Institute for Sustainable technologies (ITeE) in
  Radom was established in 1986.
• The Institute is involved in complex scientific,
  research, development and implementation
  technical and educational projects.
• In December 2004 the Institute obtained a status
  of a National Research Institute and ISO9001
  certificate.
• It employs 250 people (including 60 people of
  Staff Education and Development Center)
• .

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BASIC ACTIVITIES

• Scientific basis of  staff education and developme
  nt
• vocation - related studies
• educational contents       
• flexible educational technologies
• systems of the education quality assurance   
•  Educational policy research      
• adult education systems and vet system development
  
• national system of qualifications standards and mo
  dular training 
• courses
• Execution of exeperimental studies
• Work is executed at national (e.g. for Ministry
  of National Education and Sport, Ministry of
  Economy and Labour, Ministry of Industry) and at
  international level

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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

• comparative studies of educational systems,
  vocational and educational curricula development,
  teaching methods and materials,
• modernization of education including scientific
  support for implementation of new curricula
  documentation, regional systems of vocational
  education, teachers education,
• development of systems vocational qualifications
  standards and modular curricula of vocational
  education and training,
• recognition of vocational and general education
  certificates issued in Poland and the EU
  countries,
• vocational education of academic scientific staff
  and teachers in the field of new technologies of
  production and pedagogy of work.

Programmes PHARE TESSA, TERM, SPREAD, IMPROVE,
SMART, FIESTA, PHARE 2000, Leonardo da Vinci,
Jean Monnet, COST, SOCRATES, 5th FP, 6th FP
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RUNNING PROJECTS

• SOCRATES MINERVA
• European Programme of e-training in
  data-processing and multimedia E-FORMINFO
• SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG2
• Modularisation in Adult Education Experience of
  the Development of the European Network MEA
• LEONARDO DA VINCI
• Always on the right track e-learning platform
  for vocational counsellors who work with young
  people
• Model for Flexible Industrial Training MoFIT2
• Vocational Language Training for Truck Drivers
  TRUCKSPEAK
• Development and implementation of a
  competency-based management system for trainers
  in CVET COMPETENT-SYS-TRAINER
• EQUAL
• Entrepreneurship in the web Internet the
  opportunity for growth of competitiveness

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PUBLICATIONS
Editor of 11 scientific journals Over 300 books
printed every year
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SITUATION OF VISUAL LEARNING IN POLAND

• In Poland visual method is practiced mostly
• at private schools and centers
• during courses and trainings on effective
  techniques for learning and person abilities
  development
• as a relaxation method in the field of medicine.
• There are a few private institutions which use
  these kind of methods, among others
• Education and Tourism Development Center
• Natural Therapy Center Your Talisman
• Workshops on creative development and the skill
  of effective learning for young people and
  students
• Polish Society of Dyslexia
• ECCE HOMO XXI Academy, Brain and Body
  Development, Training of Memory,
• Intuition and Creative Thinking for the Men of
  the Future
• COOLTURA Motivation Centre

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SITUATION OF VISUAL LEARNING IN POLAND

• These kind of courses include
• Training for creative development and memory
  improvement
• Strategies of learning languages faster than
  usual
• Speed-reading, Mind Mapping
• Skill of effective learning
• Self-control of mind - Silvy Method
• How to pass en exam in a stress-free way?

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SITUATION OF VISUAL LEARNING IN POLAND

• Public institutions
• reformed Primary School in Ostrozany
• profiled Secondary School in Rybnik
• One online magazine
• TRENDS learning in XXI century publication
  Pedagogy Information Workshops, Central Center of
  Teachers Development

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SITUATION OF VISUAL LEARNING IN POLAND

• No information if the research into
  visualization has had an influence on the
  educational environment in Poland

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