Peer Learning Activity PLA

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• Peer Learning Activity (PLA)
• Luxembourg, September 27 - 29, 2006
• In Service Teacher Training - ICT
• Pascale Petry

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INSETT - Basics

• In Service Teacher Training (INSETT) is not
  compulsory
• INSETT concerns
• About 9000 teachers, social workers,
  headmasters,
• Preschool education, primary school education,
  secondary and technical secondary
  education, special education
• INSETT responds
• to either personal or to local, regional or
  national needs.
• INSETT is based on
• official guidelines, teaching programs and
  schedules as well as on innovative
  pedagogical approaches

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INSETT Quality criteria
INSETT has to

• focus on the school community and its needs
• be based on a scientific theoretical framework
  while clearly aiming at pedagogical practice
• promote communication between teachers and
  exchange as well as analysis of teaching
  practices
• offer a variety of didactical arrangements and
  aim at an active and well-considered
  transposition into teaching practice
• be based on adult teaching models
• correspond to gender-mainstreaming principles

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School Quality
Personal professionnel development
ICT
Framework of systemic school development
Teaching development
Organization development
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School Quality
INSETT an instrument for developping school
quality

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Basics
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INSETT Reference framework
Professional competencies to develop

• Reference framework of INSETT 
• organize and animate learning situations
• manage and assess learning progress
• develop means of differentiated pedagogy
• involve pupils in their learning and work
• team-working
• participate in school management
• inform and involve parents
• contribute to the development of new pedagogical
  concepts or new teaching material
• adopt new pedagogical concepts
• use ICT and new pedagogical material
• tackle with ethic and other professional
  problems
• plan ones own professional development

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Concept of teaching
Teaching is

• Associated with active learning (learning through
  active participation)
• Role of the teacher facilitator in a dynamic
  teaching and learning process

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INSETT - Evolution
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INSETT Evolution 2000-2006
2000 2006 ICT as a priority ICT as part
of Media Pedagogy

• Technological competencies Handling of ICT-
  related tools
• Pedagogical competencies Educational
  application of ICT-related tools
• Reflexive competencies
• www.focoweb.script.lu

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Perspectives
Blended Learning (technology as an educational
servant)

• First steps in 2005-2006 (Educanet.ch)
• Generalization starting octobre 2006
• Reflexiv practitioner
• Cooperative learning and knowledge construction /
  socio-constructivisme
• Multimedia learning environment

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Synergy
Cooperation in a network

• Schools
• CTE (Centre de technologie de léducation)
• INAP