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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS >> PHASES
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Phases
uTeacher has involved two main phases.
Phase 1:production of an overview of teachers’ professional profile in ICT
for education that underpins national teacher training programs in Europe.
This overview was published in a book entitled European Teachers Towards the
Knowledge Society, written cooperatively by the uTeacher partnership, along
with the nineteen European National Investigators.
Phase 2:production of a common framework for teachers’ professional
development as a tool for improving teacher training in ICT for education
across Europe. This framework was published in a book entitled A Common
European Framework for Teachers’ Professional Profile in ICT for Education.
A hypermedia version was also produced. This Framework is the result of a
cooperative process involving the uTeacher partnership and the network of
National Investigators.
A feasibility study has defined the conditions for developing a European
organisation responsible for maintaining the Framework, providing a
reference for the development of learning materials, and administering
quality assurance.
The project saw the formation of a European network of experts composed of
National Investigators(NIs) working in conjunction with the partnership
throughout the various phases of the project.
• Identifying national Information Sources
The partnership identified an authoritative national source in each European
country (representative of the Ministry of Education, national body
responsible for teacher education, academic expert, etc.), who helped the
partnership appoint a suitable NI.
• Contacting the National Investigators
Following the suggestions of the National Sources, the partnership contacted
and appointed the NIs.
• Writing national reports
NIs produced national reports following guidelines provided by the
partnership. Each national report deals with ITE and CPD related to ICT for
Education in the given country.
• Processing of national reports in preparation for the week-long seminar
The partnership identified key aspects that emerged from the national
reports and drafted a preliminary document entitled Teachers’ Competencies
in ICT for Education within a Knowledge Society to serve as a guide for
discussion and comparison at the Venice Seminar.
• Week-long seminar (Venice, 4th-9th October 2004)
The NIs shared and explored national viewpoints and experiences, and
identified key aspects and issues at trans-national level.
• Editing and publication of the book European Teachers Towards the
Knowledge Society
• Forming the board of authors responsible for populating the Framework
structure, and the board of reviewers, responsible for providing the writers
with feedback.
• Producing guidelines for the writers and reviewers
• Exploratory population of some of the Framework sections
• Meeting in Palermo (8th-11st March 2005) to co-ordinate the writing and
reviewing procedures.
• Populating the Framework sections
• Producing the book The Common European Framework for Teachers’
Professional Profile in
ICT for Education and implementing the Hypermedia
• Preparing a feasibility study into future development of the Framework.
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