Magistra Iadertina, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2007.
Pregledni rad
CULTURE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Lidija Vujičić
; Učiteljski fakultet u Rijeci. Sveučilište u Rijeci
Sažetak
Referring to many other authors, the author of this paper considers teachers' professional training as the institutional development in changing the culture of an educational institution that increases its capacity for continuous changes of educational practice, and not only the implementation of certain innovations.
The particular reason for this is that the existence of new elaborated curriculums, legislations and other regulations, which determine or should direct educational practice, is not adequate for its quality changing. An educational institution is being discussed as an organization, and culture as a characteristic of an organization to which its memebers should adapt in the process of continuous evolution.
The author advocates the thesis that threre is a need for different approach to teacher professional training that is aimed at the direct research and changing of personal practice. Teacher professional training is considered here as a strategy in the process of changing the culture of educational institutions. The vision of lifelong learning and continuous professional development demands a teacher who thinks in a critical way, who is trained for reflection and evaluation, who knows how to find or provide the prerequisites for the development of each of their pupils and how to encourage and support them in the process of learning. Above all, a teacher is considered here as an initiator of change, a promoter of learning who cares for their own personal and professional development and who is a part of the developing and learning organization, while at the same timethe reflection is considered to be a significant characteristic of teachers' professional development.
Ključne riječi
Capacity for change; culture of educational institutions; reflective practice; professional training; school
Hrčak ID:
21161
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.11.2007.
Posjeta: 9.258 *