Developing the Teaching of European Languages: Mod..
Developing the Teaching of European Languages: Modernising Language Teaching through the development of blended Masters Programmes
Start date: Dec 1, 2013,
The goal of the Project is to contribute to modernization and internationalization of the societies in the partner countries (PC-s) through curriculum reform to enhance capacities of HEI-s and secondary schools for teaching European languages. The Wider Objective will be implemented through accomplishing the following Specific Project Objectives (SPO):1. Develop a new model for teacher education.2. Create a pool of retrained teacher educators who will train new trainers in a cascade model.3. Develop and introduce a new 2-year masters programme for both pre- and in-service teachers of French, German and English;4. Design an e-learning capacity for school teachers to improve access to teaching/learning resources;5. Create potential for internationalization through an on-line network of trainers.The project focuses on improving the learning and teaching of European languages in PC-s by adopting a cascade model of teacher education for long-term sustainability. The cascade model will enable larger groups of school teachers to be trained in a relatively short time period with minimal resources and will allow schools to prepare learners for the requirements of HEIs in the framework of the on-going reforms of education in the PC-s aimed at internationalization.The main output is the implementation of new blended learning masters programme which will introduce innovative learner-centred methodologies tuned to the EU standards but with special attention to the needs of the local context where appropriate. The project will be a based on collaborative development and initial delivery of the MA with a gradual handover to trainers in PC-s, making delivery fully sustainable beyond the life of the project.
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