Thematic Interested Groups (TIGS)
Arts EducationThe main intentions of the Democracy TIG are
To share and analyse purposes, practices and experiences of democracy in kindergartens, schools and Institutions of Higher Education and all sectors of the child's community.
To motivate participants to engage in joint research and collaborative projects.
To publish research findings and reports of activities within the TIG area
To use research findings in our professional work and to disseminate our work.
The Democracy TIG welcomes interested and committed participants.
In 2008 we plan to work on "Creativity and Enjoyment in Education in International Perspective"
We think about organizing intensive programmes for students and staff.
Before we can do that we need to find "funds" and partners. We like to use the conference for planning the programme.
The focus for the workshops is on sharing and exploring ways in which we prepare our students in teacher education and social education for professional careers in ethnically diverse and internationally oriented communities.
The concept of internationalisation has been changing. Where in the past the main concern was student mobility, today the idea is to also reach the vast majority of students who stay at home. Catering to all students and making the curriculum truly international is the challenge of today. A revision of goals, plans and strategies is needed in order to prepare for the newly internationally qualified educator.
The Internationalisation TIG is thus making a call for papers/workshops which specifically addresses these issues and developments. As always preference will be given to contributions that have a practical character stimulating the exchange of ideas, approaches and models in the different curricula.
Because there is only limited time during the conference we agreed to limit the number of workshops to four. A selection committee will assess the proposals and will make up the final list of accepted contributions for the conference. If your paper has not been selected there will be an opportunity for a poster presentation during the conference programme.
The objectives of the Mathematics Education Thematic Interest Group are:
To present particular realities of mathematics education in schools;
To discuss research or intervention projects on mathematics education;
To promote joint research and collaborative projects of its members.
Topics for discussion are related to Physical Education, Human Development, outdoor activities, play, learning through movement, and lifestyle
The main intentions of the TIG P.A.learning & health are :
- To share and analyse purposes, practices and experiences related to of movement activities, learning, and health, in kindergartens, schools, Institutions of Higher Education and other area's such as home, playgrounds...
- To motivate participants to engage in joint research and collaborative projects.
- To publish research findings and reports of activities within the TIG area
- To use research findings in our professional work and to disseminate our work.
Project for 2007- 2008 :
2 TIG members ( Portugal and Belgium) will start a joint project related to the research on the gross motor development of children from 6 to 10 years old.
For more information contact :
Luis Rodrigues lprodrigues@ese.ipvc.pt (project coördinator), and/or ann.moerenhout@ehsal.be ( TIG coördinator)
The TIG welcomes interested and committed participants.
The last two meetings of the Reflective Practice TIG have centred on the presentation of Interactive Workshops by participants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, The Netherlands, The USA and The UK. These workshops lasted around one hour each and have been based on a range of starting points such as:
Teaching Students how to be Critical Reflective Practitioners.
Writing Reflectively.
Reflective Practice and Competence.
Reflecting Collaboratively.
Narratives, Fictions and Reflective Practice.
Learning through Reflective Conversations.
Significant Learning Incidents.
It is intended that the Reflective Practice TIG should serve as a discussion-based, interactive platform for members. To this end it has been suggested and agreed since the last meeting (in Porto) that we begin with a brief round table discussion where all members will be given the opportunity to present their current interests and concerns in the area of Reflective Practice. This will be followed by the workshop activities and discussions and will help to ensure the active participation of all Reflective Practice TIG members.
Our specific vision:
a. To provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and techniques for teaching about religion and culture on all levels
b. To learn about and promote understanding, respect and tolerance for cultural and religious differences in teacher education and all educational curricula
c.To encourage appropriate and responsible dialogue among teachers, students and administrators of all faiths and religious perspectives about the challenges of multicultural and multireligious classroom instruction.
We will offer our inaugural session as a combined plenary round table for interested members and invite papers and discussion groups on the initial topic -- Exploring The Religious And Cultural Divide: Teaching Tolerance and Difference. We invite all who are interested to join with us in exploring the challenges and opportunities of this new area.
1. Discover the differences and similarities in science teacher training.
2. Take advantage of each others unique know how in different fields of teaching about science.
3. Produce a result that we can publish.
4. Discover new researching areas in science education.
5. Create a network for teacher trainers/trainees in sciences (biology, chemistry, ...)
Through this TIG teacher educators as well as their students will become more aware of each other's science curriculum and the usage of daily life situations in science subjects inside and outside the school. Participants will take the opportunity not only to compare each other's science curricula, but also our science teaching philosophies, our science teaching strategies and our reflections about how students and pupils understand science (knowledge, skills and attitude).
- To discuss and compare different practices and experiences of dealing with special educational needs (SEN), inclusion and diversity in different countries
- To share and promote the teaching of SEN in Teacher Training
- To publish research findings, articles and reports of activities
- To share examples of good practice relative to students with special needs and their families
For the 2008 conference in Liverpool(25-27th of April ) we decided in PORTO (with the members of the TIG Special Needs) to have one day for a special topic (Friday) and one day for free presentations (Saturday) on all SEN-topics.
The special topic in our TIG for the conference in Liverpool is: Dealing with students with special needs in higher education.
We request that all ETEN-ECO's ask colleagues working in the field of SEN to present a paper or give a short presentation (30 minutes + at least 15 min discussion) about one of their topics in the field of SEN or about the special topic (good practices or policy plan for dealing with students with special needs in higher education)
Persons who wish to present a paper or give a presentation should send an email with abstract (100 words) the TIG leader
Man/Society <=> Technology <=> Nature
Engineering
Science & Technology
Design & Technology
Through sharing and comparing our national experiences we will try to:
Develop a "European/US dimension" on Technology Teaching and Learning.
And stimulate and make young people more interested to study these subject areas. We invite you to join the TIG "Technology Teaching & Learning", we call for your contributions as presentations and outcome of projects, development work, research, etc, in which you/your institution is participating.