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European Presidency - European Commission	Hellenic Republic - Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
Education Research Centre of Greece	European Union ESF-ERDF

Conference Programme

Sunday, 1^st of June 2003

21.0                          Welcome Cocktail

Presentation of the Teachers’ string orchestra and the students choir of the “Piraeus Musical School”

Monday, 2^nd of June 2003

09.00-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.45 Opening of the conference

Welcome address – Introductory remarks

10.45-12.15       Plenary Session I                    

                                                                                     Chair: Alexis Dimaras

    1.    Jose Marianno Gago, Professor of Lisbon Institute of Technology

      To be announced

          2.   Aigli Zafeirakou, Professor of the University of Thrace

Teacher Professional Development in EU and SE Europe Countries: exploring central issues

    3.   Vasilis Koulaidis, Professor of the University of Patras

Quality Assurance in Education: Self-Evaluation Process at a level of School Unit

           4.  Barbara MacGilchrist, Director/ Professor of the Institute of Education-  University of London

               Creating a National Framework for Assuring the Quality of Continuous  Professional Development in England

12.15 -12.45 Coffee Break

12.45 -14.15 First parallel session of the Workshops

1a.   Quality Assurance and multiple providers for Teachers In-Service Training and Continuing Professional Development

Coordinator : Pasi Sahlberg            Rapporteur : Alexandru Crisan

Panellists: Mario Dutto, Tuende Kovacs Cerovic, Barbara Kelley

2.   Quality Assurance Mechanisms – Case Studies

Coordinator: Nikos Spyrellis Rapporteur: Manolis Koutouzis

Panellists: Thalia Pitsouli, G. Koukopoulou—N.Kotsira—Ath.Katsis,  Jurgen Horschinegg, Frances Tsakona

3.  Teachers’ Training & Continuous Professional Development I

Coordinator: Nikitas Patiniotis       Rapporteur: Nikitas Kastis

Panellists : Tim Brosnan, Assimina Kourou, Apostolis Andreou, Katalin Molnar-Stadler

14.15 -15.30  Lunch Break

15.30-17.00       Second parallel session of the Workshops

1b. Quality Assurance and multiple providers for Teachers In-Service Training and Continuing Professional Development

Coordinator: Pasi Sahlberg                     Rapporteur: Alexandru Crisan

Panellists: Mario Dutto, Tuende Kovacs Cerovic, Barbara Kelley

4.   Quality Assurance: Good Practices of School Support Actions     

Coordinator: Αnna Fragoudaki                Rapporteur : Alexandra Androussou

Panellists: Fancoise Rope, Αnna Fragoudaki--Alexandra Androussou, Jari Rajanen

5.   Teachers’ Training & Continuous Professional Development II

Coordinator: Giannis Katsilis                   Rapporteur: Athanassios Katsis

Panellists: Sean Feerick, Panagiotis Athanassopoulos, Christos Pantelidis

19.00 Departure to VORRES Museum. Visit to the Museum - GALA Dinner

Tuesday, 3^rd of June 2003

10.00-11.30    Plenary session II

                                                                Chair:  Ioannis Toutziarakis

1.      Anna Fragoudaki, Professor of the University of Athens

Educational Challenges in the rapidly changing societies of today’s Europe: the case of Greece

  2. Henrik Nepper-Christensen, Permanent Secretary, Danish Ministry of Education

 Quality Assurance-The Danish Model in a European Context

3.    Andreas Schleicher, DEELSA Statistics and Indicators Division,OECD

 Indicators on the Quality of Educational Performance Results From Pisa 2000

4.     John Coolahan, Professor of the National University of Ireland

 The Teaching Career in the Knowledge Society: Trends and Challenges

11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break

12.00-13.30   Workshops

6.    The Cross–Thematic Approach to Teaching and Learning of ICT and Foreign Languages: Implications for the Professional Development for Teachers

Coordinator: Sarantos Psyharis                   Rapporteur: Michael Schratz

Panellists: Eleni Karatzia-Stavlioti, Cathrine Zouganeli, Sarantos Psyharis, George   Ioannidis

 7.   The contribution of teachers and trainers to the quality of training in the European Union and the S.E. Countries

Coordinator: Mara Brugia                           Rapporteur: Anne de Blignieres

Panellists: Lise-Lotte Ravnmark, Ronald Sultana, Marta Gonzalo Iraceburu       

8.    Improving teacher preparation and professional development: Country experiences from an International Teacher Policy Review

Coordinator: Phillip Mckenzie                      Rapporteur: Yael Duthilleul   

Panellists: Ian Murphy, Ingrid Holmback-Rolander, Francoise Cros

13.30- 14.30 Lunch Break

14.30- 16.00 Round Table         

Chair: Vasilis Koulaidis 

Report on the issues discussed during the workshops, by each Rapporteur 

16.00-17.00 Discussion – Conclusions – End of the Conference