Professional Teacher Development - PTD
The Background
The Aim
The political and economical development
in Europe requires that EU citizens have a better knowledge of languages in
order to have personal and professional contact with people with another mother
tongue. In 1984 the EC stated: "One modern language in addition to the mother
tongue should be studied in depth." According to this statement the Ministry of
Education and Cultural Affairs, is pursuing the aim to prepare the students for
tomorrow's Europe by using English as the working language especially in
mathematical and scientific teaching. It takes competence in English to
communicate by the internet, to use video conferences to communicate across
countries and continents.
The realisation of this aim requires the
development of a new teacher training and further improvement. This process is
already underway.
There is going to be a big group of
teachers soon that should draw our attention: Many teachers finish their
degrees but cannot find a job. PTD is designed to give these teachers the
oppotunity to prepare themselves intensively to use English as working language
so that they'll be able to teach their subjects in English. They will also gain
extra qualifications which may be important for their further career, be it in
our school system or in the private sector. |
