Practices

Classroom Leadership in Real Life
Comenius Regio Partnership
Institutions involved:
Thematic Field: Teaching professions
Partner Regio 1
Coordinator organisation: Förvaltningen för lärande och kultur, Hudiksvall
Partner organisations: Bromangymnasiet, Hudiksvall
SE - Sweden Umeå Universitet, Umeå
Partner Regio 2
Coordinator organisation: Devon local authority children and young people's services,
Partner organisations:
UK – United Kingdom
Exeter, England
Newton Abbot College, Newton Abbot, England
Keywords, Newton Abbot, England
Key words: Teacher competences, Pupil Assessment, Leadership
Description:
The geographical, economic and in philosophical outlook similarities of both regions
inspired this project to enhance teacher professionalism and collaboration to
enable transferable life-long learning skills to empower all students to be active
learners within a world class education system and equip them for making informed
judgments within today’s rapidly changing society.
The joint expertise across the partnership used evolving and innovative approaches
to learning to learn, incorporating personal learning and thinking skills within an
environment that develops the entrepreneurial spirit and the use of new technologies.
It draw together, students, schools – primary, secondary and tertiary, universities,
local/regional authorities and associated businesses to utilize, share and develop
particular strengths and expertise to provide a European dimension to both learning
outcomes and teacher involvement.
The project had large impact; the final conference was arranged as two professional
development days for all teachers and head teachers in the whole Swedish
municipality and the UK partner made up the majority of the workshops offered very
successfully. Applying Entrepreneurial Learning and Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills (PLTS) in the classroom makes students aware of their own learning process,
helps students acquire transferable learning skills and enables teachers to give skillrelated
and formative feedback.
The result was a digital self-assessment tool with which the student him-/herself
assess his/her abilities for the PLTS; the result of the self-assessment can be used by
the student and tutor when they meet. The tool (educational software) can be
ordered and the printed materials can be directly down able.
Awards:
EST star project
Duration:
2010-2012
Webpage:
mealar@gmail.com;
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2010-1-SE1-
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