TEPE 2008




	Draft Agenda Agenda Conference Proceedings Thursday, 21 February 16.00-17.45: Registration – City Hotel (city centre) 18:00 Introduction Venue: City Hall, 5 minutes walk from City hotel - how to find it from hotel? Welcome speeches - Professor Pavel Zgaga, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education - Mr. Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljana Evening key note: Being a Teacher in a Knowledge Society *Speaker:* Professor Bernard Cornu, Directeur de la Formation – CNED (Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance), Directeur de CNED-EIFAD, Poitiers, France 19:30 Reception (Venue: City Hall) Friday, 22 February Venue: Faculty of Education (University Campus Bežigrad) 8.00-9.00 Registration (for late comers) – University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education 9:00-12:30 First plenary session (room 212) Chair of the session: Professor Brian Hudson, TEPE Co-ordinator, University of Umeå, Sweden - Greetings: Professor Cveta Razdevšek Pučko, Dean of the Faculty of Education - Introduction by the Chair: Professor Brian Hudson Teacher Education in Europe: mapping the landscape and looking to the future. Mr. Josef Huber, Council of Europe Improving the Quality of Teacher Education: a contribution of the European Commission. Speaker: Mr. Paul Holdsworth, European Commission, DG for Education and Culture, Brussels, Belgium Key note 1: Advancing Research in and on Teacher Education Speaker: Professor Hannele Niemi, Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki, Finland - discussion 10.30-11.00 Break Key note 2: Mobility and the European Dimension in Teacher Education Speaker: Professor Pavel Zgaga, Director of the Centre for Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education University of Ljubljana - discussion Key note 3: Professionalism, performativity and care: whither teacher education for a gendered profession in Europe? Speaker: Professor Sheelagh Drudy, Chair of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland - discussion 12.30-14.00 Lunch (at the Faculty of Education) 14:00-17:30 WORKING GROUPS (break 15:30-16:00) WG 1: Advancing Research in and on Teacher Education (room 012) Chair: Professor Sven Erik Hansen, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Rapporteur: Dr Judith Harford, University College Dublin, Ireland WG 2: Mobility and the European Dimension in Teacher Education (room 026) Chair: Professor Jens Rasmussen, University of Aarhus, Danemark Rapporteur: Dr Eve Eisenschmidt and Dr Erika Löfström; University of Tallinn, Estonia WG 3: Evaluation cultures in Teacher Education (room 112) Chair: Professor Sonia Blandford, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Rapporteur: Professor Vlasta Vizek Vidović, University of Zagreb, Croatia Free evening Saturday, 23 February Venue: Faculty of Education 9:00-12:30 Second plenary session (room 212) Chair of the session: Dr Eve Eisenschmidt, Tallinn University, Estonia 9:00-10.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT TEACHER EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW? Panel facilitator: Dr. Nikos Papadakis, University of Crete, Greece Members of the panel: Professor Sonia Blandford, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Dean of Education), Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Mrs. Gordana Čaprić, Deputy Director, Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation, Belgrade, Serbia Professor Sheelagh Drudy, Chair of Education , University College Dublin, member of the Tuning project group Education Mr. Klaus Enser, MSc, teacher, Polytechnische Schule Vöcklabruck, Linz, Austria Dr Otmar Gassner, European Network for Teacher Education Policy (ENTEP), Feldkirch, Austria Mr. Josef Huber, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France Mrs. Anita Lice, European Student Union (ESU) Dr Pasi Sahlberg, European Training Foundation (ETF), Torino, Italy Mr. Branimir Štrukelj, Secretary General, Teachers Union Slovenia (SVIZ), Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenged by the panel facilitator panelists will discuss various issues on teacher education in Europe; followed by questions and comments by all participants. 10:30-11.00 Break 11:00-12:30 Conclusions and recommendation Chair of the session: Dr Eve Eisenschmidt, Tallinn University, Estonia Report from Working Group 1, Dr Judith Harford, University College Dublin, Ireland Report from Working Group 2, Dr Erika Löfström, University of Tallinn, Estonia Report from Working Group 3, Professor Vlasta Vizek Vidović, University of Zagreb, Croatia Conclusion and recommendation of the conference 12.30 Address from representatives of ENTEP (European Network for Teacher Education Policy) and farewell from the TEPE representatives Teacher education policies: a hobby for academics? Dr Otmar Gassner (ENTEP) European Network for Teacher Education Policies. Dr Cveta Razdevšek Pučko (ENTEP) Professor Brian Hudson, Professor Pavel Zgaga (TEPE) 13:00 End of the conference 13.00-14.00 Lunch (at the Faculty of Education) Departures Follow-up: a publication (papers and contributions from the conference) in April 2008.