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Educational Evolutionary Transformation:

The European Projects Team at the Regional Directorate for Primary & Secondary Education

in Western Greece

Niki Lambropoulos, Anastasia Diamantopoulou, Giorgos Panagiotopoulos, Marie Kotadaki, Charikleia Pitsou

The Greek Ministry of Education & Life Long Learning Patras, Greece

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• Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece (PDEDE)

• European Projects so far in Greece• Evolutionary Educational Transformation• European Projects Team (EU-PDEDE)

– Presentation– Targets– Strategies– Achievements

AGENDA

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PDEDE is one of the largest educational organizations in Greece

• 1,300 schools of primary and secondary education• 10,000-12,000 appointed teachers of all disciplines in Achaia, Ilia & Aitoloakarnania

The Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece (PDEDE)

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• Head of the Directorate since January 2010 is Dr. Giorgos Panagiotopoulos:

– Evolutionary transformation rather than mere evolution of existing practices is to reinforce the educational process

– Transformational strategies can meet a radically altered external educational environment which impacts the future of the students in schools in Western Greece

The Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education in Western Greece (PDEDE)

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1. Change of perceptions, attitudes, perspectives for formal / informal education

2. Peer-to-Peer Cooperation (Teachers & Students) 3. Extroversion than passive observation4. Open space for good practices5. New methodological approaches6. Peer-to-peer learning / training

Evolutionary Educational Transformation

7. Voluntary participation in self-evaluation, experiential courses & in-service training

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European projects themselves is an innovation in Greece

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Greek teachers voluntarily prepared themselves for their participation in projects because of the: • Importance / necessity of underpinned educational principles• Formal and informal learning• Safe environment open to experimentation• New and creative solutions for alternative ways of learning

European Projects so far

Mutual Learning Interaction

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Personal Development &

Dynamic Strategy for Change &

Improvement

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Physical & Virtual Proximity

The European Projects Team * EU-PDEDE

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The European Projects Team * EU-PDEDE

General Manager George Panagiotopoulos, Coordinators: Marie Kotadaki & Theodoros BarisDisseminators: Sindy Tasoula, Andreas Rizopoulos & Maria Shina

Educational Research: Charicleia Pitsou & Efimia Psychogiou Tech Support: Aris Louvris Project Manager: Niki Lambropoulos

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01/09/2011EU-PDEDE was officially created

The hotest buzz on slideshare via facebook for one hour

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• Create an information hub• Provide a link between the European Union, the Greek

Ministry of Education and the schools and educators• Develop Greek teachers’ communities • Disseminate results / outcomes / best practices in

local and regional level• Facilitate multiple educational interventions • Provide effective project management

EU-PDEDE

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EU-PDEDE Portal for Information Provisionhttp://blogs.sch.gr/eu-pdede/

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• EU-PDEDE ‘real’ and web presence• EU-PDEDE Communities• EU-PDEDE Community Support

Web Presence & Communities of Practice

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Support Networks via Social Networks

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Best practicesImplementation in PDEDE Schools

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• September 2011: – 19 new projects (Mrs Tasoula & Mr Rizopoulos) – Euroscola: 27 schools, 307 students– PDEDE participation in 2 LLP, 2 FP7 project proposals for 2012

• Previous Academic Year – Preparatory Visits: 6– Total LLP Projects: 44– Total number of schools: 29 – One participation in Regio– In-service training: 8– Total students’ mobility in the EU: 500– Total teachers’ mobility in the EU : 93– PDEDE participation in 3 LLP projects

• Portal creation and development • Digital CoP creation and development

– GSN 83, Facebook 46, Slideshare average views: 500 for each ppt /pdf

EU-PDEDE Achievements

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EU-PDEDE via European Projects• Facilitates, supports and directs their implementation • Disseminates the results and best practices impacting the teachers’ views, attitudes, perspectives, ideas and everyday educational practices

Conclusion

New frameworks to support potential for change

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Thank you...for your attention!

Dr. Niki LambropoulosProject Manager * EU-PDEDE

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