NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM OF GREECE: Basic Design and Implementation Principles

Abstract

The design of “New School” aims at addressing the contemporary educational needs and challenges of the 21^st century. In this context, the “National Program of Teachers’ Training” has been designed according to the objectives of the project “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religion, which aims at upgrading the quality of education. The physical object of the National Teacher Training Program refers at first to the training of 150,000 public and private school teachers. The training is aimed to teachers of all disciplines (primary and secondary education), regardless of the technological tools they have at their disposal and the skills they possess. The educational training program is based on the principles of adult education and intends to ensure maximum flexibility regarding space, time and teachers’ special learning rhythms in accordance with the methodology of distance education, while providing for the use of innovative applications from Greece and other countries.