Research report

Project IQAIST

EUROPANET Association

About the research

• the questionnaire was applied at Romanian

national level through internet lists of discussions;

• the period in which we gathered electronically

all completed questionnaires was 1 complete week

( 7 days: Monday until Sunday inclusive);

COUNTIES FROM WHICH WE

HAVE RESPONSES FOR OUR

QUESTIONNAIRES

General Information

The survey was held among 33

teachers from 7 Romanian Counties. The age of the respondents varies. Almost all of them

belong to the 30 - 39 and 40 - 49 age groups.

The figure on the left shows the

work experience (years) of the

teachers who participated in the

survey.

The figure on the right illustrates

the level of qualification of the

responding teachers. It appears

clearly that 55% of them held a

Bachelor Degree and 27 % have a

Master Degree specialisation.

This figure indicates the type of

educational institution to which the

responding teachers belong to. So almost

67% of them work in secondary schools.

Primary schools teachers are less

represented in this survey.

The figure indicates which subject the

percentage of responding teachers

teaches at the educational institution

involved.

The sample has shown significant

difference of the experience regarding

the attendance of In Service

Trainings abroad.

Only 10 teachers attended such a

program abroad, 9 of the courses

attended only by 2 teachers.

The majority of the teachers that

attended this type of meetings have

only 1 attendance.

The figure shows that most of the teachers have attended either pedagogical workshops, exchanges of best

practices, either plenary sessions. A high number of the respondents has attended other type of events.

The importance for professional and

personal growth and development are

the most important criteria when

choosing training programs.

The figure shows that most of the teachers have for the most important aspects when choosing an IST are the EU

IST programmes and EU funds, followed by Working with students with disabilities. On the third area of interest

is the work with talented students.

Opinions on In Service training

Qualitative Part of the research

Most important aspects of an IST programme

• Time schedule and agenda – 11

• More practical work less theoretical – 11

• Applicability of information in real working environment – 8

• Competent lecturers – 7

• Exchange of experiences and best practices – 7

• Relevance for professional development - 7

• Training network – 5

• Relevance for personal development – 4

• Value of the course content – 4

• Clear objectives – 3

• Price – 3

• Online courses and digital materials – 3

Specific needs that should be addressed/satisfied

by the IST programme

• Exchange of good practices with professionals from other countries

• Use of ICT at school

• Up-to-date and innovative methods

• New methods in working with children with special needs

• Practicable knowledge and examples

• Development of partnerships and exchanges with schools in Europe

• Mediation of student-school-parent relation

• European founds projects writing and management

• School management

Ways in that the training programme should be

differentiated from other courses

• Up-to-date and applicable

• Training content based on the real life scenarios and needs

• ICT-supported

• Innovative

• Active participation

• Entertaining

• Internet-based or long distance training

• Trainer competencies and skills

• Relevance to the needs

• Acquisition of concrete methods and tools

• Diversity of participants

The importance of the aspects which might influence the selection of a training program by the teachers have been

scaled from 1 (very poor) to 5 (strong influence). An average among all answers has been done.

It appears that the most important aspects for selection are the training content, the validation and certification

and the training length. Some average influence is expressed regarding the training date and travel and access to

the course, as well as the lecturer’s CV, the social and cultural program which the training provider could offer

and the location of the training.

Optimum participant number in the course

The teachers have

different opinions, but the

media of the best number

of participants in a

training is

21.

Training activities or experiences preferred to be

engaged in

• Be able to do try-outs – 14 teachers

• Instructional activities for Professional development – 10 teachers

• Exchanges – 10 teachers

• Information technologies related to the subject area – 9 teachers

• Examples of education in different regions – 7 teachers

• Up-to-date – 7 teachers

• Training coaching – 5 teachers

• Be able to participate actively and having fun – 4 teachers

• Socio-cultural activities – 4 teachers

• Understanding Learners’ Psychology – 4 teachers

• Activities focus on EU projects – 4 teachers

• Effective learning – 4 teachers

• Motivating and encouraging – 3 teachers

• Activities that improve communication skills – 2 teachers

Opinions & comments about how the process regarding the activities of an in-service training

programme might have an effect on selection

PHASE I - Pre-training

• Well-designed training environment: 12 teacher

• Provide rich training content: 11 teachers

• Practical info: travel, training venue, date: 8 teachers

• Effective communication with participants: 9 teacher

• Needs assessment: 8 teachers

• Skilful and competent trainers: 5 teachers

• Prepared and well-equipped: 3 teachers

• Flexible for different learning cultures: 3 teacher

Opinions & comments about how the process regarding the activities of an IST programme might

have an effect on selection

PHASE II - Implementation of the Training

• Quality Training methods-techniques and programme syllabus: 15

teachers

• Entertaining, practicable: 10 teachers

• Training performance: 10 teachers

• Practical and theoretical contents: 11 teachers

• Educative contents: 7 teachers • The competence of the training institution: 5 teachers

• Intriguing: 1 teacher

• On line: 1 teacher

Opinions & comments about how the process regarding the activities of an IST programme might

have an effect on selection

PHASE III - Follow-up Activities

• The validity of training: 1 teacher

• Providing training materials: 8 teachers

• Applicable: 6 teachers

• Effective feedback: 7 teachers

• Monitoring and evaluating: 7 teachers

• Follow-up: 10 teachers