SOME COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES TO DEVELOP TEACHING
SOME COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES TO DEVELOP TEACHING

Summary/Abstract: ‘Learning from best educational practices’ is a phrase often heard when attending committee sessions at European Parliament. How to walk the talk is more seldom on the agenda. Fortunately valuable doors for schools, teachers and principals have been opened for exchanges and many other cross-cultural peer learning activities under the umbrella of EU funding. Networking internationally with colleagues is one of the most important forms of in-service training in todays interconnected world. For individual educators this vital method of learning is crucial, which again is beneficial in their teaching and contributes pupils’ learning. People with international experience are experts, valuable resource persons in their schools. In this article it is critiqued that seldom their expertise is put to good use when trying to improve the education system locally or nationally. One of the most acute handicaps to overcome in trying to modernize education sector are the bureaucratic models in which they have been cast. Professionalism and grass root skills are too often ignored. Some reasons why this may still be true are presented and a model for symmetric interaction in developing education is proposed.

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