ESHA Conference 1 April 2011

1. ESHA Conference1 April 2011 Internationalisation - quality and excellence in education Jindra Divis, European Platform - internationalising education

2. European Platform internationalising education • Information Centre on internationalisation for • Primary education • Secondary education • Teacher Training • Adult Education • National Agency for national and European Programs (Comenius, Grundtvig and Study Visits) • Expertisecentre internationalisation

3. Internationalisation - the phenomenon • Teachers, students – the happy few • The nation state • National policy, national interests, national education systems • 1960s/1970s • The quality question • Institutional and governmental policy • International organisations (OECD, CoE, UNESCO) • European Commission • 1990s • Internationalisation – the instrument to tackle ‘globalisation’

4. What is internationalisation in education? • Breaking through your own cultural barriers • Matter of mindset • Do we need it? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos

5. Internationalisation – what is it? • Activities • Student mobility • Staff mobility • Co-operation: from school partnerships to university consortia • Content • Languages • Curriculum • From CLIL and Elos to joint degrees • Internationalisation at home • Is that all?

6. Does it work? • Schools report, research confirms: • Improved skills of students • Enlarged knowledge about countries and cultures • Growing motivation and expertise of teachers • More parents’ participation

7. Does it work? • Schools report, research confirms: • Specific school profile (branding) • Internationalisation embedded in the curriculum, CLIL, ELOS in the Netherlands as the most successful innovation in the past thirty years • Internationalisation – instrument of quality and excellence: rich pedagogical environment

8. Internationalisation in schools • Menu: from starters to main dishes • Special day, guest speaker, language assistant • Projects • eTwinning, Study visits, finding partner schools • School partnerships • Exchange of staff and students • Embedding internationalisation in the curriculum

9. Internationalisation in the curriculumDutch examples • CLIL – Bilingual education (tto, vvto) • Vvto > 500 primary schools • Tto 121 secondary schools, 25.000 students • two primary aims: • increasing students' language proficiency • the development of an international awareness • 50% use of English in different subjects • European & International Orientation • Network & Certification process

10. Internationalisation in the curriculum Dutch examples • ELOS – education stretching borders • Dutch and European concept • 35 Dutch secondary schools, almost 300 schools in Europa • seeks to promote the European and international dimension in education • is about preparing young people for a future in a society in which European integration and globalization are a reality • strengthening the use of languages • international activities • Common Framework for Europe Competence: knowledge, skills and attitude

11. EC and education • No (or little) legal base • Promotion of quality and mobility • Teacher education, competences • Recognition of professional qualifications • 1980s: mobility programmes • Supporting major developments – Bologna and Copenhagen processes

12. EC and education • Lisbon strategy (2010) and EU 2020: education as crucial aspect of the knowledge economy • Main targets in education (knowledge) • 40% young people HE qualification • 20% mobility in education • < 10% early school leavers • 3% R&D • Flagships: • Youth on the move • Innovation Union • An agenda for new skills and new jobs

13. EC Educational programmes: Lifelong Learning programmes

14. Budget Breakdown of LLP

15. Budget Breakdown of LLP: € 6.9 B

16. Comenius aims • To develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures and languages and its values • To help young people to acquire the basic life-skills and competences necessary for their personal development, for future employment and for active European citizenship

17. What are the Comenius Actions? • Multilateral Projects Selection by European Commission • Comenius School Partnerships and Comenius Regio Partnerships Selection by National Agencies • Mobility of individuals: Individual Pupil Mobility, In-Service Training, Comenius Assistantships Selection by National Agencies • Comenius Networks Selection by European Commission

18. Multilateral Projects

19. Multilateral Projects • Development and transfer of innovationin • educational best practices • guidance for learners & teachers • new teacher training courses

20. Participants Partners from at least 3 participating countries, teacher training institutes, universities, associations, NGOs, etc. Duration up to3 years Grant max 300 000 €,(max. 75% co-financing of total eligible budget) Selection By the European Commission

21. Multilateral Projects School development, leadership and links with the world of work Development of approaches to teaching and learning Support to literacy and "transversal key competences“ Reducing early school leaving, improving the learning of students with migrant background and promoting gender equality and inclusive approaches to learning Call for Proposals 2011- Comenius priorities Multilateral Projects

22. Comenius Networks

23. What are the Comenius Networks for? • Improve education in a discipline or subject area • Facilitate cooperation between projects working on similar themes • Disseminating best practice • Content support and needs analysis

24. Participants all actors in the field of school education; min. 6 countries Duration up to 3 years Grant max. 150 000 €/year,(max. 75% co-financing of total eligible budget) Selection By the European Commission

25. Comenius Networks Support to entrepreneurship and links with the world of work Support to making science education more attractive Development of Pre-school and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) provision Development of Special Needs Education towards inclusion of all young people, in particular those with disabilities Call for Proposals 2011- Comenius priorities Networks

26. Tools • Survival Kit – Managing Multilateral Projects in the Lifelong Learning Programme • http://www.european-project-management.eu/ • Website EAC Executive Agency: • http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/index_en.php • Projectcompendia: • http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/results_projects/project_compendia_en.php

27. Tips • Succesful applicants know the art of aligning their original idea with the wording of the funding programme • Good applications are well readable texts • Project title and summary is like the project’s business card • Start writing the proposal a.s.a.p.!

28. Criteria • For Multilateral Projects in the Lifelong Learning Programme there are four types of criteria: • Eligibility criteria: http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call11/part1_en.pdf • Exclusion criteria:http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call11/part1_en.pdf • Selection criteria:http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc/call11/part1_en.pdf • Award criteria: http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/doc1943_en.htm

29. Thank you very much for your attention!