PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS

Directorate of National Education of Keçiören District, (established in 1984) is a public body and is responsible for formal and non-formal education in the Keçiören district. Keçiören is a large district in Ankara (second in Turkey) with a population of more than 900,000. The Directorate serves 327 schools, more than 10,000 teachers and 155,000 students. It has different departments for preschools, primary and secondary schools, special education, human resources, exams and Research and Development. The district has 12 standalone preschools, 57 primary schools (some include a preschool class), 53 lower secondary schools, 32 high schools,14 vocational and technical high schools (each with a range of vocational fields including child development and education). We have 2 schools for students with different types and levels of disabilities. In addition to schools, the Directorate is responsible for a Guidance and Research Center, a Center for Science and Arts and two lifelong learning centers. The Directorate carries out regular tasks related to its area of work including planning formal and non formal educational activities, supplying personnel and services for schools and institutions and supervising the activities. The Directorate also works for the professional development of teachers. We organize seminars, webinars and conferences to strengthen the profile of teachers and administrators.

Web site: www.kecioren.meb.gov.tr

The Telescoop is one of the 38 preschools from Scholengroep Brussel. In the group we are the only school who follows the Freinet Methodology. We are especially good in sports, interactive reading and didactics in Maths (Icebergs). interactive reading. A book is digitally scanned and the teacher starts working with the book in four sessions. We work on vocabulary development, predictive reading, story comprehension and children learn to ask specific questions. We experience contacts with parents as essential for the well-being and learning opportunities of our students. During our Mathematics lessons we work with concrete material, based on the living environment of children. We teach them to work independently and differentiate at a high level. The school team consists of 13 teachers and 4 teachers who take on additional support tasks. We deliver education to 140 children in Laeken, Brussels. The composition of our children, both in terms of origin, language and possibilities are very diverse.

Web site: GO! Freinet basisschool De Telescoop (bsdetelescoop.be)

Institute municipal public kindergarten "Breshia'' (JOUDG Breshia) has started working with the decision made by the local Community-Debar from 12.11.1969 and is under the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of North Macedonia. With more than 50 years experience in the Debar region populated with Albanians, Roma, Macedonians and Turks were also the groups of children mixed from the minorities of this region. The main building is located in Debar on street September 8. It is an educational institution with a capacity of 350 children's in kindergarten Breshia 1 and on Kolezija 2 with a capacity of 150 children's located in the second region of Debar. The third building from this garden has a group for early childhood development in the village Mogorche with 60 children. Together on the three buildings JOUDG Breshia has more than 500 kids all the year. Our institution has three buildings where we give preschool education and elementary schools to use for daily activities located in the center of Debar from 0 - 10 years old and part of the building is used for classes for "Social Center for a Stay of Children with Disabilities" where is a daily youth social center for children with special needs. The organization of education and preschool education in our society is of particular interest and is part of a unique system for education. These kinds of education thoroughly and systematically deal with the education of children’s. During the year, the realization of care work, training and education is maximized and rationally utilizing all the space in the facility which has the function intended for work with kids.

Web site: http://breshia.net/

Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, founded in 1958, formed the basis of Anadolu University. The Academy was replaced by Anadolu University in 1982, which has gained a well-deserved place as a modern, dynamic and innovative institution among the largest universities not only in Turkey, but also in the world. Situated in the center of Eskişehir, which is well-known as a city of science, culture and youth, its campus houses 12 faculties (undergraduate level) - three of which offer distance education, 3 applied schools – one of which is of music and drama, 2 vocational schools (associate level), 6 graduate schools – four of which are graduate and postgraduate level, and 30 research centers. Anadolu University has been a pioneering institution on many fronts. Most important of these is the success of implementing the distance education system. Today, the total number of students of the three distance education faculties is over 3 million. The success in the development of this system has been taken as a model by many institutions in various countries.

A total of 2,539 academic staff and 1,692 administrative staff are employed by Anadolu University. As a dual-mode university, the student body is 3,211,489 strong, with 39,577 oncampus students and 3,170,622 off-campus students (Distance education). Of the 3,170,622 off-campus students, 1,193,802 active students renewed their enrollment, while 1,976,820 passive students did not renew their enrollment yet reserved their right to do so. Since 1982, the total number of students to have graduated from Anadolu University distance education system is around 2.8 million. In its departments equipped with cutting-edge technology, Anadolu University with its faculty who strive to be the best in their field and devote all of their time to their students have been working hard to prepare their students to be the best in its creative and dynamic learning settings. On its safe and modern campus, a student has access to almost all of the facilities that they might need. The main library, where students can reach more than 315.000 print resources as well as many e-resources, is open for 24/7, including holidays. We take pride in our university because it follows technological and scientific developments, educates proactive individuals who will shape the future, and focuses on lifelong learning with an endeavour to include the entire population in the process of learning by embracing the world.

Web site: www.anadolu.edu.tr/en

GO! Scholengroep Brussel is one of the 26 major school groups of the Flemish Community Education system (GO!). We manage all GO! Education institutions in the Brussels-Capital Region, consisting of 33 nurseries, 38 pre-school kindergartens and primary schools (amongst which 1 UNESCO school), 17 secondary schools (general and vocational training, including also 2 UNESCO schools), 5 part-time art schools, 2 centres for adult education, 3 boarding schools and 1 pupils guidance centre. We have about 3.200 staff members and 23.800 pupils. The school group is managed by a general manager, a board of directors and a board of headmasters. GO! Scholengroep Brussel supports all of our (over 60) schools in Brussels in administrative, financial, infrastructural and human resource matters in order for them to be able to focus on their educational task. However, it is the school group that has the real management in hands, which means that we set out the policies and guidelines for all our schools. Over the years we have set up a variety of umbrella projects on different topics: equal opportunities in education, critical thinking, digitalisation, VET, CLIL etc. These projects help us develop forward-looking policies and enhance the quality of our education. Through our quality system, we make sure to disseminate new approaches, good practices, innovative insights and EU priorities to all educational institutions and help them implement these through our educational policies and in line with their own school vision and policy. The pedagogical services of GO! offer support on-the-job for teachers and guidance on management level. These services also include in-service training and pedagogic counselling. Quality comes first, and we therefore invest in strengthening the competences and 21st century skills not only of our pupils but also of our teachers and other staff. As a part of the Flemish Community Education, GO! Scholengroep Brussel endorses the project for Teaching and Learning (Pedagogic Project of GO!) which fosters full personal development, social responsibility and mutual respect and understanding. We intend to achieve this by organising diversified education with a broad-based interest in cultural events, both at home and abroad. This approach will stimulate learners to reflect objectively and consciously about their actions. GO! Scholengroep Brussel is bound to adhere to a neutral and respectful attitude towards the philosophical, ideological and religious beliefs of pupils and parents. It allows pupils either to attend lessons in moral ethics or one of the following religions: Roman, Catholic, Islamic, Jewish, Anglican, Orthodox or Protestant. Educating youngsters on how to cope with this diversity gives our teaching activities added value. Therefore, we consider social mix as a duty and promote active citizenship and participation through projects, integrated working periods, world education, cultural events and pupils’ councils.

Web site: www.scholengroepbrussel.be

The University of Salamanca, founded in 1218 and one of the oldest Universities in Europe, is today a modern European University, open to the culture of practically every branch of teaching. Currently, the University of Salamanca teaches first and second cycle undergraduate degrees to almost 28.000 students, in addition to nearly 3.000 students of Doctorate and Master degrees. With more than 3.000 researchers, who make up 70 departments, 26 Faculties and Schools, 18 institutes and other research units belonging to the social, biomedical, human, experimental and formal sciences, it stands out as one of the main public research organizations in Spain. The quality of its human resources, the size of its facilities and the range of up-to-date instruments and equipment help to guarantee the quality of a vast scientific and technological organisation at the service of society. The University of Salamanca supports the Research and Development activities of its scientific community, public institutions and industry, by means of a set of scientific and technological consulting resources: a network of institutes, a European Research Projects Office, a Technology Transfer Office (OTRI) and several Central Management Services. Its strong engagement in international collaborations is documented both in the cooperation agreements in force with over 300 institutions around the world and in the participation of its researchers in several international projects, in particular under the European Programmes, where the university has acted in a wide range of profiles (coordinator, contractor, associated contractor, member, host institution…). Since 2009, the University of Salamanca has been recognised as Campus of International Excellence (http://cei.usal.es/en) by the Spanish Government considering its high quality and excellence in teaching, training, researching activities and academic life.

Web site: www.usal.es

Keçiören Kalaba Kindergarten is a public preschool founded in 2011 and located in Ankara. It is in central location of town center. The school has 3 floors. It has facilities such as a multi-purpose hall, dining hall, mental games class and a library. School offers counselling services and provides support for students with special education needs. It has a director, one vice principal, a psychological counselor, 12 preschool teachers, a cook, a chef assistant, 2 officers and 6 staff in our school. We have around 250 students. We follow the curriculum provided by the Ministry of Education. Our school aims to provide students with extensive extracurricular activities. The garden is quite large with 3 sections: a playground, a park and a nature workshop. We have an agricultural garden, pet and poultry shelters in this area. We carry out various workshops here such as producing in a greenhouse, gardening skills, poultry and pet care skills and outside design workshops. Last year, we did an eTwinning project on recycling and produced compost for our school garden.

Web site: kalabaanaokulu.meb.k12.tr

Pedagogical-Psychological Counselling Centre STEP (Centre STEP) is a private institution providing psychological and special-educational services. We are registered as an educational facility with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. All our results, reports and recommendations have the same legal validity as that of a government pedagogicalpsychological counselling centre (the vast majority of psychological counselling centres are public). Our core team consists of 23 experts and 6 back office team members. We also have a large network of experts we collaborate on specific projects. Our counselling activities For pre-schoolers: diagnostics and support of school readiness, educational problems, preschool courses, online preparation. For school children: evaluation and correction of learning disabilities, career orientation, remedial classes. For families: family therapy, individual consultations concerning behavioural problems. For schools: peer-group programs, seminars and workshops for teachers. Academic collaboration We collaborate with many Czech universities (Charles University Prague, Masaryk University Brno, University Hradec Králové) and our experts are involved in many innovative projects (e.g. Dr Pekarkova in the project of Computational thinking in preschool education). We also support students when organising workshops, inviting them to the network of kindergartens or offering them the opportunities of internships. An important part of our academic collaboration is the logistic support (diagnostic tools, mobile touch screen devices) and academic supervision of their theses. Currently, we support 4 students, two from Charles University Prague, one from University in Usti nad Labem and one from Masaryk University in Brno. All works are researching the topics in the area of preschool education.

 

Web site: www.ppporadna.cz