The most prominent programme focuses on teachers’ professional development. Teacher education is the focus of the Department for Teacher Training (dppd.ro), which actively contributes to (1) the design and implementation of the pre-service curriculum for student-teachers and (2) in-service training of teachers.
» More on www.dppd.ro (Romanian only)
The second department of the Institute for Education focuses on delineating the area of e-learning, identifying and promoting the pedagogical value of digital technologies for teaching and learning.
» More on www.elearning-forum.ro (Romanian only)
The newest department of the Institute focuses on curriculum development and evaluation.
More broadly,
the Institute’s specialists work in various areas of education, from teacher training to curriculum evaluation, carrying out services and providing expertise for students, teachers, teacher trainers, researchers, and decision makers, as well as for/ with a number of institutions including:
- Intel Corp. – Intel education programmes in Romania/ teacher training
- Universitatea din București – Facultatea de Psihologie și Științele Educației
- Universitatea Andrei Șaguna din Constanța
- SNSPA – Facultatea de Științe Politice
- Institutul de Științe ale Educației
- Casa Corpului Didactic Grigore Tăbăcaru, Bacău
- Casa Corpului Didactic Botoșani
- Lecturers Without Borders
- Save the Children International
- IEA – The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement