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Early Change Project Partners Project Activities

Early Change Project

EARLY CHANGE WORKSHOP – PROGRAM

Work Plan

Aims of the project

Aims
Three are the basic aims of this project:
(i) The first is the enhancement of the professional development of early educators,
(ii) The second is the implementation of ICT’s in the training of early educators from 6 E.U countries, and (iii) the third is the evaluation of the early
childhood education environments of these countries.

Objectives
(i) Professional development:
(a) One objective has to do with the acquisition from early educators of skills to work as trained assessors of Early Childhood Education Environments through their participation in the training phases of the project.
(b) Another objective is the development of self-assessment skills through the the implementation of the ECERS-R scale in their own classrooms.

(ii) Implementation of ICTs in the training of early educators:
(a) One objective is the enhancement of the e-literacy of early educators through the constant use of the web-based platform in the whole project.
(b) Another objective is the effective communication, support and feedback of early educators from the academic staff through the synchronous and asynchronous use of the website and the web-based platform.

(iii) Evaluation of early childhood education environments:
(a) One objective of the project is the collection of empirical data for the assessment of the structural quality and process quality of educational care and pre-primary settings for toddlers and preschoolers. These data will be collected by the participating early educators during the training phase II.
(b) Another objective is the comparison of the quality of early childhood education environments across six different educational systems by processing the selected data using advanced statistical analyses.
(c) A final objective is the recording of a wide range of ‘best practices’ implemented in early childhood classrooms in the participating countries. These data will be collected from the early educators during the training phase II, with the usage of an observation tool.

Project description

This proposal will contribute to the professional development of early educators (approximately 120) from 6 countries (Greece, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Cyprus) who will be trained in using the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-R (ECERS-R) that evaluates the quality of early childhood environment. These educators will acquire the skills to work as assessors in using ECERS-R and develop skills for an effective self-evaluation.

This proposal will also combine the professional development of educators with the implementation of ICTs with the use of a web-platform with synchronous and asynchronous sessions, thus enhancing their e-literacy skills. The web-platform and the web-site of the project, even after its completion, both in English, will provide opportunities for further communication and cooperation among educators.

Early educators from 9 educational districts and academics from 9 Universities will participate. The academics will be responsible for the training of educators, based on a well-developed training package, created for the needs of this project. This package will also contain the translated ECERS-R scale and its user’s manual in Greeks, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish & Romanian. This process will enhance trainers’ experience concerning the evaluation of early childhood environments, will widen their expertise in several dimensions of teachers and will enable academics to implement this training to other early educators.

An innovative output will be an interactive e-book, containing:(a) The comparative study concerning the quality of the 6 early childhood educational systems, and (b) A wide range of “Good Practices” for educators. Both outputs constitute an innovative action towards the improvement of early education across Europe. International academic and educational community will benefit from all products of this project (workshops, scientific papers, presentations, etc.), which will be available on the project’s web-site.

Target groups

Evaluation

Partners

Greece

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki

Evridiki ZachopoulouNikos PsarrasZoi Tziortzioti

Evridiki Zachopoulou, Ph.D.

She is a Professor in Music and Movement Education in the Department of Early Childhood Care & Education, Faculty of Health and Medical Care at the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (Greece). She teaches in this Department since 2003, when she was elected to the position of Associate Professor. She began her academic career at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of Democritus University of Thrace, where she was Lecturer from 1999 to 2003. She has published over 40 papers in international scientific journals covering the topics of the implementation of intervention movement programs for preschool aged children and their effects on children’s development, evaluation of the quality of early childhood education and creativity in teaching and the creative child. She has more than 75 presentations at World Conferences, and she was participated in a number of National and European Transnational Projects. She has also organized in-service training seminars for early childhood educations and physical educators in various European countries.

E-mail: ezachopo@bc.teithe.gr

Personal web-site address: http://www.bc.teithe.gr/Zachopoulou

Nikos Psarras CV

Zoi Tziortzioti CV

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Athanasios Gregoriadis

Athanasios Gregoriadis, Ph.D.

Athanasios Gregoriadis is a Lecturer of Early Childhood Education at the Department of Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, inGreece. His research focuses on various early childhood themes such as: teacher-child relationships, peer rejection, early childhood curriculum, sociometry and the evaluation of early childhood environments. He teaches courses both in Bachelor and Master’s Degrees and he is in charge for the practicum of the pre-service early educators in his university. He is also a scientific advisor in the Experimental He has participated and is currently participating as a coordinator and key staff member in 4 funded international and national research projects during the last seven years. He has published over 15 research papers in peer review international journals, and he is a member of the American Educational Research Association.

E-mail: asis@nured.auth.gr

Personal website address: http://auth.academia.edu/AthanasiosGregoriadis

University of Crete

Vasilios Grammatikopoulos

He is a Lecturer in Educational Evaluation at the University of Crete, Department of Preschool Education, Greece. In the past, he was a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Liverpool Hope University, UK and University of Macedonia, Greece. He was also an Academic Scholar at the University of Thessaly, Greece for nine years. He has participated in nine funded national and international research projects during the last 13 years, and his main research interests are: educational evaluation, early childhood education evaluation, physical activity in early childhood education. He has published over 20 research papers in peer reviewed international journals and is a member of the American Evaluation Association and American Educational Research Association.

E-mail: gramvas@edc.uoc.gr

Personal web-site address: http://crete.academia.edu/VasilisGrammatikopoulos

Educational District of Primary Education of East Thessaloniki

Municipality of Kalamaria

Portugal

Porto University

Teresa LealAna Madalena Gamelas

Teresa Leal CV

Ana Madalena Gamelas is an Educational Psychologist who developed her Education at the Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education in the University of Porto. Here she got a Master and a Doctoral degrees in Psychology of Child Development and Education. She is an Assistant Lecturer in the Special Education Department at the School of Education – Polytechnic Institute of Porto, teaching courses both in Bachelor and Master’s Degrees. She is a researcher, PhD, at the Centre of Psychology of Oporto University, where she has been participating, since 1992, in different European and national research projects. During the period 1994-2006 she worked directly, as an Educational Psychologist, with children and their families, and preschool institutions. Since 2002 she has organized and teached several in service-training courses on preschool quality environment (namely ECERS-R training), emergent literacy and social skills in educational settings. Ana Gamelas is one of the translators of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition, into Portuguese (published in 2008). She has presented her work on preschool education nationally and internationally. Her main research interests are: inclusive education; quality dimensions in childcare education; teachers’ beliefs on school/classroom practices; literacy development; mixed methodology and Q methodology.

E-mail: agamelas@ese.ipp.pt

Polytechnic Institute of Porto

Sílvia Araújo de BarrosMaria Manuela Pessanha de Brito e Nóbrega

She is a Lecturer in the scientific area of Psychology at the School of Education – Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Teaches courses both in Bachelor and Master’s Degrees. Is a member of the scientific coordination of the Master in Social Education and Intervention. Is responsible for a Continuing Education Programme (i.e., Lifelong Education) for preschool teachers. She is a researcher, PhD, at the Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto. Is one of the translators of the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition, into Portuguese (in press). Previously, had a research fellowship (PhD) from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), with the doctoral project Child Care Quality: Ideas and Practices, at the University of Porto (2002-2006); was a student participant in the Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Early Intervention (2003-2004), funded by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, with attendance of three intensive institutes [(1) Mälardalen University, Sweden; (2) University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, USA; and (3) Porto University, Portugal]; and had a Professional Internship and Research Fellowship in a project developed by the Center of Psychology at the University of Porto. Participated on the organization of the 2009 ECERS’s meeting and of the Porto Intensive Summer Institute – Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Early Intervention (2004). Has been publishing nationally and internationally.

E-mail: silviabarros@ese.ipp.pt

Maria Manuela Pessanha de Brito e Nóbrega

She is a Professor in the scientific area of Psychology at the School of Education – Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Teaches courses both in Bachelor and Master’s Degrees. Is the Coordinator of the scientific area of Psychology and member of the scientific council at the School of Education – Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Is responsible for a Continuing Education Programme (i.e., Lifelong Education) for preschool teachers. Between 2000 and 2004, she has participated, as a PhD student at the Psychology Centre – University of Porto, in the project entitled “The quality of child interactions in family and day care centre and its impact in child sociocognitive development”, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (POCTI/PSI/35207/2000, and between 2005 and 2008, she has participated, as a researcher, PhD, at the Psychology Centre – University of Porto, in the project entitled “Longitudinal Study of Children’s Engagement and Adaptation” funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (POCI/PSI/58712/2004). Is one of the translators of the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition, into Portuguese (in press). Has been publishing nationally and internationally.

E-mail:Pessanha@ese.ipp.pt

Agrupamento Escolas do Pinheiro

Agrupamento Escolas do Valadares

Finland

University of Jyvaskyla

Jarmo Olavi LiukkonenRaija RaittilaKatri Takala

Date of birth 12.03.1956

Education
PhD, Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä 1998; Main subject: Sport psychology
Docent in Pedagogy 2005 (Specific field: Physical education)
Docent in Sport Psychology 2000 (Specific field: Physical activity and psychological well-being)
Licentiate in Sport Pedagogy 1994 (Sport Pedagogy) (Nuorisovalmentaja kasvattajana ja opettajana – Valmennustoiminnan pedagoginen analyysi [Title: Youth sport coach as educator and instructor - Pedagogical analysis of coaching behaviours]
Master in Sport Sciences 1982 (Sport Pedagogy)
Laudatur (master level) studies in Health Sciences
Cum laude (Bachelor) studies in Psychology (incl. master thesis)

Current position
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Sport Sciences, Professor of Sport Pedagogy
Major previous professional appointments
Physical Education teacher in Vantaa and Espoo 1980-1988
Manager of the Psychological Training Center, Sports Institute Kisakeskus 1990-1992
Researcher/Sport Pedagogy in the LIKES Research Center and University of Jyväskylä 1988-1989,
1992-2000, 2004-2006
Manager of Likes Occupational Wellbeing Services (Likestep Oy) 2000-2002
Lecturer/University of Jyväskylä 2002-2003
Senior Departmental Researcher (yliassistentti), Sport Pedagogy/University of Jyväskylä 2003-2006

Major grants
Research grants for Sport Pedagogy Studies:
1988 Ministry of Education 18 000 FIM
1989 Ministry of Education 147 000 FIM
1990 – 1991 Ministry of Education 92 000 FIM
1993 – 1994 University of Jyväskylä (Rector’s researcher grant for full-time PhD studies)
2005 – 2007 EU-Comenius (action 2.1; Early Steps preschool PE curriculum Project) 18 217 €
2006 Peurunka Foundation/University of Jyväskylä (JYPE) 3 000 €
2007 – 2008 Peurunka Foundation/ University of Jyväskylä (JYPE) 11 000 €
2007 – 2009 Ministry of Education 75 000 €
2007 Urheiluopistosäätiö (Sport Institute Foundation) 10 000 €
2009 Urheiluopistosäätiö (Sport Institute Foundation) 5 000 €
2010 Urheiluopistosäätiö (Sport Institute Foundation) 3 000 €

Research grants for doctoral students under supervision
2011 University of Jyväskylä (Arto Gråsten annual salary)
2007 – 2009 Ministry of Education (Sami Kalaja 3 x 30 000 €)
2007 – 2009 Ministry of education (Sami Yli-Piipari 3 x 25 000 €)
2008 – 2009 (Kaivo Thomson 43 000 € + 35 000 €)

Grants to the Department of Sport Sciences (having personal key role)
2007 Ministry of Education grant (to the MBRU) for organizing the International Motor Behaviour Congress 16 000€
2007 – 2009 University of Jyväskylä Foundation of Motor Behaviour Research Unit 150 000 €
2008 Ministry of Education grant (to the MBRU) for organizing the International Motor Behaviour Congress (Jyväskylä)
2009 Ministry of Education grant to organize the International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity of Children and Youth (www.icepa.fi; Vuokatti 7.-9.4.2010)
2012 Ministry of Education grant to organize the International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skilla (www.icepa.fi; Jyväskylä 1.-3.11.2012)

Scientific projects to lead
The head of “Students functional capasity -project. The financial support comes from Ministry of Education and Culture, years 2010-2011 (60 000€ + 140 000€).
The head of Research in the “Sotkamo – moving municipality” –project. The financial support comes from European Unity and the Ministry of Education and Culture, years 2010-2011 (40 000€).

Major memberships in scientific and academic societies
Managing Council member of the European Federation of Sport Psychology 1991 – 2003
Managing Council member of the Finnish Association of Sport Psychology 1989 – 2008 (President during several phases)

Jarmo Liukkonen web-site address

Curriculum vitae

Raija Raittila

Doctor of Education 23.4.2008
University of Jyväskylä
Major subject: Education
Secondary subjects: Sociology, Psychology
Doctoral Theses: Retkellä. Lasten ja kaupunkiympäristön kohtaaminen [Making a visit. Encounters between children and urban environment]
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Leena Alanen and Prof. Dr. Helena Rasku-Puttonen, University of Jyväskylä

Current position
Lecturer, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Education, Early Childhood Education 1.8.2006–

Previous professional appointments

Kindergarten teacher, City of Jyväskylä 1981–1990

Teacher, College of Early Childhood Education, Jyväskylä 1990–1995

Teacher, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Early Childhood Education 1995–2003

Research Assistant, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Early Childhood Education 2003–2006

Senior assistant, University of Jyväskylä, Department of Educational Sciences, Early Childhood Education 1.9.2009-31.12.2009

Other academic and professional activities
Vice member of the Ethics committee of University of Jyväskylä 1.1.2009–
Member of EECERA SIG group Children’s perspective

Supervisor for two doctoral dissertations 2011-

Supervisor for Master’s theses 2007-
16 Master’s thesis ready
16 Master’s thesis under way

Visits abroad

Teaching visit, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 28.4.–5.5.2004

Personal www-page
City of Jyvaskyla day care www-page

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname	Takala
First names	Katri Takala
Date of birth	09.03.1967
Gender	Female
Nationality	Finnish
Marital status	Married
Address	Kivirinteentie 5, 88610 Vuokatti
E-mail	katri.takala@kajak.fi
GSM (work)	+ 358 44 7101625
GSM (home)	+ 358 44 5599309

EDUCATION

2004-	Further Education (Doctoral Thesis, major in Sport Pedagogy)
2011	Licenciate of Physical Education (major in Sport Pedagogy), Jyväskylä University
30.5.1993	Master of Physical Education (major in Sport Pedagogy), Jyväskylä University
30.5.1986	Upper Secondary School Graduate (matriculation examinations), Vuohenki Upper Secondary School, Kajaani, Finland

WORK EXPERIENCE

2005 – today Head of the Degree Program in Sport and Leisure Management, International coordinator, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
2004 − 2005 Education Planner, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
2001 – 2004 Lecturer in Physical Education, University of Oulu, Kajaani
1995 – 2001 Lector in Physical Education, Kajaani-Institute
1994 – 1995 Lector in Physical Education, Kajaani Upper Secondaty School (Linna)
1993-1994 Lector in Physical Education, Kuortane Sport Institute

PUBLICATIONS

Takala, K. 2004. Kaikki linnut lentämään – päivittäinen liikuntakasvatusohjelma alle 4-vuotiaille, Oulun yliopisto, Kajaanin Opettajainkoulutusyksikkö.

Takala, K., Kokkonen, M., Liukkonen, J. 2006. Observational Analysis of 3˗4-year-old Children`s Socioemotional Skills during PE lessons in Kindergarten. AIESEP World Congress, 5-8 July 2006, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Takala, K., Kokkonen, M. & Liukkonen, J. 2009. Päiväkotilasten sosioemotionaalisten taitojen kehittäminen liikuntatuokioiden avulla. (The Development of Preschool Children’s Socio-
emotional Skills through Physical Exercise Sessions). Liikunta ja tiede 46 (1), 22˗29.

Takala, K., Oikarinen, A., Kokkonen, M., Liukkonen, J. 2010. The Development of Preschool Children’s Socio-emotional Skills through Physical Exercise Sessions. International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity, 7-9 April 2010, Vuokatti, Finland.

Takala, K., Oikarinen, A., Kokkonen, M. & Liukkonen, J. 2011. Päiväkotilasten sosioemotionaalisia taitoja liikuntatuokioilla edistävät tekijät varhaiskasvattajien kokemana. (Factors Promoting Preschool Children’s Socioemotional Skills as Experienced by Preschool Teachers). Kasvatus 42 (1), 69˗80.

Takala, K., Oikarinen, A., Kokkonen, M. & Liukkonen, J. 2011. Päiväkotilasten sosioemotionaalisia taitoja liikuntatuokioilla edistävät tekijät varhaiskasvattajien kokemana. (The Development of Preschool Children’s Socio-emotional Skills through Physical Exercise Sessions). Pohjois-Suomen Hoitotiedepäivät 24.11.2011, Kajaani, Finland.

Takala. K., Oikarinen, A., Kokkonen, M. & Liukkonen, J. 2011. Sosioemotionaalisia taitoja kehittävän liikuntaintervention ilmapiiri päiväkodeissa. (Climate during a Physical Education Intervention Aimed at Development of Socioemotional Skills in Day Care Centers). Liikunta ja tiede 48 (6), 40-45.

The Development of Preschool Children’s Socioemotional Skills through Physical Exercise Sessions. 2011. Licenciate Thesis of Sport Pedagogy. University of Jyväskylä.

City of Jyvaskyla, Social & Health Department

City of Kajaani, Department of Education

Cyprus

Romania

University of Bucharest

Laura Elena CiolanAnca PetrescuCamelia RadulescuRomita Iucu

Laura Elena Ciolan Ph.D.

Laura Ciolan is a Senior Lecturer at the Department for Teacher Training, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Bucharest). She is especially involved in the study programs for preparation of future kindergarten and primary school teachers, delivering courses and undertaking research activities in the following disciplines: Early Cildhood Education, Classroom / educational group management, Pedagogy of play / Play management etc.

Laura is also invoved in different research and development project related to teacher education, one of the most importnat currently being called Good start for schooling. She is coordinating practical training of students outside university (in kindergartens and primary schools) and she is involved in teaching activities at Master level.

E-mail: laurcupi@yahoo.com

Anca Petrescu Ph.D.

Anca Petrescu is a graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Philology College (Romanian-French Department), at the University of Bucharest, and from October 2008 until September 2011 she was a Ph.D. candidate in the Sciences of Education. Since 2006 she has been serving as an university assistant professor within the Departament for Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education in Bucharest, teaching seminars of French Language, Romanian Literature, Methodology of language learning activities in the preschool education and the Methodology of Romanian language and literature in the primary education. Since 2002 till now, she has attended national and international conferences, various traineeships in the country and abroad, publishing two textbooks for the French Language, as well as a series of articles and studies in professional magazines and in the bulletins/copybooks of some major scientific events. In May 2009, she was a member of the team that organized the ENTEP European Conferences – Quality Assurance in Teachers Continuing Professional Development – Priorities and Perspectives.

Her doctoral thesis is focused on a topic of great interest debate at present – Training of the foreign languages teachers in the Romanian primary and preschool education, paying attention to the changes of paradigm occurred in terms of the professionalisation of this category of teachers.

Camelia Radulescu Ph.D.

Camelia Radulescu is currently a lecturer at the University of Bucharest, in the Department for Teacher Education, specialised in foreign language education and literature for children. She obtained her MA in English Language Studies and Methods at the University of Warwick (UK) and her PhD in Teacher Education at the University of Nottingham (UK). Her research interests lie with reflective processes involved in teacher learning and systematic approaches to reflective teaching. She has been involved in various project related to blended learning and integrated approaches to teaching as well as early education and successful school start. She has published a volume on Issues of Professional Development Based on Reflective Processes in Initial Teacher Education in Romania and many research articles in specialised journals and conference Proceedia on second language learning and teacher education.

Romita Iucu Ph.D.

Romita Iucu is the Vice Rector of University of Bucharest. He is a Professor of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. He studied at theUniversityofBucharest, “Freie Universität” ofBerlinandUniversityofLausanne. He was appointed in 2000 Deputy General Director at the Ministry of Education, in 1998 Director of the Teacher Education College, vice-dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and started with 2004, Vice-Rector of the University of Bucharest. At the European level he has been member of the EU Group “Improving the Quality for Teachers and Trainers” (2002-2005), member of Cluster Teachers and Trainers and since 2006 is member of ENTEP and since October 2010 is ENTEP Coordinator.

His research interests are Teacher Education, Educational Policies, Classroom Management and Higher Education – policies and practices.

E-mail: iucu@unibuc.eu

Municipal of Bucharest, sector I

Municipal of Bucharest, sector II

Denmark

University College Zealand

Lise Sanders OlesenAxel Andreas Claus Henriksen

She is Associate Professor at the University College of Sealand. Her domains of specialization are: a) Professional development of early childhood educators and b) Applications for Early Childhood Education. She participated in the following projects:

Leonardo project 2006 à 2008 withPoland,France, Lithuania Responsible for Danish partner with filing reports.
Developing International semester “Youth with social difficulties and at risk of social exclusion” 2007
IP project withFinland,Germany,England,Poland,Slovenia, Slovakia 2010 and 2011.
Several exchange periods all overEuropeand overseas. Topics containing amongst others: Quality in elderly care inDenmark. Gender equality at the labor marked, education and in families. The inner force of music, how music influence our culture, social skills, communication skills and personality

She was invited as a Guest speaker at a European poverty conference inBrusselsin October 2010.

E-mail address : lio@ucsj.dk

Associate Professor, University College Zealand, Denmark, www.ucsj.dk
Email: che@ucsj.dk
Telephone: 7248 2817 (website will follow)

CV:

Born 27th of January 1954

Bachelor, Pre-school Teacher, 1976

Working as a Pedagogue, 1976 to 1985

Working as a headmaster of Kindergartens from 1985 – 2000

Project leader at a cross professional/institutional/municipality quality development project under the social ministry 1998 – 2001

Master Programme, 2001 on a thesis on Learning in Kindergartens

Associate professor, 2005

2008 – 2011: Teaching learning and evaluation for pre-school-teachers in Kindergartens and pedagogues in institutions for children aged 6-12 (For children who attend schools)

Part of a team that is responsible for evaluation on university level (University Colleges)

Completing courses in evaluation tied to praxis development in schools and kindergartens for school leaders and staff in 2009/2010 in Holbæk and Slagelse municipalities.

Courses for leaders of early childhood leaders in pedagogic, quality development in Næstved municipality at diploma level

Developing International semester “Youth with social difficulties and at risk of social exclusion”

Publications in Danish:

Kend dig selv og dine samarbejdspartnere (1997) I: Nyhedsbrev fra Socialministeriet nr. 5, Socialministeriets kvalitetsprogram.
Læring i børnehaven, belyst ud fra Niklas Luhmanns operative konstruktivisme (2000). Kandidatopgave/speciale ved Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet.
Jens Sigsgaard – en børnehavepioner (2001). I: Ni pionerer i dansk pædagogisk historie. Dansk Pædagogisk samling.
Musik i en kulturorienteret didaktik (2006). I: Vera nr. 36 2006.
Pædagogisk udviklingsarbejde, en mulighed for faglig fordybelse og fornyels (2009) I: Borup, Johan (red): Se nuet og gør noget ved det. University College Sjælland, CFV

Working on articles in Danish, 2012:
”Hvilke problemer og muligheder kan, set fra et underviserperspektiv, identificeres i forhold til øget professionsrettethed og aftagernes øgede og mere formelle inddragelse i bachelorprojekterne?” Articel in a Book.
”Jens Sigsgaard og uddannelserne” Article in ”Socialpedagogy”

Guldborgsund municipality

Project Activities

Meetings

Final meeting of ‘Early Change’ project

Final meeting of the ‘Early Change’ project

The final meeting of the EARLY CHANGE project was held on 23^rd and 24^th of January 2014 in Thessaloniki (Greece). The participants were 10 academics from the nine Universities – partners of the project.

The agenda of the meeting included the following topics:

Work-packages and deliverables that were completed till the time of the final meeting
Report from each partner-country describing the implementation and the benefits of the project’s implementation
Methods of data processing
Issues about the organization of the ‘Early Change Workshop’ which took place in Thessaloniki, on 25^th of January 2014
Future dissemination activities
Financial issues
Preparation of the E-book, allocation of tasks
Future deadlines and preparation of the Final Report

Dr. Zachopoulou, the coordinator of the project, presented the work-packages and the deliverables that were completed from the beginning of the project till the time of the final meeting. She also presented the dissemination actions for the same period of the project. These actions included the participation in eight International and European Conferences, where project’s results were presented. Additionally, the dissemination actions also include the following publications: in the ‘The International Journal for Innovation and Quality in Learning, and in the Proceedings of ICERI 2013 Conference (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation). During the meeting, the partners took decisions about the future dissemination activities, along with future deadlines which linked with the preparation of the Final Report of the project. Dr. Zachopoulou also discussed extensively with all partners various topics related to the financial management of the project.

Dr. Gregoriadis, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), presented the structure of the E-book, and allocation of tasks were discussed. Dr. Liukkonen, from University of Jyvaskyla (Finland), presented the data which were collected by each country, and discussed with the partners the methods to analyze and present them. Finally, one representative from each country made a 15 – min presentation, describing specificities of the project’s implementation in each country, difficulties during the use the evaluation scales, and the different reflections from the participated early educators.

2nd meeting of the ‘Early Change’ project

The second meeting of the EARLY CHANGE project was held on 2nd and 3rd of September 2012 in Porto (Portugal). The participants were 12 academics from the eight Universities -partners of the project.

The agenda of the meeting included the following topics:
(a) the dissemination actions that were implemented til the time of the 2nd meeting,
(b) various issues regarding the translation and selection phases for each country,
c) the program for the training seminars in each country, the training requirements and training procedure issues,
d) financial issues,
e) time planning of the project, future deadlines and the next steps.

Dr. Zachopoulou, the coordinator of the project, presented the dissemination actions and the activities that were concluded the period from the first meeting till the second meeting. These actions included the participation in the International ECERS Meeting 2012 (Berlin, May 2012) and the participation in the EECERA 2012 Conference (Porto, August 2012) through a self-organized symposium entitled ‘Early Change: A cross-national project of early childhood education quality’. Dr. Zachopoulou also discussed extensively with all partners various topics related to the financial management of the project.

Dr. Grammatikopoulos, from University of Crete (Greece), and Dr. Gregoriadis, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), presented during the meeting, the detailed program, the content and the practical issues concerning the Training Seminars for early educators in each country. An All partners discussed thoroughly the details and the modifications necessary for the Training Schedule in each country. The partners from Porto University and from Polytechnic Institute of Porto presented their contribution in the Training Seminars. The last topic of this meeting focused in the preparation of the Progress Report of ‘Early Change’ project.

The hosting partners were Dr. Teresa Leal from Porto University, Dr. Ana Gamelas and Dr. Manuela Pessanha from Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Except from the hosting partners, the coordinator and the partners from Greece (Dr. Grammatikopoulos and Dr. Gregoriadis), the other participants Dr. Jarmo Liukkonen and Dr. Raija Raittila from Jyvaskyla University (Finland), Dr. Eleni Loizou from University of Cyprus, Claus Henriksen from University College Zealand (Denmark), and Anca Petrescu and Camelia Radulescu from University of Bucharest (Romania).

Kick off Meeting in Brussels

Dr. Vasilis Grammatikopoulos on behalf of the Early Change project attended the kick-off meeting for Comenius, ICT and Languages Projects held on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February 2012, in Brussels, Belgium.

Valuable information and guidelines about project management were presented by the officials of EACEA. Moreover, networking opportunities with colleagues across different actions were revealed. We are currently discussing with several colleagues involving in relevant projects or
networks in order to find ways to cooperate with each other something that could be most beneficial.

The presentations of the meeting can be found in the following link

1st meeting of the ‘Early Change’ project, Thessaloniki, Greece

The first meeting of the EARLY CHANGE project was held on 3^rd and 4^th of February 2011 in Thessaloniki. 12 academics from eight Universities -partners of the project, participated in the meeting.

The issues discussed during the meeting were:

(a) Time-planning of the whole project, with detailed reference to each phase of the project,

(b) Allocation of tasks and issues concerning the administrative and the financial management.

Dr. Zachopoulou, the coordinator of the project, presented the work plan with detailed description of the activities and the outputs of each phase of the project. The deadlines for each deliverable were set, and financial and management issues were discussed in details with the partners. Dr. Grammatikopoulos, from University of Crete (Greece), and Dr. Gregoriadis, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), presented during the meeting, the evaluation strategy of the project and the guidelines for collecting good practices.

Moreover, issues concerning future plans such as the next meeting in Porto, forthcoming training seminars and further actions were analyzed. The final dates for the meeting in Porto and training seminars in Greece, Portugal, Denmark, Finland, and Cyprus were initially agreed and will be finalized till the end of April.

Except from the hosting partners the other participants were Dr. Teresa Leal from Porto University (Portugal), Dr. Ana Gamelas, Dr. Silvia Barros and Dr. Manuela Pessanha from Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Portugal), Dr. Jarmo Liukkonen, from Jyvaskyla University (Finland), Dr. Eleni Loizou from University of Cyprus, Lise Sanders Olesen and Claus Henriksen from University College Zealand (Denmark) and Bill Lehmann from Guldborgsund Municipality (Denmark). These partners had the chance to present the Early Childhood Education system of their own country during a session of the meeting.

The partners from Romania could not participate in the meeting due to the severe weather conditions faced their country during those dates. Thus, the coordinating institute organized another meeting with them held on the 16^th & 17^th of February 2012. Dr. Romita Iucu, Vice Rector of the University of Bucharest, and Dr. Laura Ciolan, Senior Lecturer at the same university traveled safely this time to Thessaloniki and participated in this extra scheduled meeting which was special organized for them. The topic discussed were the same with those of the first meeting. Moreover, the dates for the training seminar in Romania were decided.

Training Seminars

EARLY CHANGE Training in Portugal 10-12 November 2012

EARLY CHANGE Training in Portugal

10-12 November 2012

At the 10th, 11th, 12th of November 2012 the Early Change project visited the city of Porto in Portugal where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by the University of Porto (Prof. Teresa Leal, Manuela Pessahna and Ana Gamelas).

University of Porto (one aspect)
The colleagues who organized and run the training were Dr. Leal, Dr. Gamelas and Dr. Pessahna from Portugal.

Training seminar

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Porto participated in the training that lasted three days.

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay
TIME	CONTENT
09.00-10.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
10.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
11.00-12.00	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
*Lunch Break*
12.45-14.30	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Observation & rating video I Discussion about the items’ rating
2^nd DAY
09.00-11.00	*Video observation, items rating & reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Video part II Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
*Lunch break*
12.00-14.00	*Video observation, items rating & reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Items rating Checking reliability
3^rd DAY
08.30-10.30	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
11.00-14.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating
	Checking reliability

EARLY CHANGE Training in Romania 6 – 7 December 2012

EARLY CHANGE Training in Romania

6 – 7 December 2012

At the 6th and 7th of December 2012 the Early Change project visited the city of Bucharest in Romania where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by the University of Bucharest (Prof. Romita Iucu and Laura Ciolan).

University of Bucharest (night photo)
The colleagues who organized and run the training were Dr. Grammatikopoulos and Dr. Gregoriadis from Greece and Dr. Leal and Dr. Gamelas from Portugal.

Training seminar

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Bucharest participated in the training that lasted two full days.

Early educators in the seminar


	Working hard with the scales

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay
TIME	CONTENT
08.00-09.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
09.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
11.00-12.00	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
*Lunch Break*
12.30-13.30	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part II Observation & rating video I Discussion about the items’ rating
*Coffee Break*
14.00-18.00	*Video observation& reliability procedures*
	Video part III Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
	Rating and reliability procedure Items rating, Checking reliability Discussion
2^nd DAY
08.00-12.00	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
14.00-18.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating
	Checking reliability

Social activities of EARLY CHANGE in Bucharest: Romita, Laura, and the other colleagues who participated in the seminar were very warm and hospitable and created a great atmosphere throughout the training seminar, and our stay in Bucharest. They even organized a night visit at the opera of Bucharest for us. We thank them one more time for their hospitality and their friendship.

Early educators in the seminar

	The Opera Of Bucharest
The Opera Of Bucharest

EARLY CHANGE Training in Cyprus 27 – 29 January 2013

EARLY CHANGE Training in Cyprus

27 – 29 January 2013

At the 27th 28th and 29th of January 2013 the Early Change project visited the city of Nikosia in Cyprus where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by the University of Cyprus (Prof. Eleni Loizou).

University of Cyprus (one aspect)
The colleagues who organized and run the training were Dr. Grammatikopoulos and Dr. Gregoriadis from Greece.

Training seminar

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Nicosia participated in the training that lasted three days.

Early educators in the seminar


	Working hard with the scales

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay – 27/01/2013
TIME	CONTENT
09.00-10.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
10.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
11.00-12.00	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
*Lunch Break*
12.45-14.30	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items’ rating
2^nd DAY – 28/01/2013
09.00-11.00	Video observation,items rating *& reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Video part II Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
*Lunch Break*
09.00-11.00	Video observation,items rating *& reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Items rating Rating and reliability procedure
3^rd DAY – 29/01/2013
08.00-12.00	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
14.00-18.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating
	Checking reliability

Social activities of EARLY CHANGE in Nicosia: Eleni Loizou and the other colleagues who participated in the seminar were very warm and hospitable and created a great atmosphere throughout the training seminar, and our stay in Nicosia. We thank them one more time for their hospitality and their friendship.

At the end of the training, tired but happy

EARLY CHANGE Training in Greece 1-3 December 2012

EARLY CHANGE Training in Greece

1-3 December 2012

At the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of December 2012 the Early Change project returned “home” at the city of Thessaloniki in Greece where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Crete (Prof. Evridiki Zachopoulou, Athanasios Gregoriadis and Vasilis Grammatikopoulos).

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (one aspect)

The colleagues who organized and run the training were Dr. Zachopoulou, Dr. Gregoriadis and Dr. Grammatikopoulos from Greece.

Training seminar

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Thessaloniki and Kalamaria participated in the training that lasted three days.

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay
TIME	CONTENT
09.00-10.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
10.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
11.00-12.00	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
*Lunch Break*
12.45-14.30	*Video observation & practical implementation (part I)*
	Video part I Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items’ rating
2^nd DAY
09.00-11.00	Video observation,items rating *& reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Video part II Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
*Lunch Break*
09.00-11.00	Video observation,items rating *& reliability procedures (Video II)*
	Items rating Rating and reliability procedure
3^rd DAY
08.00-12.00	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
14.00-18.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating
	Checking reliability

EARLY CHANGE Training in Denmark 8 – 9 October 2012

EARLY CHANGE Training in Denmark

8 – 9 October 2012

At the 8^th and 9^th of October 2012 the Early Change project visited Nykobing-Falster in Denmark where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by University College Sealand (Andreas Claus Henriksen & Lise Sanders Olesen) with the kind support of Guldborgsund Municipality (Bill Lehmann).

The academic staff that organized and conducted the training were the coordinator of the project Prof. Evridiki Zachopoulou together with Dr. Grammatikopoulos and Dr. Gregoriadis from Greece and Dr. Leal and Dr. Gamelas from Portugal.

Training Team 1

Training Team 2

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Nykobing, Falster participated in the training that lasted two full days.

Early educators in the seminar


	(a) Visiting the preschool centers and impementing the scales (b) Working in groups

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay
TIME	CONTENT
08.00-09.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
09.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
*Coffee break*
11.30-13.30	*Video observation & practical implementation*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
	Video part II Observation & rating video I Discussion about the items’ rating
*Lunch break*
14.30-18.30	*Video observation, items rating & reliability procedures*
	Video part III Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
	Rating and reliability procedure Items rating Checking reliability Discussion
2^nd DAY
08.00-12.00	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
14.00-18.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating & reliability checking
	Debriefing & meeting closing

Social activities of EARLY CHANGE in Nykobing: Claus, Bill and all the colleagues who participated in the seminar were very warm and hospitable and created a great atmosphere throughout the training seminar and our stay in Nykobing. We thank them once more for their hospitality and their friendship.

	Taking a walk in Nykobing
Teresa, Vasilis, Ana, Evridiki, Claus

The members of the Early Change had the opportunity to present the project to the local press and contribute to the dissemination process in the local community.

EARLY CHANGE Training in Finland 29 – 30 October 2012

EARLY CHANGE Training in Finland

29 – 30 October 2012

At the 29^th and 30^th of October 2012 the Early Change project visited the city of Jyvaskyla in Finland where the training seminar for the Training Phase I was conducted. The training was hosted by the University of Jyvaskyla (Prof. Jarmo Liukkonen, Raija Raittila, Leena Turja, and Katri Takala).

University of Jyvaskyla (one aspect)

The colleagues who organized and run the training were Dr. Grammatikopoulos and Dr. Gregoriadis from Greece and Dr. Pessanha and Dr. Gamelas from Portugal.

Training Team 1

Training Team 2

Early childhood educators from public preschool centers in Jyvaskyla and Kajani participated in the training that lasted two full days.

Early educators in the seminar


	(a) Visiting the preschool centers and impementing the scales (b) Working in groups

The program of the seminar was the following:

1^stDay
TIME	CONTENT
08.00-09.00	Good practices
	Instrument presentation
	Guidelines & directions
09.00-11.00	*Theory presentation*
	Theoretical issues concerning the philosophy of the instrument Principal axes of the ECERS (environment, safety/health, activities/interactions) Structural & process evaluation
	Getting familiar with the items The subscales Notes for clarifications Extra notes for clarifications
	Getting familiar with the scoring system Nutrition schedule Daily schedule for the estimation of the substantial portion of the day Tips to proceed with the scoring during the observation Reliability issues
11.00-12.00	*Video observation & practical implementation (part 1)*
	Video part I Becoming familiar with the indicators Practical tasks concerning the indicators Discussion about the indicators
*Lunch break*
12.30-13.30	*Video observation & practical implementation (part 2)*
	Video part II Observation & rating video I Discussion about the items’ rating
*Coffee break*
14.00-18.00	*Video observation, items rating & reliability procedures*
	Video part III Observation & rating video II Discussion about the items
	Rating and reliability procedure Items rating, Checking reliability Discussion
2^nd DAY
08.00-12.00	*Live observation*
	Small groups in kindergartens
*Lunch break*
14.00-18.00	Rating and reliability procedure
	Items rating & reliability checking
	Debriefing & meeting closing

Social activities of EARLY CHANGE in Jyvaskyla: Jarmo and the other colleagues who participated in the seminar were very warm and hospitable and created a great atmosphere throughout the training seminar, and our stay in Jyvaskyla. We thank them one more time for their hospitality and their friendship.

	Taking a walk in Jyvaskyla
Dinner with Jarmo and Tuula

Promotion & Valorisation

Dissemination activities

International EIF / LINQ Conference 2014

“Changing the Trajectory: Quality for Opening up Education”

Organized by the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE, Germany) and European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (EFQUEL, Belgium)

7-9 May 2014, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece

The Early Change project participated in the EIF/LINQ conference and presented the initial results of the evaluation of early childhood education (ECE) quality in six European countries. Various aspects of the ECE quality in different educational systems were discussed and analyzed.

According to the Early Change members participated in the conference, such comparisons can create a fertile ground for communication and collaboration among the educational communities of different European countries and promote open education. Implications and future recommendations are also discussed.

International Pre-school Education Convention

“Investing in Pre-school Education in Times of Economic Crisis”

Organized by the Pan-Hellenic Association of Early Childhood Educators
4-6 April 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece

The “Early Change” project had the opportunity to present the results of the project regarding the professional development of early educators to around 1000 delegates. Dr. Zachopoulou, Dr. Gregoriadis, and Dr. Grammatikopoulos participated in the round table and analyzed thoroughly the project’s achievements and possible future exploitation towards the professional development of early childhood educators.

NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE EU PROJECT CREATIVE LITTLE SCIENTISTS

“Enabling Creativity through Science and Mathematics in Early Years Education”
22-23 March 2014, Pallini Attikis, Greece

The “Early Change” project was invited to present the project’s results in the international conference organized by the EU project “Creative little scientists” (FP7-Science-In-Society-2011-1).
Dr. Grammatikopoulos attended and presented the results of the project “Early Change” to over two hundred delegates. Among the participants were several coordinators of relevant EC funded project and the participation in this conference was an opportunity to interact and share experiences with them.

ICERI 2013: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH & INNOVATION

SEVILLE, SPAIN 18-20 NOVEMBER 2013

The “Early Change” project presented in the ICERI 2013 conference the comparative results that were collected during the training phase II from the early educators. The title of the presentation was “COMPARING ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS QUALITY IN SIX EUROPEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS”

EARLY CHANGE PROJECT went to BERLIN

At the 7th, 8th and 9th of May 2012 the ‘International ECERS Meeting 2012′ was held in Berlin. The meeting was organized by University of Bamberg and was held in in Freie Universität Berlin. You can read information and see photos in the attached file. Link to word.

EECERA 2012 Conference

‘Early Change’ project participated in the EECERA (European Early Childhood Education Research Association) 2012 Conference, organizing a symposium under the title ‘EARLY CHANGE: A cross-national project of early childhood education quality’. Three papers were presented in this symposium: a) ‘Early Change’ Project: Promoting the professional development of early childhood educators, b) Quality assessment of early childhood education: A cross-national approach, and c) Comparing early childhood education systems in six European countries.

LINQ Conference 2013

‘EARLY CHANGE’ will be presented in the Learning Innovations and Quality Conference – LINQ 2013

http://www.learning-innovations.eu/2013/conference

The Conference will take place in Rome on 16th and 17th of May, 2013

Symposium inED / Polytechnic Institute of Porto

‘Early Change’ project was presented in Symposium inED which took
place in School of Education (ESE), Polytechnic Institute of Porto,
Centre for Research & Innovation, on 10th and 11st of May 2013. The
Portuguese team of ‘Early Change’ project worked on it.

More information:

Early-C_InEd

Program of the Symposium

Symposium ‘Education and Teacher Education worldwide: Current reforms, problems and challenges’ / University of Crete, Greece

Dr. Grammatikopoulos presented the paper ‘Evaluation of educators’ professional development: Implementation of the four-level model approach’ in the 1st International Symposium ‘Education and Teacher Education worldwide: Current reforms, problems and challenges’ . The Symposium was focused on the Education and Teacher Education in modern world. Particular emphasis was given to the challenges facing education systems and teacher education in the 21st century. It took place in University of Crete (Greece) on 28th – 30th of May, 2013.

http://symposiumcrete2013.weebly.com/index.html

Download the ppt file

1st Joaquim Bairrao Symposium ‘Transatlantic Trends in Childhood Intervention’/ University of Porto, Portugal

Preliminary results of ‘Early Change’ project was presented in 1st Joaquim Bairrao Symposium ‘Transatlantic Trends in Childhood Intervention’, which took
place in Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciên-cias da Educação (FPCEUP), University of Porto, on 8th and 9th of July 2013.

This Symposium closes a serious of transatlantic consortia developed in the scope of the EC/US Program for Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training, (2001-2005), (2006-2008), (2009-2013) Transatlantic Consortium in Early Childhood Intervention – in which Professor Joaquim Bairrão participated.

Flyer Simposio Bairrão

1st Simposyum Joaquim Bairrão posters presentation

Early-C Symposium Joaquim Bairrão

Publications

Paper in Proceedings of 6th ICERI
Paper in Proceedings of the 14
Paper in the International Learning
22nd EECERA Conference EARLY
Danish Newspaper
Journal Citizen K

International workshop

e-book

LINQ Conference 2014

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Results of the ‘EARLY CHANGE’ project will be presented in the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2014 and International LINQ Conference 2014

http://www.learning-innovations.eu/2014/programme

The Conference will take place on the island of Crete in Greece, from 7th to 9th of May, 2014.

EARLY CHANGE WORKSHOP – PROGRAM

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International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

25th of January 2014

Venue: Convention Center of Bank of Piraeus (Katouni 12 – 14, Thessaloniki)

EARLY CHANGE Workshop Program

3^rdSESSION

Work Plan

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STAGE OF THE PROJECT	OUTPUTS	ACTIVITIES	TIME PLANNING	PARTNERS INVOLVED
1st MEETING	Workplan, Deadlines, Allocation of tasks, Evaluation strategy, Financial issues	1st Meeting	February 2012 Thessaloniki / Greece	University Members
SELECTION PHASE	List with assessors / List with classes	Selection of: 1) assessors/early educators and 2) preschool classes	February – May 2012	University Members
TRANSLATION PHASE	Translation scales / manuals / Seminar Workbook	Translation procedure	February – July 2012	University Members
2nd MEETING	Organizing the Training seminars	2nd Meeting	September 2012 Porto, Portugal	University Members
TRAINING PHASE I	Training materials	Training Seminar in each country	September – December 2012	All Participants
PROGRESS REPORT	Progress Report	Preparing the Progress Report	January – March 2013 (Deadline: 31/3/2013)	All Participants
TRAINING PHASE II	Evaluation data: ECERS-R score sheets, Good Practices	Evaluation of preschool classes in all countries	January – June 2013	All Participants
DATA PROCESSING	Results	Entering data / Analyzing data	June – September 2013	University Members
WRITING PHASE	Research papers, Conference presentations, E-book	Writing procedure	June 2013 – March 2014	University Members
PREPARING THE FINAL PRODUCTS	Translation scales in 5 languages / Evaluation Report for each country / E-book	Organizing the final products	September – March 2014	University Members
DISSEMINATION PHASE	Proceedings of the Workshop	International Workshop	May 2014, Greece	University Members

Aims of the project

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Project description

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Target groups

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University members from nine participating countries
Early Childhood Educators from six participating countries
Cooperating partners.
International academic & educational community
In service early educators
Educational policy & strategy makers

Evaluation

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Report of the Initial Evaluation
Report of the Middle Evaluation
Report of the Final Evaluation

LINQ Conference 2014

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Results of the ‘EARLY CHANGE’ project will be presented in the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2014 and International LINQ Conference 2014

http://www.learning-innovations.eu/2014/programme

The Conference will take place on the island of Crete in Greece, from 7th to 9th of May, 2014.

EARLY CHANGE WORKSHOP – PROGRAM

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25th of January 2014

Venue: Convention Center of Bank of Piraeus (Katouni 12 – 14, Thessaloniki)

EARLY CHANGE Workshop Program

3^rdSESSION

Work Plan

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STAGE OF THE PROJECT	OUTPUTS	ACTIVITIES	TIME PLANNING	PARTNERS INVOLVED
1st MEETING	Workplan, Deadlines, Allocation of tasks, Evaluation strategy, Financial issues	1st Meeting	February 2012 Thessaloniki / Greece	University Members
SELECTION PHASE	List with assessors / List with classes	Selection of: 1) assessors/early educators and 2) preschool classes	February – May 2012	University Members
TRANSLATION PHASE	Translation scales / manuals / Seminar Workbook	Translation procedure	February – July 2012	University Members
2nd MEETING	Organizing the Training seminars	2nd Meeting	September 2012 Porto, Portugal	University Members
TRAINING PHASE I	Training materials	Training Seminar in each country	September – December 2012	All Participants
PROGRESS REPORT	Progress Report	Preparing the Progress Report	January – March 2013 (Deadline: 31/3/2013)	All Participants
TRAINING PHASE II	Evaluation data: ECERS-R score sheets, Good Practices	Evaluation of preschool classes in all countries	January – June 2013	All Participants
DATA PROCESSING	Results	Entering data / Analyzing data	June – September 2013	University Members
WRITING PHASE	Research papers, Conference presentations, E-book	Writing procedure	June 2013 – March 2014	University Members
PREPARING THE FINAL PRODUCTS	Translation scales in 5 languages / Evaluation Report for each country / E-book	Organizing the final products	September – March 2014	University Members
DISSEMINATION PHASE	Proceedings of the Workshop	International Workshop	May 2014, Greece	University Members

University members from nine participating countries
Early Childhood Educators from six participating countries
Cooperating partners.
International academic & educational community
In service early educators
Educational policy & strategy makers

Evaluation

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Report of the Initial Evaluation
Report of the Middle Evaluation
Report of the Final Evaluation

LINQ Conference 2014

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Results of the ‘EARLY CHANGE’ project will be presented in the EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2014 and International LINQ Conference 2014

http://www.learning-innovations.eu/2014/programme

The Conference will take place on the island of Crete in Greece, from 7th to 9th of May, 2014.

EARLY CHANGE WORKSHOP – PROGRAM

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International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

25th of January 2014

Venue: Convention Center of Bank of Piraeus (Katouni 12 – 14, Thessaloniki)

EARLY CHANGE Workshop Program

3^rdSESSION

Work Plan

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STAGE OF THE PROJECT	OUTPUTS	ACTIVITIES	TIME PLANNING	PARTNERS INVOLVED
1st MEETING	Workplan, Deadlines, Allocation of tasks, Evaluation strategy, Financial issues	1st Meeting	February 2012 Thessaloniki / Greece	University Members
SELECTION PHASE	List with assessors / List with classes	Selection of: 1) assessors/early educators and 2) preschool classes	February – May 2012	University Members
TRANSLATION PHASE	Translation scales / manuals / Seminar Workbook	Translation procedure	February – July 2012	University Members
2nd MEETING	Organizing the Training seminars	2nd Meeting	September 2012 Porto, Portugal	University Members
TRAINING PHASE I	Training materials	Training Seminar in each country	September – December 2012	All Participants
PROGRESS REPORT	Progress Report	Preparing the Progress Report	January – March 2013 (Deadline: 31/3/2013)	All Participants
TRAINING PHASE II	Evaluation data: ECERS-R score sheets, Good Practices	Evaluation of preschool classes in all countries	January – June 2013	All Participants
DATA PROCESSING	Results	Entering data / Analyzing data	June – September 2013	University Members
WRITING PHASE	Research papers, Conference presentations, E-book	Writing procedure	June 2013 – March 2014	University Members
PREPARING THE FINAL PRODUCTS	Translation scales in 5 languages / Evaluation Report for each country / E-book	Organizing the final products	September – March 2014	University Members
DISSEMINATION PHASE	Proceedings of the Workshop	International Workshop	May 2014, Greece	University Members

University members from nine participating countries
Early Childhood Educators from six participating countries
Cooperating partners.
International academic & educational community
In service early educators
Educational policy & strategy makers

Evaluation

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Report of the Initial Evaluation
Report of the Middle Evaluation
Report of the Final Evaluation

early change project

Early Change Project :
Promoting the Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators

Project Number: 517999-LLP-1-2011-1-GR-COMENIUS-CMP

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