“Six and seven-year olds entering school” study findings
- Published on Friday, 13 September 2013 11:43
Both six and seven-year-old children finish the first grade of the primary school with the same skills level, children whose competences at the beginning of the school were the lowest, benefit the most – the IBE study findings show. The results of the study were presented at press conference in Warsaw.
Prof. Anna I. Brzezińska answered journalists’ questions
Education Enthusiasts at the 8th Congress of Management in Education
- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2013 23:22
During this year's Congress, IBE experts will present the results of the Time and Working Conditions of Teachers study. IBE publications and projects materials will be on display at the Institue’s stall.
The International Congress of Management in Education is an annual meeting of school headmasters and employees of governing and educational supervision authorities, i.e. people involved in education management at central and local levels. The Congress is held under the auspices of the Minister of Education, Krystyna Szumilas, will be attended by about 1000 participants, including foreign guests.
This year's meeting will be held from 25 to 27 September 2013 in Warsaw, at the Private Higher School of Business, Administration and Information Technology (PWSBiA).
For more information, visit the Congress website.
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IBE experts at EDU Trendy 2013
- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2013 14:10
Education Enthusiasts will be present at EDU TRENDY 2013 - a sector event for all interested in the development of education and new solutions for improving teaching quality and effectiveness.
Edu Trendy is inspired by other European events presenting the most recent trends in education. This year’s meeting will be held on 26-27 September in the National Stadium in Warsaw. Apart from the IBE stall which will display IBE publications and projects materials, IBE experts will be among the guest speakers.
.7th IUPAC2013 - 44th World Chemistry Congress in Istanbul
- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2013 13:47
The conference programme included 10 plenary lectures, 72 lectures given by guest speakers, 7 academic symposiums and over 500 speeches and seminars on significant topics in chemistry, as well as three poster sessions during which a total of 1200 academic posters on various chemistry-related topics were presented.
During the first poster session, Marcin Chrzanowski, a representative of IBE Science Section presented a poster "Workshops on creating items concerning scientific method in chemistry" that presented results of the workshops for teachers held in March 2013. The workshops were designed as a form of professional development for chemistry teachers in the construction of tools for diagnosing the ability to use scientific method at the third and fourth stage of education (elementary level).
During the poster sessions, a total of 32 posters related to teaching chemistry and other natural sciences were presented. All posters have been photographed and will be analysed by IBE Science Section experts.
In addition, the conference materials - the latest issues of international journals on teaching chemistry and natural sciences (e.g. ACS Excellence, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Turkish Journal of Chemistry and Chemistry World) will be used in IBE for further research.
Important topics covered in the lectures and seminars, include:
- Teaching chemistry through argumentation
- Why is chemistry such a difficult subject for students?
- Using the history of science in natural science teaching
- Engaging natural science students in work for local communities and global society
The topics will be developed during the Science Section/IBE seminars and help in interpretation of Science Section research outcomes.
More information on the conference at http://www.iupac2013.org/default.asp.How much does education cost? BECKER study seeks to find answers
- Published on Wednesday, 04 September 2013 13:39
Everybody knows that education is expensive, but how much exactly do parents and local governments spend on education ? How much money comes from the state budget, and how much from private institutions? Answers to these and other questions will be possible owing to the BECKER study carried out by IBE. It is the first such research project in Poland.
IBE researchers want to ask for opinions of school and kindergarten headmasters, teachers, local government officials, town councillors and families. BECKER is the first study in Poland devoted to expenditure on education conducted on such a large scale. In total, twenty thousand people will participate in the study.
For the BECKER study, conducted under the auspices of the Association of Polish Counties, 4 cities (Poznań, Tarnobrzeg, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świnoujście) and 5 counties (Pruszkowski, Sokólski, Głogowski, Giżycki i Sępoleński) have been selected.
Practical solutions
The main objective of the study is to answer the following questions:
- What is the cost of education at various stages?
- Is the money spent on education optimally used?
- What is the scale of parental expenditure on their children’s education?
- How much time do parents and legal guardians devote to their children's education?
The IBE research project is practical in a number of ways - it will help determine the most important factors influencing educational expenditure decisions and try to provide practical solutions. Local authorities will have an opportunity to find out more about the needs and opinions of the residents concerning the education system. This knowledge may prove useful to school headmasters who oftentimes need to assume the role of efficient managers while allocating money to various needs in their institutions.
Interviews
The study which is scheduled to end in April 2014, has been divided into several stages. The first stage covers interviews with school and kindergarten headmasters and local residents. Interviewers will visit households twice, they will remain in telephone contact with the participants ensuring that families, both parents and children, are interviewed several times. The aim is to collect the data as carefully as possible and to present reliable results.
In mid-September, another cycle of the study at schools will begin. This time, teachers will be invited to interviews, which will provide more information, among other things, on how they plan and organize their work and what costs they bear in connection with their work.
The last stage of the study, which will begin in November, will again include residents of selected counties and cities.
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