IBE becomes a member of the College Board
- Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 02:54
On 19 October 2010 IBE became a member of the College Board. IBE is the first Central Eastern European institution to join.
The College Board is an independent Washington-based organisation of about 6000 educational institutions including middle and high schools, universities, research centres and other organisations involved with education, mainly from the USA. The College Board was founded in 1900 (as the College Entrance Examination Board) with the aim of improving general access to higher education. Besides student recruitment, advice on the course of study and systems of funding, its efforts include the development of education system, educational research, managing a complex data base of schools in the USA and help for physically challenged students. Each year about seven million students in twenty-three thousand middle schools and four thousand schools of higher education take part in programs organised by the College Board.
.A Seminar on the State of Education Report
- Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 02:52
The Educational Research Institute is currently drafting a Report on the State of Education 2010. A working seminar, featuring presentations of the most important theses related to particular chapters, took place at the Institute on 15 September 2010. The report will comprise a synthesis of basic statistical data concerning education, the labour market, demography, social policy and the results of domestic surveys, in relation to their international counterparts.
.The AERA Conference in Denver
- Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 02:51
From 30 April to 4 May 2010 representatives of The Educational Research Institute participated in the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) / The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) in Denver (USA). For several years the two associations have jointly organised conferences providing an opportunity for researchers and teachers to exchange experience and to combine theory and practice in the area of education.
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An Agreement with the School of Education at the University of Technology in Munich
- Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 02:48
The Educational Research Institute has signed an agreement with the School of Education at the University of Technology in Munich (www.edu.tum.de). The School of Education was established in October 2009 as an innovative teacher-training and educational research centre, integrating teacher education at the University of Technology in Munich. The head of the School is Manfred Prenzel, the former managing director of the Leibniz-Institute for Science Education, IPN in Kiel. The School is in charge of teacher training in the entire University. It has created a network of cooperating schools, and it conducts research concerning educational standards and practice.
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