Author: Paideia

Paideia is a European provider of qualitative Professional Development courses for Teachers. Ιt is based in Τhessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. A group of experienced teachers and teacher trainers have been providing a range of onsite teacher training courses. We have been offering teachers and educational staff with lifelong education concerning contemporary issues as innovative teaching methods, educational management, arts and social inclusion. Following new trends, we offer ERASMUS+KA1 courses in Thessaloniki and in Kassandra Chalkidiki in North Greece. [read more]

Collaborative Action Research as the Means of Teachers’ Professional Development

There has been an explosion of interest in educational action research as it’s regarded a means of professional development and professionalism. In Greece, the increasing importance of reflective rationality and action research are considered to be at an initial state due to several constraints. In this study, a collaborative action research model was planned and implemented in two school units of primary education. Τhe goal was to improve schools from within by employing teachers as active agents of change within their own organizations.
A peer group mentoring model

Mentoring is widely supported in many educational systems; In order to enhance teaching effectiveness and professional growth, ongoing guidance is provided by mentors in countries around the world, even to appointed teachers. The current literature review mentions a distinction between the bureaucratic-managerial and the participatory model and also between conventional and educational mentoring models.

Author: Paideia

Collaborative Action Research as the Means of Teachers’ Professional Development

A peer group mentoring model

Thessaloniki

Chalkidiki