The structure of educational system in Poland

Primary school

Competence test

Gymnasium

Gymnasium Exam

Lyceum

Matura Exam

Post-secondary edu

Are issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and specify:

1.Student’s profile of graduating the teacher training studies2.The professional competences of the graduate student3.The subjects to be taken during studies4.The content of the studies 5.The minimum number of hours

Teachers’ education standards

Possible ways to become a teacher in Poland

By completing the pre-service studies in 1st step only, or 2 in steps:

Step I – 3 years long, at the bachelor level that provide competences for teaching 2 subjects in a primary school or in gymnasium.

Step II – 2 years long, complementary at the master level that provide competences for teaching 1 subject at the post-gymnasium level (eg. in lyceum).

By completing post- graduate studies in order to gain

• essential competences in a chosen subject

or• required pedagogic-psychological

competences

There exists a system of grants at the Ministry of Education supporting the professional development of teachers, e.g.:

(1) Responding to the needs of reform (like teachers of science for the primary school – in the part) or (teachers of management for the upper secondary level - still currently)

(2) By providing the competences in teaching an additional subject

Requirements on a Higher Education Institution to organize studies for teachers

The Teachers’ education standards must be held The Higher Education Institution must provide graduate

studies in each subject of interest (e.g. physics, chemistry etc.)

Teachers must study within dedicated courses (in the frame of adequate subject of studies)

The requirements are the same for both graduate and post-graduate studies

The way the studies are organized depends on the Higher Education Institution.

The studies for teachers are held in 8 faculties:

1. Philology2. Historical and Pedagogical Sciences 3. Physics and Astronomy 4. Biological Sciences 5. Social Sciences 6. Chemistry 7. Mathematics and Computer Science 8. Earth Science and Environmental Management

University of Wroclaw (1)

University of Wroclaw (2)

Faculties•Teaching methods

•School Practices

CEN*)

•Psychological/pedagogic module

•Subject oriented education

*) CEN - acronim, stands for Teachers’ Education Center of the University of Wroclaw

University of Wroclaw (3)

•CEN is organised in a task-oriented structure

CEN UWr.

Team for Psychological-Pedagogical education

Team for in-service teacher training and life-long education

Team for internal evaluation and publishing

ICT Laboratory

CEN in numbers

• 2,500-3,000 – annually educating teachers from different faculties

• 7,000 – teachers gradated from post-graduate studies since 1998

• 10 – scientific and methodological conferences and seminars for teachers at local and national level

• 12 – books published for teachers

• 1 – running methodological magazine for science teachers since 2000

• 500 – systematic co-operation of academic teachers and educators in post-graduate studies

• 19 – permanent staff (including 13 academic teachers)

References

Slide no. url

1 through 7www.cke.edu.pl/images/stories/English/edusystem_1.pdf

8 www.buwiwm.edu.pl/educ/schemat.htm