A ten-strong contingent of Estonian teachers and education leaders are visiting Norfolk as part of a cultural awareness tour to share ideas with their British counterparts. “This started because the Tallinn Education Department were looking for a partner in the UK to work on two things – improving parental engagement within education, and improving classroom practice. “It is a great fit for Norfolk, because we have got very good classroom practice and expertise in what we call assessment for learning – which is what the Estonians wanted to pick up on. “In turn, they have got very good expertise in engaging parents, so we are picking their brains for how we can engage parents with schools, so it is win-win all round.” During the visit to Dereham on Thursday, Olga Gortšakova, a teacher from Tallinn Õismäe Russian Lyceum, said: “We hope to see community involvement in the teaching, how the pupils interact with each other and with their teachers in the lessons, and how they assess them. We are introducing this formative education system into our Tallinn schools. Until the schools are all closed down.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:48:46 +0000
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