North South Conference on Teacher Education

Conference Year: 2006
Conference Location: Ramada Hotel, Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast

The theme of the 2006 SCoTENS conference was ‘Teacher Education and Schools: Together towards Improvement’. The theme and title sought to emphasise the centrality of the relationship between teacher education and schools and the importance of a partnership approach.

For the second year running, the conference was opened by Síle de Valera, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science. In her remarks, she endorsed the contribution being made by SCoTENS and the timeliness of the conference in the light of the findings of recent national and international reports on teacher education and student performance and the significant challenges facing teacher education north and south.

Date / Time Event Details Watch/Listen
12/10/2006
4.00pm

Ms Marion Matchett CBE, Chief Inspector, Department of Education, Northern Ireland

12/10/2006
5.30pm

Professor Michael Totterdell, Director, Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University

13/10/2006
9.00am

Professor Gordon Kirk, Academic Secretary, Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)

13/10/2006
9.40am

Ms Emer Egan, Assistant Chief Inspector, Department of Education and Science, Dublin

13/10/2006
10.25am

SCoTENS website on citizenship and special educational needs progress report: Dr Roger Austin

13/10/2006
11.15am

Six seminars based on current programmes and projects:

  1. Professional development through e-portfolio (NI)
  2. The partnership dimension to school based work (NI)
  3. School development through partnership (NI)
  4. Teachers supporting teachers – The Primary Schools Support Programme (RoI)
  5. A new model of CPD – The TL21 project (RoI)
13/10/2006
2.50pm

Final remarks by Dr Pauric Travers, President, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra