FOCUS ON CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Strasbourg, 9 April 2003
CS-Forum Participation (2003) 3
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Working Group on
"Children, Democracy and Participation in Society"
Children’s participation in schools and the local community
Selected projects
Document prepared by the Secretariat
Directorate General III – Social Cohesion
Social Policy Department
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2. Quality in Schools (Q.I.S.)
Theme of the project: Schools review, monitor and develop their own quality.
Objectives:
Schools are becoming more and more "autonomous" organisations which have to
take decisions in many fields, give arguments and implement their proposals on their
own.
The educational outcome of schooling depends to a large extension of the success of
teaching and learning, the main activities teachers and pupils engage in.
• Teaching
covers
the
school-specific
implementation of
curricular
requirements, the design of classroom instruction and the educational
approach of teachers. Key elements in this process are – besides others - the
relevance of educational contents and the recognition of pupils as
independent persons.
• Learning includes i.a. pupils´ willingness to learn, building a sustainable
knowledge base, mastering learning techniques, understanding how things
interrelate, applying acquired knowledge to new tasks, self-competence and
social skills, and delivering performance.
Quality development is the task of all persons (or their representatives) involved,
pupils included. Together they have
•
to plan, organise and evaluate their own development and
•
to design the points of intersection and communication with the school
inspection, administration and the relevant section of public.
Keywords:
All school partners (teachers, pupils, parents, non-educational staff, head of school,
citizens) occupy themselves jointly and systematically with school development
according to quality issues.
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