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HOW TO TEACH AND EDUCATE

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ABOUT US

The School of Education was established in 2015 under an agreement between the Polish-American Freedom Foundation (PAFW) and the University of Warsaw. The main initiator and founder of the School is PAFW. The Foundation for Quality Education (FDE) runs our programme.

From the very beginning, the primary goals of the School of Education and its team have been: supporting and promoting the development of education and working to improve the quality of education, as well as improving the quality of professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers.

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    We are building a community of effective and committed teachers
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    We provide them with practical knowledge and verified educational tools
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    We create a space for discussions about what good education looks like
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STUDIES

At the School of Education, we conduct free postgraduate studies for teachers – both teacher trainees and in-service teachers. We provide them with teaching qualifications, as well as develop their pedagogical and didactic competences. We offer studies in four subject areas: Polish language, history and social science, biology and mathematics.

Education in the School of Education is completely free of charge, our students also get a scholarship and – if necessary – a free room in the dormitory. After completing the program, graduates receive a diploma from the University of Warsaw and credentials to teach in primary and secondary schools.

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COURSES FOR TEACHERS

We also organize our original year-round training courses for Polish language teachers, mathematicians, historians and biologists, as well as psychological and educational courses. Most of the courses are online, so that teachers from all over Poland are able to participate.

We also provide free remote Open Reading Seminars for Polish language teachers and online webinars.

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RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

At the School of Education, we not only educate teachers, but also conduct research and educational projects. We verify innovative solutions from the best educational centers in the world and translate them into the language of a specific school subject within the context of a Polish school. Our teaching teams are currently carrying out research and projects, eg. in the fields of teaching Polish, biology and mathematics.

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COOPERATION

We cooperate with many partners from Poland and around the world. Our study program was created with the support of Teachers College Columbia University – one of the best teachers’ education centers in the world. Our partners include the Copernicus Science Center, the Center for Civic Education, and Canadian professor Peter Lilhedal, the creator of the Thinking Class method. We regularly invite renowned lecturers and researchers to trainings and workshops for students and teachers.

PARTNERS

11Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Wolności

The Polish-American Freedom Foundation was established by the Polish-American Enterprise Fund to advance the purposes of the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989, organized in 1990 to support the market economy in Poland. One of the two fundamental objectives of the Foundation’s domestic program activity is levelling the playing field in education combined with improvement of educational quality. As its second essential objective to be pursued in Poland the Foundation has chosen unleashing social energy in local communities, thus supporting social capital building.

More: www.pafw.pl

11Uniwersytet Warszawski

The University of Warsaw was established in 1816. It is the largest university in Poland. It employs over 6,000 staff, including over 3,100 academic educators. It provides graduate courses for 53,000 students (on top of over 9,200 postgraduate and doctoral candidates). The university offers some 37 different fields of study, 18 faculties and over 100 specializations in the humanities, technical, and the natural sciences.

More: www.uw.edu.pl

11Fundacja Dobrej Edukacji

Fundacja Dobrej Edukacji (FDE) – organizacja prowadząca Szkołę Edukacji. FDE rozpoczęła swoją działalność w 2014 roku, a jej założycielem i fundatorem jest Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Wolności (PAFW). Statutowymi celami Fundacji Dobrej Edukacji są: wspieranie i promowanie rozwoju edukacji oraz działanie na rzecz poprawy jakości edukacji; działanie na rzecz poprawy jakości kształcenia i doskonalenia zawodowego nauczycieli oraz dalszej profesjonalizacji ich pracy; budowanie prestiżu zawodu nauczyciela, wspieranie liderów oświaty oraz wyrównywanie szans edukacyjnych dzieci i młodzieży.
Działania Fundacji mają charakter niekomercyjny i nastawione są na poprawę jakości edukacji w Polsce, która według międzynarodowych badań w największym stopniu zależy od jakości pracy nauczycieli.
W projektowaniu i wdrażaniu innowacji w obszarze kształcenia nauczycieli Fundacja Dobrej Edukacji współpracuje z Uniwersytetem Warszawskim, nowojorskim Kolegium Nauczycielskim Uniwersytetu Columbia (Columbia University Teachers College) oraz z Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej, realizującym wspólnie z PAFW od 2000 roku ogólnopolski Program „Szkoła Ucząca Się”.

Więcej informacji: www.fde.org.pl

The Center for Citizenship Education (CEO) is the largest educational non-governmental organisation in Poland. It cooperates with 40 thousand teachers and headteachers from 10 thousand schools in the whole country. It also brings to school new teaching methods and topics that are important for civic society. CEO runs educational programs for teachers, headteachers and schools, workshops that develop the competencies of teaching personnel. It also offer conferences, webinars and didactic materials which could be used on a daily basis. It hase been operating for 28 years.

More: https://ceo.org.pl/english

11Teachers College Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties and the Department of Education of Columbia University since 1898 and is consistently ranked among the top 10 graduate schools of education in the United States. It is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States. Although it was founded as an independent institution and retains some independence, it has been associated with Columbia University since shortly after its founding and merger with the university.

More: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/

Copernicus Science Centre is a science museum standing on the bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. It contains over 450 interactive exhibits that enable visitors to single-handedly carry out experiments and discover the laws of science for themselves. The Centre is the largest institution of its type in Poland and one of the most advanced in Europe. In 2018, since its opening, it has been visited by over 8 million people.

More: https://www.kopernik.org.pl/en