CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS IN THE ROMANIAN TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR IN-SERVICE PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to highlight the curricular innovations from the continuous training programmes for preschool and primary school teachers from Romania. The first section of the chapter will present the context of the educational reform generating transformations at the level of teachers’ continuous training programmes. The second section presents and describes the main programmes implemented in Romania, aimed at the continuous training of teachers in applying curricular innovations. Continuous training programmes have significant implications in terms of the quality of teachers’ training through the curricular resources created and, especially, in terms of educational policy, through the elaboration of professional standards for teachers from preschool and primary education.

Key words: continuous training, curricular innovations, pre-primary teachers, primary teachers

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