Abstract The main objective of this study consits in the investigation of the perceptions of pre-primary and primary teachers from Cyprus upon the in-service training programmes. The teachers were asked to evaluate the selected ideas for the innovation of the existing in-service training scheme. For this purpose, two focus groups were built, one consisting of primary […]

Abstract The aim of this paper, Approaches to Teaching Second Language Writing, is to offer some guidelines regarding the background of the writing instruction and theory and how it has been regarded over the years. We will review the main approaches to teaching foreign language writing and present their advantages and limitations in order to […]

Abstract Most students and teachers use the Internet not only for social purposes, but also for virtual interaction in the teaching and learning process and searching for information.  We believe that cloud systems,during the financial period in which we are, through the natural advantages they have, may support the interaction used in education in the […]

Abstract The existing curriculum gives family, respectively parents, the role of active partners in the children’s education. For a long time, it was believed that educational institutions carry full responsibility for a child’s education, the family being regarded as the beneficiary of the schools’ activity. But, the truth is that family cannot be separated from […]

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 […]

Abstract The need to design and implement educational partnerships in pre-primary education is increasing, in the context of the growing tasks and exigencies related to the institution of the kindergarden,  with a view to ensuring successful training for integrating preschoolers in the preparatory grade. Besides its obvious generally formative value, the educational partnership may be […]