Activity report for 1999(PDF) - Soros Foundation Moldova

materials implemented with the help of specialists and
experts from the Institute of Educational Sciences,
Bucharest (Romania). Prof. Dr. Cezar BÎRZEA, the director
of the Institute, contributed to a great extent to the
establishment of a group of specialists in the field, who
provided the assessment of curricular materials:
Dr. Mihaela SINGER, senior researcher
Daniel OGHINÆ, researcher
Ligia SÆRIVAN, senior researcher
Violeta COPIL, senior researcher
Antoaneta-Firufla TACEA, scientific researcher
Lucian CIOLAN, scientific researcher
Dan CROCNAN, scientific researcher
Dr. Matei CERKEZ, senior researcher
Prof. Ioan GROSU
Gabriela NOVEANU senior researcher
Dr. Octavian MÎNDRUfi, senior researcher,
Anca VOICU, associate researcher
Dr. Dan Ion NASTA
Prof. Angela TEØILEANU
The evaluators reviewed the final drafts of the curriculum
within the period between May – June, 1999.
Between July 19-23, 1999, a summer school for
finalizing Lyceum Curriculum projects was organized in
Holercani. Along with the groups of authors, a team of
experts-consultants from the Institute of Educational
Sciences of Bucharest was greatly involved:
Dr. Mihaela SINGER
Daniel OGHINÆ
Ligia SÆRIVAN
Violeta COPIL
Antoaneta-Firufla TACEA
Lucian CIOLAN
Dan CROCNAN
Also, an evaluation group comprising local specialists
was set up:
Dr. Eugenia NOVAC, Tiraspol State University
Valentina HAHEU, researcher, Institute of Psychological
and Pedagogical Sciences
Tatiana STOIANOV, Ministry of Education
Nina BÎRNAZ, teacher, Spiru Haret Lyceum,
Chiøinæu
Roman COPÆCEANU, teacher, Cærpineni Theoretical
Lyceum, Lapuøna County
Sergiu GÎNGA, teacher, Constantin Stere Lyceum,
Soroca
After this phase, the curriculum materials were
submitted to the Collegium of the Ministry of Education
and Science, on July 27, 1999, in order to be reviewed
and approved for publishing.
Objective 2. Publishing of Curricular Materials
The curricula were published at the ARC and CARTI-
ER Publishing Houses. Three volumes covered the structured
programs on curricular areas – LANGUAGE AND
COMMUNICATION, THE HUMANITIES, MATHEMATICS
AND SCIENCE – each in a print run of 2500 copies. The
1999 ACTIVITY REPORT
Russian Language curriculum for Russian schools was
published separately in a circulation of 1000 copies. The
distribution of materials to lyceums and schools with
lyceum grades was done through cooperation with
Regional Departments of Education.
The materials offered to teachers by means of this
project represent an important step in curriculum development
for pre-university education. The decongestion
of curriculum contents, the focus on developing attitudes,
competencies and knowledge – these and other
aspects of the new documents aim to ensure the functionality
of curricular materials and the improvement of
teaching-learning-evaluation process. The improvement
of these materials will be possible, of course, with the
direct help of teachers as well as of students. Only due
to this kind of collaboration, it will be possible to have
such curricular materials which would ensure an efficient
teaching-learning process, a process that will contribute
to the development of a free and creative personality
who would share open society values and
would be capable to integrate into the society.
The project met some clear needs and necessities in
pre-university education and its target constituted the
secondary level, not covered by the educational project
supported by the World Bank (for grades 1-9).
Projects to be implemented in 2000:
High school curriculum implementation guide and
materials (development, publishing and distribution)
$ 45,000
Textbook and teaching materials development
$ 76,000
Supplementary materials development project
$ 16,929
Section III. Teacher Training
$ 196,827.02
Priority areas of activity represented:
– Support of the process of teacher training within
the system, through programs oriented specifically on
implementation of new curricular materials for secondary
school
– Promotion of modern approaches in educational
management, through various training programs and
experience sharing
– Development of the Training Laboratory for
Trainers and Teachers (in the area of the Humanities,
Math and Sciences and Educational Management)
Objective I. Development of Teacher Training
Laboratory Activities
The activity in the Laboratory was targeted towards
working with the National Teams of Trainers on:
– Training strategy design
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