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IQST
Improving Quality of Science Teacher Training in European Cooperation
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- Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Physics
- University of Cyprus, Department of Education
- Siauliai University, Faculty of Education, Department of Education
- University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", Faculty of Education
- Ataturk University, Bayburt Education Faculty, Science Teachers Education Department
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Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Physics
(Name and Contact Address of the coordinator)
| Title (optional)(e.g. Mr, Mrs, Prof., Dr, etc.) | Prof. RNDr., CSc. | ||
| Family name | Nezvalová | First name | Danuše |
| Department/Unit | Faculty of Science Palacký University Department of Experimental Physics | ||
| Official function within the institution | Professor | ||
| Street | Tř. 17. listopadu | Street number | 50 |
| Postcode | 772 00 | Town / City | Olomouc |
| Country code | CZ | Region code | CZ07 |
| Telephone (including country and area code | (+420) 585 634 180 | Fax (including country and area code) | (+420)5225737 |
| danuse.nezvalova@upol.cz | |||
Others
| Position in the project | Surname | First name | Office phone | |
| Project manager | Pokorná | Gabriela | gabriela.pokorna@upol.cz | (+420)585631403 |
| Administrator of the project website | Říha | Jan | jan.riha@upol.cz | (+420)585634104 |
| Secretary | Beštová | Radka | mouse.radka@seznam.cz | (+420)585634290 |
| Researcher | Holubová | Renata | renata.holubova@upol.cz | (+420)585634165 |
Expertise and role
Faculty of Science is one of the 7 faculties of this university. The Faculty of Science provides initial and in-service teacher training. Coordinator led the research teams working under 3 grants awarded by Ministry of Education in last 5 years in the field of in-service training. She was a leader in the grant of Czech - Canadian project in the field of teachers´ job satisfaction. Recently she was a contact person and active partner in 2 Tempus projects (1996-2000), which were oriented to in-service teacher training, partner in 3 Socrates -Comenius projects and coordinator in 1 project in Socrates Comenius framework. She is an expert in initial teacher training, science curriculum and evaluation. The coordinator has long years experience of initial and in-service teacher training, from design and delivery to evaluation and accreditation. Palacký University is placed in the urban area. Region is mostly agricultural part of Moravia with higher percentage of unemployment than average. The institution cooperates with the rural, urban, and sub-urban schools in the region of Moravia.
Specific tasks
Coordinating institution will be responsible for coordinating and management of the project work, administration of the project, organization of 2 meetings, presentation of the project, web-page administration including electronic version of outputs, publishing and printing of training materials, production of CD Roms, dissemination, evaluation of the project, design of 1 module ´Assessing Science for Understanding - a constructivist approach´, presentation of 2 students´ portfolio.