2009-11-16 20:17

TALIS: Polish secondary school teachers most willingly raise their qualifications

According to the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) Polish secondary school teachers are the best and most willing to raise their qualification in the profession. The results of this survey were presented in Warsaw.

The TALIS survey was done in the years 2007-2008 in 24 countries (17 that belonged to OECD, and 7 partner countries). 70 000 secondary school teachers took part in the survey, including 3 000 in Poland. The study consisted of teachers and headmasters answering to questions in a survey.

The main Polish coordinator Prof. Rafał Piwowarski said, whilst announcing the results, that Poland (where 94 percent of the teachers have a higher education) and Slovakia (96 percent have a higher education), belong to an elite group of five countries, where at least half of the teaching staff has a higher education (Master's degree).

"Almost every teacher in Poland has a degree, and most of them has a Master's degree, whereas in Belgium only a few percent of the teachers has an education of this level" - said Piwowarski.

According to the surveys, Polish teachers alongside those from Mexico, South Korea and Spain belong to a group of teachers who spend a lot of time on improving their knowledge, and often use it. Polish teachers declared that they preferably speak to other teachers and read books concerning their profession. On the third place they said that they would use courses and workshops, nevertheless 90 percent of Polish teachers attend them.

30 percent of Polish secondary teachers feels the need to improve, including new ways of working with their pupils, especially learning about special needs for both those, that are talented, and those who have problems. DSR

PAP - Science and Scholarship in Poland, tr. ajb

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