AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY ON TEACHERS' COMPETENCES

It is widely acknowledged that teachers play a significant role on the success of any implemented educational policy. There is an increasing pressure and growing expectations for their ability to promote key competences, so the students may be able to participate effectively in society. This research study has offered the opportunity to compare, in five different European countries, the Teachers' competences as perceived by themselves and by the students. The five-country team developed a comparative research in Europe, concerning the question of competences in secondary schools: what the teachers offer and what the students demand.