Friday, August 27, 2010

Online articles about conference topics

1. Government of India's national education policies: http://www.education.nic.in/natpol.asp

2. Asia Society's article on Lesson Study in Japan: http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/learning-world/lesson-japan-load-curriculum-expertise

3. Asia Society's article on the link between education and economic development: http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/learning-world/international-benchmarking

Welcome to the T4 Policy Institute: Bangalore, India (August 30-31, 2010)

Welcome to Embedding Excellence: Transforming Professional Development for Educators, a two-day national professional development conference in Bangalore, India, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and hosted by Education Development Center on August 30-31, 2010.

Over these two days we will examine current teacher professional development practices in India; the concept of Teacher-Centered Professional Development (TCPD);global issues around professional development; best practices in India and other parts of Asia; and models for implementing TCPD.


Check back here for a summary of the two days.