New Study on the Teacher Education and Training Needs Analysis Systems in SouthEastern Europe

As a result of the cooperation between Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe, European Training Foundation and agencies in charge of teacher education and training from South Eastern Europe, a Study on the Teacher education and training needs analysis systems in South Eastern Europe has been produced and published.

The study is based on the desk research and interviews with experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia, implemented by Mirjana Beara, Ph.D., and Danijela S. Petrović, Ph.D.

The study shows that  teacher education and training system is recognized in all of the economies as an important factor of the quality of teaching and learning and of student achievement. Needs analysis is conceptualised as  at three levels: individual, school and national. The research shows that the connection between analysis across the levels should be improved. There are also recommendations for strengthening school-based professional development for teachers, greater cooperation between schools in peer learning, supporting the process of teachers’ self-evaluation and reflection on their own practice, accreditation of training programmes according to agreed quality criteria, and tailoring the catalogues to meet the actual needs of teachers.

The results of the study will be used to plan further activities of the South Eastern European Teacher Education and Training Network (SEE TET Network), coordinated by the ERI SEE and ETF and composed of representatives of teacher education and training agencies from the region.