Abstract

Modern economics has placed lifelong learning (LLL) at the center of an intensive ongoing political debate. Evidenced-based interventions are needed, not only in continuing education courses for teachers, but also in schools. This paper introduces evaluation results of TALK, a teacher education program for professional teachers with the objective of fostering LLL in schools. Two main goals were investigated: effects on teacher competences and cooperation. 40 secondary-school teachers participated. Repeated measures in a control group design established the gains of TALK: It must be evaluated as a program which is successful in the robust enhancement of teacher competences and cooperation.

Citation

Finsterwald, M., Wagner, P., Schober, B., Lüftenegger, M. & Spiel, C. (2013). Fostering lifelong learning – Evaluation of a teacher education program for professional teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 29(1), 144-155. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved November 29, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/201865/.

Keywords

• lifelong learning
• motivation
• Program Evaluation
• self-regulated learning
• Teacher competences
• Teacher cooperation
• teacher education