The teachers watched how I continually modified the activities based on what they were saying. They were very impressed by the flexibility I brought to my own teaching process because they just don't have models for that. She points to the refusal to admit past mistakes as one of the biggest obstacles facing the education reforms. History teachers, for example, prefer the old textbooks with their stories of Romanian success and national pride to the ambiguities of the new history curriculum. But that reputation is linked to only 10 percent of the students.
Early indications show that the new programs are successful.
In a recent study conducted by the project, teachers retrained in economics education showed an 18 percent increase in content knowledge compared with their colleagues who had not participated, as well as sustained use of the new teaching strategies. And most importantly, studies of student performance indicated that students in participatory classrooms demonstrated significantly enhanced economic knowledge as compared with students in traditional classrooms. But the real power of the project is revealed in the words of the participants themselves. Inc. All Rights Reserved.