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Impact and sustainability of the Erasmus+ Programme Key Action 1 Mobility Projects for School Education Staff By Jūratė Valuckienė, Milda Damkuvienė and Sigitas Balčiūnas as leading experts1
Jūratė Valuckienė Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Šiauliai
Abstract The 1st part of the article provides an overview of the main concepts and results of the impact study concerning Erasmus+ Mobility Projects for School Education Staff that was carried out in five European Union countries (Estonia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Poland). The 2nd part of the article focuses on the results of the impact study in Lithuania.
University, Lithuania. She has been teaching courses in Knowledge Management, Total Quality Management Marketing, and advising schools on quality management and improvement. Over the past five years, she has
The main concepts of the research Background The research “Impact and Sustainability of the Erasmus+ Programme Key Action 1 Mobility Projects for School Education Staff”2 was initiated by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation3 (Lithuania) as part of the Erasmus+ Programme (hereafter: Erasmus+) Transnational Cooperation Activity with the following National Agencies: Archimedes Foundation (Estonia), Centre for International Mobility (since 2017 – Finnish
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been actively working in school-related research and consultation projects. Jūratė is the co-author of three books and a number of articles, and fellow of the ERSA Baltic section.
The research “Impact and Sustainability of the Erasmus+ Programme Key Action 1 Mobility Projects for School Education Staff” was initiated by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation (Lithuania) as a part of the Erasmus+ Programme Transnational Cooperation Activity with the following National Agencies: Archimedes Foundation (Estonia), Centre for International Mobility (since 2017 – Finnish National Agency for Education; Finland), Pädagogischer Austauschdienst der Kultusministerkonferenz, Nationale Agentur für EU-Programme im Schulbereich (Germany) and Foundation for the Development of the Education System (Poland). Contractors (national experts) in each country carried out the research using the same methodology and research instruments. National reports were prepared on the basis of a common template to ensure, to the extent possible, comparability of results. National experts included: Halliki Harro-Loit, PhD, Juta Jaani, MA, Jaanika Piksööt, MSc, Regina Lapp, MA (Estonia), Satu Niemelä, MA (Finland), Prof. Dr. K. Schäfer-Koch (Germany), Michał Pachocki, MA, PgD (Poland). Initiator of the study: Education Exchanges Support Foundation, http://www.smpf.lt; address: Rožių al. 2, LT-03106 Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Link to the Transnational research report: http://erasmus-plius.lt/uploads/files/impact-sustainability-of-the-
impact and sustainability
erasmus-programme-ka1-mobility-projects-for-school-education-staff.pdf. Link to the Transnational research
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report in brief: http://erasmus-plius.lt/uploads/files/impact-sustainability-of-the-erasmus-programme-ka1mobility-projects-for-school-education-staffreport-in-brief.pdf
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KEYWORDS Erasmus+ Mobility of School Education Staff, teachers’ professional development abroad, Erasmus+ Mobility Projects, schools’
The Education Exchanges Support Foundation is a Lithuanian National Agency entrusted with the administration
strategic development,
of the Erasmus+ Programme and other initiatives funded by the European Commission and the Government of the
school environment
Republic of Lithuania in the field of education and vocational training
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