On October 28, at Azerbaijan Teachers Institute has started a two-day international scientific conference entitled “Current problem of teacher training.”
The conference was attended by representatives from Turkey, Russia, France, Ukraine and Georgia, as well as universities of the country.
At first, the attendees have visited Heydar Aliyev Centre established at the Institute.
The event was opened by the Rector of Azerbaijan Teachers Institute Agiya Nakhchivanli. She welcomed the participants and gave information on the history and activity of the Institute headed by her. In her speech she also touched on problems existing in this field, and from this viewpoint, underlined the value of the conference.
Speaking at the event Education Minister Misir Mardanov stressed the importance of holding such as international-level conference at the Azerbaijan Teachers Institute. Noting the conference is devoted to the current issues in teacher training, the Minister underlined that the future of each country depends on the ability of school and teacher to respond to the current global challenges. According to him, there are important tasks in front of the universities to develop a latest and effective model for training new generation of teachers and professional development of pedagogical staff. The Minister also stressed the importance of conducting serious research to apply new innovations in the teacher training field using modern advances in science and information technology.
Misir Mardanov highlighted the stat care provided for the education and teachers of the country, and gave information on steps taken to stimulate teachers. Moreover, since 2008, the Best Teacher and Best School competitions have been held by the appropriate orders of the President in order to develop their innovative activity. He also talked about measures taken on teacher training field for the last few years and existing problems.
The conference was also attended by Prof. of Eurasian Open Institute (Moscow), academician of International Academy of Psychological Sciences Alexander Morozov, who gave a presentation on the theme of “Shaping a new type of teacher as a main factor in the development of modern education.”
Next, a film about the history and activity of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine was demonstrated at the event.
After the break, the conference has continued its work at sessions.
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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