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2023a

International Scientific Conference held on September 30th, 2023 at 50 Akadimias street, ‘Antonis Tritsis’ amphitheatre, in Athens.
Organizer: International, Interdisciplinary Society entitled SY.N.TH.E.SI. The Heuristic Teachers’ Society

Under the Auspices

The Transnational, Interdisciplinary Community SY.N.TH.E.SI.: The Circle of ‘Dead’ Edudators, in the context of a continuous effort to highlight education as an important institution for the social, cultural and economic development of the country, organizes an International Scientific Conference in Athens.

A key purpose of the conference is the analysis and critical approach of all dimensions or 'principles', overt and hidden, related to a critical issue that concerns not only the educational world but also the wider society for the evaluation of educational work, but also the essential evaluation of the work of teachers of all levels and not only of Primary and Secondary Education teachers. This includes the teachers’ evaluations in their valid, evidence and values-based explanations of their educational influences in their own learning and in the learning of others.

A second objective is directly related to the reflection on the issue of the feasibility served by the evaluation as it is introduced in our country, as well as to the actors involved in this process. A counterproposal for the assessment will be presented at the conference with the goal of development and improvement.

Presentations

It is our intention that the presentations will be made both by scientists of education, evaluation and educational policy, as well as by teachers who are experiencing and evaluating the changes in education and their impasses.

One of the innovations in the conference program is planned to be the participation of student presenters who will freely present their opinions on the controversial topic. After all, SY.N.THE.SI. always highlights the important role of students as researchers and producers of knowledge.

Our Approach: Critique. We will attempt to delimit this issue and 'illuminate' it from many angles.

Key issues/questions:

• What is assessment? Why was he born? How is it defined and determined? What is the 'Principle' and what are its 'principles'?
• What is the identity of those who decide to introduce and promote it? So 'Who is who'. Analysis without fear and passion, always with a critical eye and with the 'political responsibility of intellectuals' which, in a sense, all of us, young and old who participate, have this quality.
• How is the leadership of the Ministry of Education chosen? How are her choices evaluated each time and what are their costs?
• What is the purpose of the evaluation system being promoted? The development; The punishment? How does it prove its targeting?
• If evaluation is something positive with the goal of development then who is it intended for? Is it only for the end of the chain of acting subjects, i.e. for the teachers? And what does that mean?
• What basic questions might be important to be formulated by practical teachers? For example:
  • What kind of teacher am I?
  • Who, after all, decides what I should do or be?
  • Who are involved in my assessment and how do I assess them?
  • How can I learn to express and publicize my views?
  • How can I break out of silence and speak up?
  • How do I improve and evaluate my educational influences in my professional practice?

The presenters will analyze important dimensions and give their own positions on the theme of the conference. The papers of the participants are expected to be included in a printed version after the end of the conference.

There are two planned sections of the program. In each section, the candidate presenters can declare another presentation topic.

The step of the Educators

Suggested topics for teachers

• Evaluating the evaluators: Who will guard the watchdogs?
• Evaluation as part of teaching instruction as an Active Research research project. Scenario with 4 steps: Plan, Act, Observe, Critically Analyze.
• ΑSelf-evaluation as a key element of a course of Self-Knowledge.
• The fear of Evaluation: Evaluation of educational work or identity?
• The Professional profile of the Educator as a Professional: Does it exist in the Greek reality from the Ministry of Education?
• 'The sinless first cast the stone': the assessment needs to start from 'high'.
• The identity of the teacher constructed in higher education and legitimized by educational policy: what purpose is served?
• The education staff required for the teacher to function effectively: Who will evaluate them effectively?
• The evaluation of the policies of the Ministry of Education: By what procedures are they selected and how are they evaluated objectively?

We will be particularly happy for the participation of younger lecturer friends in the proposed topics that follow.

The step of the students

The students evaluate the evaluation methods and propose their own positions

• The role I want to have as a student in the evaluation of educational things: My own evaluation as a reference point.
• The teacher that I dream of and that the times demand: What is my opinion of his/her assessment?
• The policies that are required for an effective Ministry of Education and the Minister that I need as a student and citizen: Why the evaluation must start from 'high' if it really aims to improve.

Programme

Click here to view Conference's program in greek.