New programmes for teachers professional development in Germany: the programme SINUS as a model for teachers' professional development

• Main Author: Lindner, Martin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/302
• topic: Teachers' professional development; Science and mathematics teaching; Learning communities; Evaluation of professional development initiatives

SINUS ('Increasing the efficiency of science and mathematics instruction') was initiated in 1998 as a reaction to the comparably poor TIMS-Study results. Using the experience from SINUS several programmes with a similar structure were created in Germany, but only SINUS led to some dissemination activities on national level. This article describes the main characteristics of the programme and gives an overview of the evaluation results. - O Projecto SINUS ('Increasing the efficiency of science and mathematics instruction') foi iniciado em 1998 em reacção aos maus resultados obtidos no estudo internacional TIMSS. A partir da experiência do SINUS foram criados na Alemanha vários programas com uma estrutura semelhante. Contudo, apenas este programa conduziu a actividades de disseminação a nível nacional. Este artigo descreve as principais características deste programa e apresenta uma visão geral dos resultados da sua avaliação.