CULTURE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND TEACHERS\u27 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

O stručnom usavršavanju učitelja, autorica promišlja pozivajući se na mnoge autore, kao institucijskom razvoju u mijenjanju kulture odgojno-obrazovne ustanove koja na taj način povećava svoje kapacitete za kontinuirane promjene odgojno-obrazovne prakse, a ne samo implementaciju pojedinih inovacija. Posebno zato što postojanje novih razrađenih kurikuluma, zakonskih akata i drugih propisa, koji određuju, ili bi trebali usmjeravati odgojnu praksu, nije dostatno za njezino kvalitetno mijenjanje. O odgojno-obrazovnoj ustanovi raspravlja kao o jednoj organizaciji, a o kulturi kao svojstvu organizacije kojem se njezini članovi trebaju prilagođavati u procesu stalne evolucije. Zastupa tezu o potrebi drugačijeg pristupa stručnom usavršavanju učitelja usmjerenog na izravno istraživanje i mijenjanje osobne prakse. O stručnom usavršavanju učitelja promišlja kao o strategiji u procesu mijenjanja kulture odgojno-obrazovne ustanove. Vizija cjeloživotnog učenja i neprestanog profesionalnog razvoja zahtijeva učitelja koji će znati kritički razmišljati, koji je osposobljen za refleksiju i evaluaciju, koji zna potražiti ili osigurati preduvjete za razvoj svakog pojedinog učenika te koji zna poticati i podržavati učenike u procesu učenja. O učitelju se promišlja, prije svega, kao inicijatoru promjena, pokretaču za učenje, koji se brine za svoj osobni i profesionalni razvoj i koji je dio organizacije koja se razvija i uči, a o refleksiji kao značajnoj karakteristici profesionalnog razvoja učitelja.Referring to many other authors, the author of this paper considers teachers\u27 professional training as the institutional development in changing the culture of an educational institution that increases its capacity for continuous changes of educational practice, and not only the implementation of certain innovations. The particular reason for this is that the existence of new elaborated curriculums, legislations and other regulations, which determine or should direct educational practice, is not adequate for its quality changing. An educational institution is being discussed as an organization, and culture as a characteristic of an organization to which its memebers should adapt in the process of continuous evolution. The author advocates the thesis that threre is a need for different approach to teacher professional training that is aimed at the direct research and changing of personal practice. Teacher professional training is considered here as a strategy in the process of changing the culture of educational institutions. The vision of lifelong learning and continuous professional development demands a teacher who thinks in a critical way, who is trained for reflection and evaluation, who knows how to find or provide the prerequisites for the development of each of their pupils and how to encourage and support them in the process of learning. Above all, a teacher is considered here as an initiator of change, a promoter of learning who cares for their own personal and professional development and who is a part of the developing and learning organization, while at the same timethe reflection is considered to be a significant characteristic of teachers\u27 professional development