CERTIFICATION

WHO IS 'WE'?
WHICH OF US IS COMPETENT , OR HAS A MANDATE, TO JUDGE THE VALIDITY, SCOPE, EFFECTIVENESS OF ANOTHER'S WORK?

• the founder of suggestopedia?
• national suggestopedic associations?
  • their presidents?
  • their councils of the national associations?
  • special committees set up by those councils?
• all present and future trainers? What about those who work only with one specific commercial product?
• Who is to certify the certifiers?
• How do we ensure that our proposals seem fair and objective to teachers who are already working in the field? to potential trainees?
• How do we avoid establishing cliques, inner circles?

WHAT DO WE CERTIFY?

• do we certify general suggestopedic teachers, competent to deal with anything they know?
• or do we certify suggestopedic language teachers, music teachers, maths teachers?
• or do we certify suggestopedic English teachers, German teachers, Swahili teachers?
• do we certify for different levels?

• Do we want to consider certifying teacher-trainers at this point? Or do we concentrate on certifying teachers for the time being?
  • which comes first - the chicken or the egg?
  • can we certify teachers with uncertified trainers?

   

BACKGROUND AIMS STRATEGIES TRAINING CERTIFICATION ACCREDITATION STEPS TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT FURTHER REFERENCE BRAIN-STORMERS