Central European University A Program for University Teachers, Advanced Ph.D. Students, Researchers and Professionals in the Social Sciences and Humanities Summer University

since 19-09-2003 you are visitor no. 

Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Cluj, Romania (1975).

Working languages:

English, French

Full professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy, Master’s level (since October 1998); courses provided: "Educational policies" and "European policies".

Other public positions:

Member of the Steering Committee of the World Bank Education Reform Project in Romania (since 1995);

Member of the Education Committee of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (since 1993);

Acting chair of the International Bureau of Education Council (since January 1998);

President of the Council of Europe project "Education for Democratic Citizenship".

Previous positions:

Programme Officer of the UNESCO Institute for Education in Hamburg (1971-1972)

UNESCO consultant in Mexico (April 1990, educational reform strategy) and Tunisia (September 1992, curriculum innovation);

Council of Europe expert in the following countries:

- Bulgaria (September 1993, national policy of educational research);

- Estonia (October 1994, educational provisions for minorities);

- Russia (September 1995, curriculum reform);

- Albania (October 1995, education of Greek minority);

- Lithuania (October 1995, evaluation and quality control in education);

- Slovenia (November 1995, educational provisions for minorities).

Project Manager of the National Observatory on Education and Training, a network of information and policy analysis centers in 28 European and Asian countries, supported by the European Training Foundation, Torino (since 1996)

General rapporteur of the following international meetings:

- Regional European meeting of policy - makers in education (CORDEE, UNESCO, Paris, February 1991);

- Council of Europe meetings on:

- School legislation in European countries (Bruxelles, December 1993);

- Citizenship education (Timisoara, December 1994);

- Education for Human Rights (Lohusalu, October 1994);

- Education policies for the countries in transition (Strasbourg, June 1996);

- IBE International Experts Meeting on Educational Reforms (Tokyo, September 1996);

- Member of the International Experts Committee of the project "Intercultural Textbooks for Primary Education in Europe" (Editions du Signe, Strasburg).

More than 100 articles, studies and technical reports; 15 books published in France, Romania, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugalia, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, USA, UK, Canada and Germany.

Books:

Educational Reforms, Bucharest, Educational Publishing House 1976 (in Romanian).

Analyse opérationnelle des systèmes éducatifs, Montréal, Université Laval, 1978.

Rendre opérationnels les objectifs pedagogiques, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1979.

Evaluation des innovations scolaires: niveaux, conditions et stratégies, Yaoundé, Centre National d'Education, 1979.

Hacia una didactica por objetivos, Madrid, Ediciones Morata, 1980.

Psychological Foundation of Curriculum, Bucharest, Educational Publishing House, 1981 (in Romanian).

Gli obiettivi educativi nella programmazione, Torino, Loescher Editore, 1981.

La Pédagogie du succès, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1982.

La Pedagogia del exito, Barcelona, Editorial Gedisa, 1984.

A Pedagogia do Sucesso, Lisboa, Editorial Confluência, 1984.

Operacionalizaros objectivos pedagogicos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editors, 1986.

Curriculum Reforms in Central Eastern Europe, Paris, UNESCO, 1992.

Educational Polices of the Countries in Transition, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Press, 1994.

Education Reform in Romania: Conditions and Prospects Bucharest, IES, 1994 (in collaboration).

Education and Democracy in Transition Countries, Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 1995.

Art et science de l'éducation, Bucarest, Editions Pédagogiques, 1995 (in Romanian).

Civic Culture, Bucharest, Ed. Alternatives, 1999.

Citizenship Education for In-Service Teacher Training, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Press, 1999.

Memberships:

Member of the editorial boards of the following international publications:

"Prospects" (Geneva, International Bureau of Education);

"L'Année de la recherche en sciences de l'éducation" (Paris, Presses Universitaires de France);

"Contents" (Balkan Forum, Sofia).

Member of the following international associations:

Association Francophone de Pédagogie Comparée;

Association Francophone des Sciences de l'Educations;

World Economics;

European Forum for Culture;

Balkan School Network.