18 Amendments of Christa PRETS related to 2008/2102(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of sport in education and training and the need to give sport particular consideration, for example by enhancing the provision of physical education and sport throughout pre- primary, primary and secondary education, and calls for at least three teaching periods per week to be set aside for sport in the curriculum and for support to be given for schools to go beyond this prescribed minimum where possible;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that media literacy and ICT knowledge should be strongly promoted, especially among teachers and elderly people and recommends both that media education should form an integral part of the curriculum at all levels of schooling and that compulsory media teaching modules should be offered for teachers;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for increased resources and investment in pre-primary educationto attach greater value to pre-primary education and provide increased resources for investment;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the learning of a second language should begin at this early stage, but young children's contact with languages must be organised through play and without pressure;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 13
13. Calls on all Member States to makeintroduce a compulsory free year of pre- primary education compulsoryfor all children;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Stresses that primary and secondary education should equip children for autonomous, creative and innovative thinking and make them into media- critical and self-reflecting citizens;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16
16. Considers that curricula, and their content, must be continually updated in order to remain relevant and stresses that all Member States must attach greater importance to teacher training and provide more resources for it if they are to make significant progress in achieving the Lisbon Strategy targets in the work programme 'Education and training 2010' and promote lifelong learning within the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Strongly urges that foreign languages should be learnt from an early age and foreign-language teaching should be included in all primary school curricula; stresses that, if this goal is to be achieved, sufficient resources must be made available to recruit and train foreign-language teachers;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 20
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Strongly supports the promotion of continuous and coherent professional development for teachers throughout their careers; takes the view that all teachers should have regular opportunities to improve and update their skills and qualifications, as well as their pedagogical knowledge;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 25
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 28
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 30
30. Strongly recommends that Member States improve students' and teachers' mobility, including mobility between countries, programmes and disciplines; stresses, in this context, the importance of implementing the European Quality Charter for Mobility in order to create a genuine European area for lifelong education and training and promote economic, social and regional cooperation;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the long-term unemployed and women, prisoners, workers in re- education institutions and workers with special needs should especially be taken into consideration;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that women in particular should be encouraged to take part in training and further training, and special programmes to promote lifelong learning for women must also be provided and promoted in this context;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that low-skilled and older workers ought to be particularly encouraged, as they are more likely to interrupt theirnd incentives should be provided for them to take part in lifelong learning programmes;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that knowledge and qualifications acquired through lifelong learning should be much broader and easily recognised, for example through initiatives such as the award of prizesand to that end the implementation of the European Qualifications Framework and the Europass as instruments for the promotion of lifelong learning must also be stepped up;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls for the advantages of the Charter for Mobility to be recognised and exploited and for them to be put into practice by the Member States, and for the Commission to carry out a review of implementation in the Member States;