Partnerships between Albanian Educational Institutions and European Countries in 1927-1939

Abstract

This paper " Institutional Partnerships with European countries and beyond during the period 1927-1939 " undertakes to analyse real and professional ties that existed between the Albanian Ministry of Education , School " Normal " in Elbasan and the European institutions especially with the International Bureau of Education in Geneva (IBE) Some of the results of this collaboration is worth highlighting: Firstly, support from the IBE regarding the design of a solid legal basis for the Albanian education, which led to the drafting of a comprehensive legislative package during the Education Minister Ivanaj. The process is considered very professional since it analyzed the situation of Albanian education system and was based on the European laws that were made available by IBE. Secondly, this collaboration with IBE - enabled access to European publications of the time, through periodic bulletins that focused on education reform, teaching models and pedagogy reforms, issues of child psychology, and many different themes that helped in the development of better education system. Thirdly, it supported the building of appropriate data systems at the national level. Systems and methods that helped in collecting education related data which were necessary to inform policy and practice. The model used at the time served to create a similar system of statistics in all European countries, and it formed the basis for the future of the Albanian education. Fourthly, it is worth mentioning that the abundant theoretical, scientific, and practical information on the active pedagogy model and its elements, which was treated in publications that IBE found application mainly in school practice in the " Normal School " of Elbasan. The second part of the presentation will present the collaborations with other educational institutions in Austria, Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium, United States of America, and even Japan and India. Methodology: Research in the archives of the Albanian State. This study is based on qualitative research.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n1p429