TEACHERS’ RE-TRAINING AS A MEANS FOR PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT: A CASE STUDY IN BULGARIA

The study of the teachers' re-training could support the teachers' image as good professionalist, competent, aiming to be useful for the students' by means of own improvement. Two cases of implementation of teachers' training programmes on the topics of use of computers in education and work with pupils with special educational needs in Bulgaria are described. These were among the most preferred topics of teachers' continuing education. In total, 54 teachers took part in the training programmes. Their effectiveness was measured by means of the teachers' results on the exams, the chosen topics for preparation of the course projects, the different approaches to the similar topics, sharing of own experience by the teachers, and the time period of the training.