The document discusses a professional development workshop for teachers to be held in Ischia, Italy from October 16-18, 2008. It addresses the challenges that teachers face with lifelong learning and balancing demands on their time. The workshop aims to help teachers break isolation by participating in communities of practice where social interaction and sharing interests can help lead to learning. The goals are to make teachers ready, willing, able, reflective and communal through knowledge building and learning in communities, as described in models of professional development and accomplished teaching.

2. Too many demands?

3. … but what is the meaning of lifelong learning for teachers, when they are the learners “ Teachers need good education too” (European Commission, 2007). .

5. Let’s break isolation

9. VISION

10. MOTIVATION

11. KNOWLEDGE BUILDING Learning in communities

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