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On 21 October, a celebration event of the 95th anniversary of teacher education took place at the university, during which professors emer- iti Leida Talts and Viive-Riina Ruus and associate professor emeritus Ulve Kala-Arvisto reviewed the history of teacher education, Kristi Vinter, director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, and professor Mati Heidmets held a dialogue on the present and future of teach- er education, and the Estonian Pedagogical Archives and Museum showed historical film clips on how teachers were educated decades ago. Estonian teachers, school leaders and educational scientists were recognized for their contribution to development of teacher ed- ucation, among others:
» Aina Alunurm, a board member of the J. Käis Association and head teacher of Jänesselja Kindergarten
» Ene Hiiepuu, lecturer of mother tongue didactics at Haapsalu College and author of study books of Estonian language
» Aigi Kapten, head teacher of Elva Kindergarten Õnneseen
» Anne Kose, music teacher of Kose Gymnasium
» Ülo Kurig, teacher of physical education at Tallinn German
Gymnasium, sports pedagogue
» Kaia Köster, educator from Kasvuruum Ltd
» Kristi Laidvee, teacher of physical education at Pääsküla Gym- nasium
» Anne Lind, head of Tallinn German Institute of Culture
» Stella Müsler, music teacher at Toila Gymnasium
» Marika Nõmmiste, head of Allecto publishing house
» Agu Ojasoo, teacher of mathematics at Gustav Adolf Grammar
School
» Mare Paist, teacher of physical education at Tallinn German
Gymnasium
» Mare Torm, specialist of educational story at the TU Pedagogical
Archives and Museum
» Tõnu Piibur, headmaster of Pelgulinna Gymnasium
» Tarmo Post, headmaster of Elva Gymnasium
Cooperation with the radio programme, “Falling Apple” continued in pursuing the popularisation of research. In 2014, a total of 52 tel- ecasts with 84 visitors took place. Tallinn University participated in eight telecasts.
At the end of 2014, cooperation with the Estonian Public Broad- casting research portal was initiated, which in turn joined forces with Novator. The purpose of merging and the active involvement of re- search universities is a more extensive and systematic reflection of Estonian research. Similar cooperation targeted at an international reader has intensified with the Estonian Research Agency´s portal Research in Estonia, where articles introducing Estonian research are publicised in English.
The TU Student Research Week, organised by the Student Union for the third time, took place 10 - 14 March 2014. The aim of the event was to bring the scientific perspective of different specialisa- tions taught at the university closer to students through the organisa- tion of popular science performances, workshops, etc. The Research Week included such events as star observations, workshop of molec- ular gastronomy, lectures by TU members of the teaching staff and students ranging from populism to chemical analyses of archaeolog- ical findings, training of writing research projects and much more.
The traditional autumn Researchers´ Night Festival offered events both inside and outside the university. “Ph” Like Physics is a group of young TU physicists with a mission to increase the pop- ularity of their speciality. This time a rare opportunity to visit their home laboratory at TU was offered. The Institute of History offered a lecture series on everyday life of medieval people and the Institute of Health Sciences and Sports visited the Viimsi School.
The One Minute Lecture Series describing activities of TU re- searchers was continued and 13 new videos were added in 2014. Videos are available in web and www.vimeo.com environments. An
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