מכון מופ"ת הוא המכון הארצי למחקר ולפיתוח בהכשרת מורים ובחינוך.
המכון הוא מסגרת יחידה מסוגה בארץ ובעולם. המכון נוסד בשנת 1983 על-ידי האגף להכשרת עובדי הוראה במשרד החינוך. התפיסה שהנחתה את ייסוד המכון הייתה כי למקצוע הכשרת המורים מאפייני ידע ייחודיים, וכי דרוש בסיס מחקרי ופרקטי בתחום זה, כמו גם מסגרות לימוד לתמיכה בהתפתחות המקצועית של סגלי ההוראה והניהול. תפיסה זו מתווה את פעילותו של המכון מתחילת דרכו. ייעודו של מכון מופ"ת הוא לשמש מקום מפגש מקצועי לעוסקים בהכשרת מורים במכללות ובמוסדות אקדמיים אחרים. המפגשים ומסגרות הלימוד והמחקר מאפשרים החלפת דעות, הרחבת הידע, לימוד משותף, התמחות פרופסיונלית, יצירה והפצה של ידע. מכון מופ"ת מבקש לסייע בשיפור רמת ההוראה והחינוך במערכת החינוך באמצעות טיפוח מקצועי של מכשירי המורים. The MOFET Institute Is the National Institute for Research and Development in Teacher Training and Education. The Institute constitutes a unique framework both in Israel and worldwide for supporting teacher educators’ professional development. It was founded by the Department of Teacher Education in the Ministry of Education in 1983 and is a Ministry of Education-funded non-profit organization. It was established in the belief that because the teacher education profession had its own unique components, it was necessary to directly respond to the needs of professional development of teacher educators. The MOFET Institute's mission is to serve as a professional meeting-place for teacher educators and to facilitate an educational dialogue among colleagues both in the teacher education system and in other settings in the education system. The professional encounters afford an exchange of opinions, the broadening of knowledge and collaborative study; teacher educators' specialization and professional, personal and group development; the creation and dissemination of professional knowledge regarding the significance of teacher education, its patterns of action and its meanings; the initiation and development of system-wide directions and projects in teacher education and in fields of research and educational enterprise. Chen Schechter, Head of The MOFET Institute indicate that The Mofet Institute serves as a unique research, development and learning center that connects the field of education, the academic institutions for teacher training and research, and the Ministry of Education. In this way, the Mofet Institute leads processes whose purpose is to improve teaching in the education system by strengthening the teaching profession. One of the main goals of the institute is to deal with key issues in teaching and learning in the stages of training, entry into teaching and the professional development of male and female teachers. The MOFET Institute aspires to raise the standard of education by improving teacher education and preparing teacher educators to face the most demanding challenges of the rapidly changing modern world – a situation that requires them to constantly adapt to changing environments. The Institute’s academic staff is comprised of teacher educators recruited from the colleges of education and the universities.
