To lay a conceptual and theoretical foundation of the term coherence, its various facets and as a basis for the further development of learning-teaching opportunities and empirical research, the aim of IO 1 was to generate a common understanding of how coherence in teacher education is achieved in the different countries of the participating universities. The first task was to develop a framework for mapping different contexts, notions, concepts and understandings of coherence in teacher education in the participating countries and institutions.
This framework (IO 1 – MappingCoherence_GuideQuest_Classification) was created based on a thorough literature review of academic studies on coherence in teacher education, as well as official policy documents and recommendations provided by international organisations, such as the EU and the OECD. National partners used the framework to collect relevant data related to coherence in teacher education at a national and local level. In depth analyses of national and local/institutional strategies and concepts by partners based on the common analytical framework resulted in the creation of National Reports for every country. These reports were finally used to create an international report on coherence in European teacher education. The international report outlines the convergences and divergences across national systems and Higher Education institutions in Europe and highlights the tensions and challenges in implementing coherence in TE in different locations. The international report is now available as scientific publication and published as Open Educational Resource in the Edited Volume.
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Coherence in European Teacher Education – Edited volume successfully published
The newly published edited volume on “Coherence in European Teacher Education: Theoretical Models, Empirical Studies, Instructional Approaches” probably best represents the successful and longstanding collaboration of the ConnEcTEd project consortium. It offers a comprehensive look into the evolving and diverse landscape of teacher education across Europe.
Reisebericht: The ConnEcTEd team presents its work at the EARLI CONFERENCE 2023
The work of the ConnEcTEd team was once again successfully disseminated. At the biennial Earli Conference, resents the largest European conference dealing with the central themes of education, training, teaching and learning, the project team’s results were anticipated and discussed with great interest by the community.
Reisebericht: Tervetuloa helsinkiin – The ConnEcTEd team meets in Helsinki 2023
The ConnEctEd project team met in person again in May 2023, this time in beautiful Helsinki, Finland. The focus of the content work was, among others, the finalization of the work on the theoretical conceptualization of coherence (IO 1), which has been used as the basis for the various other content work and focal points since the beginning of the project.
Funding
This project received funding from the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union (Strategic Partnerships, KA 203).
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