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Initial Primary Teacher Education in a Multinational Group: a European dimension
Author(s) -
Ryan Charly
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192950210304
Subject(s) - curriculum , dimension (graph theory) , mathematics education , teacher education , constructivist teaching methods , pedagogy , multinational corporation , primary education , theme (computing) , sociology , psychology , teaching method , political science , computer science , mathematics , pure mathematics , law , operating system
The European Council of Ministers decided in 1988 that all pupils in compulsory education, and all students in teacher education, would have a European dimension to their education. The paper outlines a novel approach to curriculum development for the European dimension, which involves a series of intensive, 1‐month programmes, incorporating an action research, school‐based approach for a multinational group of primary teacher education students. A constructivist approach is used to sequence the activities on the four aspects of the programme, the European dimension, teaching and learning, curriculum development, and the theme of the particular programme. The outcomes for one group of students are analysed on the basis of their diary writing to show that initial teacher education students can be supported in operating at demanding professional levels. This analysis is used as the basis for a commentary on my own learning.