ERIC Number: ED574106
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 65
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-92-79-63798-8
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Annex 2 To the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. Case Study Summaries
European Commission
"Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Annex 2 To the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. Case Study Summaries" is designed as a companion document to the final report "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Final Report". It provides 15 case study summaries from a variety of countries. The countries and study topics include: (1) Switzerland: "Nightingale"--A Mentoring and Integration project; (2) Cyprus--"Multi-perspectivity and intercultural dialogue in education"; (3) Germany--Life is Diversity Students' network; (4) Germany--Multilingualism in teacher education; (5) Denmark--Modules on 'Teaching bilingual children' & General education/Christian studies, philosophy of life and citizenship; (6) Spain--Tandem Project. Learning Service Programme (7) Ireland--The DICE Project; (8) Italy--Intercultural Education Laboratory; (9) Latvia--Master's Programme in Educational Treatment of Diversity (ETD); (10) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)--Quotas for students from ethnic communities & Scholarships for Roma students; (11) Malta--Unit on "Responding to student diversity in the primary classroom"; (12) The Netherlands--Parents with a Migrant Background speak at ITE Institutions; (13) Norway--The National Centre for Multicultural Education (NAFO); (14) Slovenia--Criteria for accreditation of study programmes for teachers; and (15) Slovakia--Multicultural education as a cross-cutting theme in education. Each study presents the following information: (1) Context; (2) A short description; (3) Evidence of effectiveness; (4) Key success factors; (5) Transferability; and (6) References and a list of interviews. Individual studies provide references. [For the final report: "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Final Report" see ED574094. For "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Executive Summary of the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission" see ED574109. For "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Annex 1 to the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission" see ED574105. For "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Annexes 3-6 to the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission" see ED574107.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Diversity, Case Studies, Mentors, Multicultural Education, Intercultural Communication, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Service Learning, Masters Programs, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Ethnic Groups, Scholarships, Elementary Education, Units of Study, Migrants, Parents, National Organizations, Accreditation (Institutions), Preservice Teachers, National Programs, Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: European Commission; Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI) (Lithuania); European Union (EU) (Belgium)
Identifiers - Location: Switzerland; Cyprus; Germany; Denmark; Spain; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Macedonia; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Slovenia; Slovakia
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