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Project: Internationalisation in Teacher Education and at School

This project examines how internationalisation and intercultural competence are understood by key educational actors across teacher education and schools in ten European countries, with the aim of strengthening teachers’ capacity to foster intercultural understanding, inclusion, and democratic citizenship.

Project information

Project manager
Kerstin Hansson
Other project participants at Linnaeus University
Mattias Lundin, Hennie Kesak
Participating organisations
University of Cologne, Germany, University of Florence, University of Murcia, Spain, University of Nantes, France, University of Helsinki, Finland, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, KU Leuven, Belgium, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, Linnaeus University’s partner schools: VIGS and Kungshögskolan in Ljungby, Sweden
Financier
European Commission / Erasmus+
Timetable
15/6 2023 – 14/6 2026
Subject
Pedagogy (Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences)
Research groups
Research on pedagogical professions and practices (PEPP),  Forskargruppen för värdepedagogisk forskning (in Swedish)
Knowledge Environment
Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Education in change
Websites
https://lnu.se/forskning/forskningsprojekt/projekt-teacher-academy-for-a-future-in-flux/
https://www.teff-academy.eu/

More about the project

This project investigates internationalization and interculturality in teacher education and at school by examining how different actors in education perceive internationalisation and intercultural competences in their respective fields. Repeated studies show that teachers’ attitudes and knowledge base are crucial in fostering intercultural understanding in schools. Schools play an important role in shaping democratic societies, and teachers are central in promoting intercultural understanding as well as in fostering diversity and inclusion. By investigating different actors’ perspectives in ten European countries, we aim to enhance the understanding of cultural similarities and differences in preparing future democratic citizens at school as well as in teacher education.

The project is part of the research in the Erasmus + Teacher Academy-project TEFF: Teacher Education for a Future in Flux, the research groups Research on pedagogical professions and practices (PEPP), Forskargruppen för värdepedagogisk forskning (in Swedish) and the Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Education in Change