Internationalisation, Cultural Difference, and Migration: Developing a Curriculum for Teacher Education

October 2003 - April 2006

(Contact: Mr Ken Hall or Dr Goodith White or Antonio Bueno - University of Jaen or Reinhard Golz - Otto-von-Guericke Universitat, Magdeburg, Germany or Ian Andrews - Simon Fraser University, Canada or Erika Hasbeludt - University of Lethbridge, Canada or Sonya Dwyer - University of Regina, Canada)

Funded By: European Commission and the Canadian Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

Other project members:
Nieves Pascual - University of Jaen
Olaf Beuchling - Otto-von-Guericke Universitat,Magdeburg, Germany

As a result of globalisation, urban and rural settings on both sides of the Atlantic are becoming ethnically and linguistically more diverse. This project involves 48 European and 48 Canadian beginning teachers in 12 week international school placements as part of their teacher education programme.The main objective of the project is to strengthen intercultural approaches to teaching and learning, and the key activity is the development and implementation of a culturally responsive curriculum for teacher education which will provide future teachers with increased expertise in working in culturally diverse classrooms. The four more specific objectives are:

  1. to strengthen intercultural approaches to teaching and learning
  2. to promote the internationalisation of teacher education in Canada and Europe (and to increase international opportunities for employment for new teachers)
  3. to develop action research as part of professional enquiry
  4. to expand the integration of technology into professional practice

The partners in the project are:
For Europe - University of Leeds (UK), University of Jaen (Spain) and Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
For Canada: Simon Fraser University (British Columbia), Lethbridge University (Alberta), Regina University (Sakatechewan).

Leeds and Simon Fraser are the two lead universities.

The project has a dedicated website at http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/research/icdm which is accessible to project participants.

This project last updated by Peter Edwards on 18th January 2006.