1. Workshop 8th – 10th February 2007 Tallin University Björn Åstrand Umeå University
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3. Declaration of Human Rights article 26 Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
4. “ Democracies are founded on a distinctive web of values: human dignity, equality, justice, responsibility and freedom. Most students never actually study such issues in any formal way, either in school or in college.” College Learning for the New Global Century, 22
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8. As a part of HE, TE needs to develop and rely on the same quality assurance system as in HE, demanding same quality standards (levels, structures and procedures) As a professional education, TE needs to identify quality in terms of professional orientation and capabilities on top of general quality requirements (content)
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10. Specialisation for teaching positions High Low General preparation for active citizenship etc High Low A C B D Evaluation of programme – what’s the value of studies in terms of: Nature of TE is to be found in both areas and needs to be located in section A (After Labaree)
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14. Research based teacher education In Swedish – a concept with a wide signification: Forskningsanknuten undervisning Forsknings anknuten undervisning Research ( a tied knot) teaching research teaching Research based education translation exercise: In essence : two separate lines combined providing new capabilities
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19. Policy areas for higher education: Explicit policy Implicit policy Long term duration Short term duration Higher Education Bill Recurrent governmental proposals/bills on HE and research Annual governmental assignments and local tasks International policy, e.g Lisbon-strategy Curricula
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21. Research projects ( FP 7) Action research Research in/on TE Change of professional culture within TE Envisioning Future Theory & practice Communities Educational endeavors Modules/programmes/IPs Erasmus Mundus Education of supervisors VLE Synergies with ENTEP
