The Network for ECIU Teacher Education communities is a network open to all ECIU member institutions offering initial and continued teacher training: Early Childhood Education, Primary & Secondary Education (ISCED 0-3), and CPD for in-service teachers already working in kindergartens and schools.
UN Sustainability Goals #4: Quality Education
The overarching structure of this network consists of both a Steering Committee and a Coordination Group, focusing on how higher education institutions and stakeholders can work jointly on solving societal challenges through Teacher Education:
By utilising up-to-date knowledge from the field of practice, we want to make even better arrangements for teacher training to help respond to the major societal challenges we face, both now and in the future, says Brita Strand Rangnes, the founder and former head of the network, from the University of Stavanger.
Rangnes is clear that the teachers being trained in our institutions will have the school as their place of work, but society as their area of impact.
We develop as a society in school. We've all been in school. No matter what happens later in life, we have this in common. That makes the school an incredibly important stage for creating change in society. Which, in turn, makes teacher education crucial for work on major societal challenges, says Rangnes.
The network was established in 2018, and now has 8 ECIU member universities
Involved Members
Contribute to SDG#4 QualityEducation
Investigate and emphasize innovation with the public sector
Inform policy development on Teacher Education in Europe
Strengthen the collaboration and mobility between Teacher Education providers in the ECIU
Responsible Persons
Your contact person regarding the Network for ECIU Teacher Education communities.
