Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and

intercultural education

Paloma Castro Prieto

Faculty of Education, University of Valladolid (Spain)

pcastro@dlyl.uva.es

INTENT conference: 12-14 February 2014, León.

PROJECT

TEACHER COMPETENCES FOR PLURILINGUAL INTEGRATION (TC4PI)LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMPProject number: 526596.

Partners:

- In-service teacher training Centre in languages, Valladolid (Spain)

- University of Valladolid (Spain)

- Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius (Lithuania)

- University of J.E. Purkine, Ustí Nad Labem (Czech Republic)

- WOW, Centre for In-service teacher training, Bielsko-Biala (Poland)

- DOGA Secondary schools (Turkey)

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

This Project is co-funded by the European Union

http://www.tc4pi.eu/web/

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Main aim: To contribute to plurilingual education by designing a Teacher Training Framework

Target groups: Pre-service and in-service teachers

Outcomes: • European Network of schools and teachers.

• Framework Document on teachers´ competences for plurilingual integration.

Duration:2012-2015.

TC4PIAims at contributing to plurilingual and intercultural education

Development of teachers´ professional competence

Designing training modules

Network of schools

Virtual Learning

Environment(VLE)

Job shadowing

Telecollaboration

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Purpose of networking:• To allow the analysis of the existing situation in schools• To promote networking for communication and

coordination• To provide researchers with data for analysis• To provide teachers with an environment for self-

reflection and self-learning.

Participants:

Czech Republic: 4 schools. 8 teachers.

Lithuania: 5 schools. 13 teachers.

Poland: 6 schools. 10 teachers.

Spain: 5 schools. 31 teachers.

Turkey: Doga Schools: 28 schools. 43 teachers

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Network of schools

Total number:Schools: 48Teachers: 105

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

A tool for reflection and

dialogue between

teachers and trainers.

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

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Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

PROGRAM

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Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

SITES

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

CONTACTS. Teachers can contact other teachers of the network and the general coordinators of each country.

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FORUMS. Teachers introduce themselves and participate every time they have something to share about the network.

ANNOUCEMENTS. News…

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Job shadowing

2 teachers from each partner country spend one week in one/two schools from the network while the project meeting takes place. Exchange of experiences

During the visit Post visitPre-visit Structure

Czech Rep Poland Turkey Lithuania Spain

Oct. 2013 March 2014

Oct. 2014 March 2015

Sept. 2015Calendar

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Report on data:

• Exchange of experiences in situ (meetings with job-shadowers, teachers and partners)

• Reflection after job-shadowing (VLE)

• Exchange of experiences with other teachers (VLE)

Telecollaboration as a tool for developing teachers´ competences for plurilingual and intercultural education

Discussion:

• Use of VLE

• Impact on the development of teachers´ competences