The impact of eTwinning on initial teacher education

 European Commission (EC)

 10/2023

 

The 2023 monitoring report focuses on initial teacher education and specifically on the initiative ‘eTwinning for future teachers’, with the aim of exploring the impact of eTwinning on student teachers, teacher educators and initial teacher education institutions. The data were obtained through focus groups and interviews conducted with student teachers and teacher educators from seven institutions nominated for the ‘eTwinning for future teachers’ European award for initial teacher education in 2022.

1. ‘eTwinning for future teachers’

2. Methodology

3. Results

3.1. Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3.2. Philosophical Faculty, University Teacher Training School, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

3.3. National Higher Institute of Teaching and Education, Amiens, France

3.4. Professional School of Education Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, Germany

3.5. Science of Primary Education, University of Florence, Italy

3.6. University of Lower Silesia, Wrocław, Poland

3.7. Faculty of Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

4. Concluding remarks

4.1. The integration of eTwinning in initial teacher education

4.2. The perceived impact of the ‘eTwinning for future teachers’ initiative

4.3. Challenges and recommendations

4.4. Curriculum integration, project implementation and research outputs

References

Annex 1: Focus group guide

https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2c9b900c-6e2d-11ee-9220-01aa75ed71a1