Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia / CONTESSA Erasmus Project

Project Title

Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia / CONTESSA

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

For international follow-up and competitiveness, the quality of a country’s education is central. The teacher education inSouth Asia is far behind that of developed countries, hence, also the educational quality in the schools of thesecountries is poor:The overall aim of CONTESSA consists in the improvement of the educational situation in Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Inthis project concrete didactic programmes teachers need to appropriate contemporary skill sets and to be equippedwith the didactic competences for 21st century are elaborated. CONTESSA provides a three step programme aiming atthe professional development of a continuum of teacher education for:1) Teacher educators: A comprehensive train the trainer programme for higher education didactics is worked out.2) Teacher students: An online-based learning programme for the acquisition of 21st century teaching skills is accessibleon an OER platform.3) In-service teachers: The online-modules are offered to in-service teachers for further education measures as well as forthe training of teachers without pedagogic formation.To ensure broad accessibility and usability, the didactic programmes will be translated into Khmer, Singhalese andTamil. Ethnic and country-specific requirements and adaptations are made.IMPACTS:- Delivering a ‘step-change’ in the development of critical skills, knowledge and competences to provide the foundations for participation in work and society.- Improving the transition of learners at critical stages in the education and training system.- Increasing the use of ICT in teaching and learning as flexible learning paths for individual development.Ł- Improving the learning experience and the success of learners: Increase the quality of Early Years to deliver a better learning experience for young children.- Improving the progress of learners at risk of educational disadvantage or learners with special educational needs.

Project Website

https://contessa-project.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 910041 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET GRAZ & Country: AT

Project Partners

• THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA
• THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA UC CO LTD
• PANNASASTRA UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA LTD
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
• UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO