Intercultural learning in mathematics and science initial teacher education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Intercultural learning in mathematics and science initial teacher education

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 : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Quality and Relevance of Higher Education in Partner Countries; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

IncluSMe (Intercultural learning in mathematics and science education) offers a constructive contribution for tackling one of Europe’s greatest challenges: education for an increasing number of refugee and immigrant youth, to integrate them into European educational systems and to provide for stable, socially cohesive societies. The project aimed to increase the quality of higher education curricula for prospective maths and science teachers by linking maths and science education with intercultural learning – and thereby strengthening students’ social, civic and intercultural competences.

Core to IncluSMe was the design and implementation of open access teaching modules on intercultural learning for prospective maths and science teachers. The modules have been already implemented in Higher Education Institutions in Germany, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Spain, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Slovakia. The modules are also available free of charge and for immediate use on Erasmus+ Project Results Platform, in Scientix as well as on IncluSMe web portal https://inclusme-project.eu/.

By offering international summer schools and multiplier events, IncluSMe strengthened transnational cooperation between universities in establishing mobility programmes for maths and science students in initial teacher education.

The project brought together 11 teams of higher education institutions for initial teacher education from across Europe comprising experts in maths and science education, in inclusion and diversity, in mobility and intercultural learning, as well as people involved in pilot projects for refugees:
University of Education Freiburg, Germany (coordinating institution)
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
University of Jaen, Spain
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Vilnius University, Lithuania
University of Malta, Malta
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Jönköping University, Sweden
Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 431750 Eur

Project Coordinator

Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg & Country: DE

Project Partners

• NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
• ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON
• UNIVERSIDAD DE JAEN
• UNIVERZITA HRADEC KRALOVE
• UNIVERZITA KONSTANTINA FILOZOFA VNITRE
• UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
• VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS