PAINS AND GAINS OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY IN TEACHER EDUCATION

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Developing a Culture of (Inter)National Mobility in Initial Teacher Training: Expectations, Limitations and Ways Forward

   • Gerit Jaritz

   Pages 7-24

3. Working with Incoming Students: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Higher Education

   • Dora Luginbühl

   Pages 25-47

4. I Wanted to Go to Spain But I Ended Up in Finland – Analysis of and Conclusions About Student Exchange

   • Matti Meri

   Pages 49-57

5. Reflection on Normality: the Benefits of International Student Exchange for Teacher Education

   • Bruno Leutwyler, Samantha Lottenbach

   Pages 59-77

6. Staff Mobility in Europe: A Twelve-Year-Old Programme

   • Armand Henrion

   Pages 79-92

7. Back Matter

   Pages 93-97

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The book focuses on the pains and gains of international mobility in teacher education – its challenges and benefits. The aim is on the one hand to identify some of the challenges which help to explain the low percentage of internationally orientated teacher education students and suggest how to overcome them. On the other hand, major benefits of international mobility in teacher education are presented in the form of competences that can be acquired through studying and teaching abroad. The five chapters of this book refer to reports on practical experiences with international mobility in teacher education at different institutions. The authors outline problems, challenges and advantages, as well as present empirical studies on the international mobility of teachers. The target audience are persons organizing mobility programmes or educators working with international students and researchers in this field. This book aims to contribute to the promotion of international student teacher mobility and to give suggestions on how to implement and optimize such programmes.

• University of Konstanz, Germany

  Thomas Goetz

• Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Switzerland

  Gerit Jaritz

• Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

  Fritz Oser

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