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Thematic Field: Teaching professions<br />
European CLiL in Development: A Primary Phase Consortium<br />
Comenius Multilateral Project<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Universita 'Ca' Foscari Di Venezia (IT); Berlin Senate for Education, Sciences and<br />
Research (De); Universidad De Sevilla (ES); Jagiellonian University (PL); University<br />
College Plymouth St Mark & St John (UK)<br />
Coordinating institution:<br />
Liverpool Hope University (United Kingdom)<br />
Key words: Teacher competences, Teacher educators<br />
Description:<br />
An initial needs assessment in five countries identified support for teacher educators<br />
working with colleagues developing CLIL-based approaches within the secondary<br />
phase but little existing support for those involved in the primary phase. The<br />
consortium, comprising members from six institutions concerned with initial teacher<br />
education, formed to support primary teacher educators in introducing and developing<br />
CLIL pedagogies with their student teachers.<br />
The results of the project are relevant for teacher educators, both in pre- and inservice<br />
training, as well as student and practising teachers with an interest in<br />
CLIL. They include a mapping of national and regional contexts (CLIL approaches and<br />
their application in the classroom), a profile of a primary CLIL teacher (a development<br />
of the European Foreign Language Teacher Profile); an online portfolio (a<br />
monitoring/assessment tool) enabling student teachers to record their achievements<br />
and areas for development, and the tutor to monitor the student teacher’s progress<br />
and identify where support is required; and a series of training packages, on<br />
predetermined CLIL areas enabling teacher educators to address a range of primary<br />
CLIL issues with student teachers. These include commentaries on usage of video<br />
footage of students or experienced teachers trialling and exemplifying CLIL strategies<br />
within primary classrooms.<br />
Duration:<br />
2008-2010<br />
Webpage:<br />
www.primaryclil.org<br />
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/projects/public_parts/documents/comenius/com_mp_14<br />
2328_euclid_appc.pdf<br />
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/comenius/documents/Com_en_2008.pdf<br />
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