Kielitietoista eurooppalaista opettajankoulutusta kehittämässä : projektet ”Språkmedveten undervisning i alla klassrum”

Abstract

By assuring equal conditions to all students, they can achieve educational success, regardless of their first language, culture, social background, origin and age. This is the aim of the project Linguistically sensitive teaching in all classrooms (Listiac); we believe in supporting all teachers in becoming more linguistically sensitive to enable opportunities for equally successful schooling for all students in Europe. An important part of the process is to influence European initial teacher education curricula; we believe that reflection about and awareness of linguistically sensitive teaching should be better integrated during all stages of initial teacher education. The reflection should be done by teacher educators when planning individual courses, practice periods and visions and profile, by student teachers when doing their practice periods and obligatory courses, as well as by in-service teachers when supervising the student teachers.