EMETT meeting 21st of May 2009EMETT meeting 21st of May 2009 TEACHER COMPETENCES AND TEACHER COMPETENCES AND

CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPECITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE

Hans Dorf, Danish School of Education, Hans Dorf, Danish School of Education, Aarhus UniversityAarhus University

TEACHER COMPETENCES AND TEACHER COMPETENCES AND CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPECITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE

1.1. The idea of Modern The idea of Modern Europe: three sourcesEurope: three sources

2.2. Globalization and the EU Globalization and the EU conception of active conception of active citizenshipcitizenship

3.3. The role of teachers for The role of teachers for European citizenshipEuropean citizenship

1. The idea of Modern Europe: 1. The idea of Modern Europe: three sourcesthree sources

– The division of labour and its The division of labour and its dilemma dilemma

– The bourgeois revolutions and The bourgeois revolutions and their visiontheir vision

– The great European conflicts and The great European conflicts and the quest for peacethe quest for peace

The division of labour and its The division of labour and its dilemmadilemma

Inequality and communityInequality and community The issue of social integrationThe issue of social integration The role of state educationThe role of state education

The bourgeois revolutions and The bourgeois revolutions and their visiontheir vision

The rule by the peopleThe rule by the people Democracy as an educational Democracy as an educational

programprogram Democracy as a mode of Democracy as a mode of

cooperation and learningcooperation and learning

The great European conflicts and The great European conflicts and the quest for peacethe quest for peace

Interdependence as an impediment Interdependence as an impediment to warto war

Transactions as means of Transactions as means of acquaintance and acceptanceacquaintance and acceptance

Pluralism or re-nationalization of Pluralism or re-nationalization of community?community?

2. Globalization and the EU 2. Globalization and the EU conception of active conception of active

citizenshipcitizenship– The vision of modernity and its The vision of modernity and its

institutionalizationinstitutionalization

– Globalization and the recasting of Globalization and the recasting of modernitymodernity

– The EU synthesis of democratic The EU synthesis of democratic citizenshipcitizenship

The vision of modernity and its The vision of modernity and its institutionalizationinstitutionalization

Modernity as a utopian ideaModernity as a utopian idea The institutionalization of modernityThe institutionalization of modernity The Janus head of modernityThe Janus head of modernity

Globalization and the recasting of Globalization and the recasting of modernitymodernity

The pressure on nation state power The pressure on nation state power and indirect modes of governanceand indirect modes of governance

Global competition and the ideology Global competition and the ideology of knowledge economyof knowledge economy

Global threats, local unrest and the Global threats, local unrest and the paradigm of social cohesionparadigm of social cohesion

The EU synthesis of democratic The EU synthesis of democratic citizenshipcitizenship

Economy, politics and cultureEconomy, politics and culture Diversity and tolerance – inequity Diversity and tolerance – inequity

and unityand unity A modern, democratic concept of A modern, democratic concept of

communitycommunity

3. The role of teachers for 3. The role of teachers for European citizenshipEuropean citizenship

– Education as the universal Education as the universal problem and cureproblem and cure

– Teacher education and teacher Teacher education and teacher competencescompetences

– Competences across borders – Competences across borders – students across bordersstudents across borders

Education as the universal Education as the universal problem and cureproblem and cure

The irony of pedagogyThe irony of pedagogy The alternatives to pedagogyThe alternatives to pedagogy The challengesThe challenges

Teacher education and teacher Teacher education and teacher competencescompetences

Practical and reflexive knowledge Practical and reflexive knowledge of the diversity of teaching and of the diversity of teaching and learning backgroundslearning backgrounds

Practical and reflexive knowledge Practical and reflexive knowledge of subject matterof subject matter

Practical and reflexive knowledge Practical and reflexive knowledge of societal processes, problems of societal processes, problems and aimsand aims

Grazie!Grazie!

Arrivederci!Arrivederci!