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Thema
Lehrerbildung,
Forschung und Bezugswissenschaften |
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Jacques
Weiss
Research
at Teacher Training Colleges in Switzerland: present situation
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Research at Teacher Training
Colleges (in Switzerland called Hautes Ecoles Pédagogiques
– HEP) -institutions for studies in education - needs
to be part of the curriculum of the introductory and continuing
education for teachers at kindergarten, primary and secondary
school levels. What the nature of the research will be, what
topics it will deal with, who will conduct it, and how it will
be conducted, are questions that will need to be answered.
In order to determine what type of research should be carried
out at the Teacher Training Colleges, the article examines the
type of research conducted at different universities. Answers
to the preceding questions can be found in institutions abroad
that have acquired some experience in this domain, such as in
France at the University Institutes of Education (Instituts
universitaires de formation des maîtres), as well as in
Quebec, where studies in education have already been carried
out at universities for a significant number of years.
So what is the status in Switzerland at the moment of the opening
of these new training and research institutions? It is no surprise
that in a federalist state such as Switzerland, the conceptions
and their application vary from one canton to another. Thus,
several different projects are being proposed, from which, nonetheless,
certain common ideas result, namely, the importance of dedicated
research regarding training for teachers and the necessity for
trainers and researchers with scientific competence. |
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