SEVEN STEPS TOWARDS A EUROPEAN EDUCATION © Dr. Franz Schimek, Stadtschulrat für Wien, Europa Büro

DIVERSE SYSTEMS – SHARED GOALS European Dimension ín Education as a Driving Force for Municipal Development DIVERSE SYSTEMS – SHARED GOALS

she is a community of values „Europe can be identified by a specific view of man, society and the world - she is a community of values despite the catastrophes in her history and her present." Cardinal Vlk, Archbishop of Prague

DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN COMPETENCE AWARENESS OF EUROPE KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE PARTICIPATION IN EUROPE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EUROPE

1 Embedding the European Dimension into national curricula PERSPECTIVE Development of European curricula

DESCRIBED IN A EUROPEAN CURRICULUM EUROPEAN COMPETENCES DESCRIBED IN A EUROPEAN CURRICULUM COMMUNICATIVE SOCIAL INTERCULTURAL INFORMATION- TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIC- PLANNING

2 European Studies www.cernet.at Development of European/cross border teaching materials European Studies www.cernet.at

3 Promoting Communication Language Skills Early start Foreign language as a working language Diversification of language tuition (“both – and“ policy) ICT –COMPETENCE

4 Organizing European Cooperation Projects (e.g. within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme)

5 Supporting students‘ mobility Experiencing Europe across the borders of one‘s own country Acceptance of school qualifications across the borders

6 Supporting Teachers‘ Mobility How ? Implementation within the framework of EU Programmes (e.g. Comenius Language Assistant) or organized on national level SHADOWING ADDITIVE CONCEPTS TANDEM MODELS TEAM TEACHING Implementation

7 Development of cross-border European pre-/in-service teacher education programmes FOCUS ON JOINT CONTENT AREAS (e.g. Languages, History, Geography) . School development issues The European Dimension

Education Quality

Training Course for European Primary Teachers THE VIENNESE MODEL MODULE 1 The European Union Aims, structures, functions, competencies . MODULE 2

Training Course for European Primary Teachers THE VIENNESE MODEL MODULE 3 MODULE 4

Training Course for European Primary Teachers THE VIENNESE MODEL MODULE 5 MODULE 6

European School Initiatives European Regional College) STEPS 1-7 Development of European School Initiatives (e.g. Model of a European Regional College)

" We have got a vision, and this vision is Europe. But visions uncomfortable, different from utopias! For realizing a utopia nobody is responsible as utopias cannot come true, for realizing visions we are responsible ourselves." Roman Herzog , former President of the Federal Republic of Germany

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