ED-TED is an Erasmus+ Teacher Academies project (Key Action 2 - Cooperation among organisations and institutions). The overall objective of Erasmus+ Teacher Academies  is to create European partnerships of teacher education and training providers to set up Erasmus+ Teacher Academies that will develop a European and international outlook in teacher education.

Promote equity and diversity in teacher educators' professional development

The overall aim of ED-TED is to establish a European professional network and communities of higher education teacher educators to support (virtually and face-to-face) teacher educator's professional development as they strive to have the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes (i.e., competences) to address issues of equity and diversity throughout teacher education programmes.

Objectives:

1. To explore current HE teacher educator practices in teaching for equity and diversity (WP2, Activities 1 & 2)

Target Groups

HE teacher educators, pre-service teachers, institutional and national policymakers in teacher education

Work Packages

WP 1: Project Management (PHFR)

WP 2: Building a knowledge base to inform practice (KU Leuven)
     -Activity 1: Mapping of teacher education practices (KU Leuven)
     -Activity 2: Online resource bank (UL)
     -Activity 3: Strategic transnational meeting for WP2 (PHFR)

WP 3: Policy assessment and recommendations (UGhent)
     -Activity 1: Policy brief (PHFR)
     -Activity 2: Cross-national competency framework (UGhent)
     -Activity 3: Strategic transnational meeting for WP3 (UGhent)

WP 4: Dissemination and consolidation (UL)
     -Activity 1: Interactive webinars across geographical locations (KU Leuven)
     -Activity 2: Half-day webinar on policies focusing on equity and diversity (UMinho)
     -Activity 3: Half-day online session with teacher education stakeholders and policy makers (UGhent)
     -Activity 4: Final project hybrid conference (UL)
     -Activity 5: Strategic transnational meeting for WP4 (UL)