The effect of telecollaboration in the development of the Learning to Learn competence in CLIL teacher training

García-Esteban, Soraya; Villarreal, Izaskun; Alastuey, María Camino Bueno

doi:10.1080/10494820.2019.1614960

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“…Feedback from peers improves comprehension and engagement in the learning [89]. By sharing their experiences and providing feedback, peer learners seem to improve slightly and gain a practical understanding of concepts such as using different learning methods and specific learning tools [90]. The value of peer feedback in teacher education is that it leads to improved pre-service teacher performance and contributes to their understanding that the teaching profession is a collaborative job, not solitary.…”

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Opportunities to Develop Lifelong Learning Tendencies in Practice-Based Teacher Education: Getting Ready for Education 4.0

2021

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Education 4.0 prepares new generations to develop the skills required to perform in a technological, dynamic, and unpredictable world. The main barrier to implementing Education 4.0 in schools is that teachers have not been trained for it. Given the advances and new resources of the technological field, teacher preparation will be insufficient if it focuses on technological skills but does not incorporate the necessary dispositions for lifelong learning. Universities have the ethical imperative to update teacher education so teachers can become lifelong learners. The objective of this study was to understand whether practice-based curricula offer opportunities to promote lifelong learning tendencies. We used a sequential explanatory method. Quantitative and qualitative instruments were applied to pre-service teachers (survey: n = 231, semi-structured interviews: n = 8), and causal and descriptive approaches were supported by a structural equation model and constant comparative method, respectively. Data triangulation confirmed and added depth to the relationship found. Practice opportunities provided by teacher educators in learning activities and assessment tasks promote curiosity, motivation, perseverance, and self-learning regulation, when they are (i) systematic; (ii) relevant to the classroom work; (iii) presented with clear instructions and effective rubrics; (iv) accompanied with feedback focused on the task, soliciting reflection, and performed by peers and teacher educators in a trustworthy environment. This research may be of value to universities looking to renew their Education 4.0 programs because it shows that practice-based curricula not only transform pre-service teachers into teaching experts but also into lifelong learners.

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Opportunities to Develop Lifelong Learning Tendencies in Practice-Based Teacher Education: Getting Ready for Education 4.0

2021

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“…I.e., Through Virtual Collaboration or International Connectivity. Teaching and learning involve not only an individual but also a collaborative process (Kaymakamoğlu, 2019) which can be enhanced with virtual collaboration (Bueno-Alastuey et al, 2016Garcia-Esteban et al, 2019) a) Summative evaluation by the teacher, in pairs or groups. An example could be a collaborative final presentation that would ensure the dissemination of SDG.…”

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Integración de la competencia global con telecolaboración en la formación del profesorado en contextos CLIL

García-Esteban¹,

Colpaert²

2022

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Global competence will define learning for decades to come as it encompasses basic life skills. However, there is a lack of data in current academic research on the assessment and integration of this competence in teacher training with current educational technology. Thus, this project had a dual purpose: On the one hand, it aimed to examine the global competence of different groups of student teachers through the development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) following a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach. On the other, researchers aimed to determine optimal methods for the improvement and integration of this necessary competence in the curriculum. The project was developed with the collaboration of pre-service and in-service teachers enrolled in various master's programs at two European universities in Spain and Belgium. The research was carried out following a pre-test / post-test type design with various assessment instruments based on the OECD (2018) global competence framework. The quantitative analyses showed that, by integrating the SDGs when teaching contents, the participants improved in various domains of Global Competence (adaptability, openness to diversity, perspective taking), but also decreased in other areas (ability to interact in a multicultural world, respect for other cultures, ability to adopt another culture). The qualitative research showed that among the main educational technology examined, telecollaboration can optimise at least five dimensions of Global Competence. Despite the small size of the sample and the complexity of evaluating this competence, this study contributes to educational innovation by presenting didactic telecollaborative proposals and a theoretical framework for the integration and appraisal of Global Competence in (future) educators. La competencia global definirá el aprendizaje de las décadas venideras ya que comprende destrezas básicas para la vida y, sin embargo, se ha detectado escasa investigación sobre su valoración e integración en la formación del profesorado con tecnología educativa. Este proyecto tenía, por tanto, un doble propósito. Por una parte, explorar la competencia global de futuros docentes bilingües, tarea acometida a través del desarrollo de Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) siguiendo un enfoque de aprendizaje integrado de contenidos y lenguas extranjeras (CLIL). El segundo era determinar métodos óptimos para la mejora e integración de esta necesaria competencia en el currículo. El proyecto se desarrolló con la colaboración de profesores en formación y en servicio matriculados en diversos programas de máster de dos universidades europeas en España y Bélgica. La investigación se realizó siguiendo un diseño de pruebas tipo pre-test / post-test con variados instrumentos de evaluación basados en el marco de la competencia global de la OCDE (2018). Los análisis cuantitativos mostraron que al trabajar los ODS para enseñar contenidos en diversas disciplinas con tecnología educativa, los participantes en el estudio mejoraron en varios dominios de la Competencia Global (adaptabilidad, apertura a la diversidad, toma de perspectiva), pero también disminuyeron en otras áreas (capacidad para interactuar en un mundo multicultural, respeto por otras culturas, capacidad para aceptar otra cultura). Tras la investigación cualitativa se concluye que, entre los principales métodos de enseñanza-aprendizaje revisados, la telecolaboración contribuye al desarrollo de acciones que permiten optimizar al menos cinco dimensiones de la Competencia Global. A pesar del reducido tamaño de la muestra y la complejidad que supone evaluar la competencia global, se espera que este estudio contribuya a la innovación educativa al presentar propuestas didácticas con herramientas telecolaborativas y un marco teórico para la evaluación y mejora de la Competencia Global del (futuro) profesorado.

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“…Education and industry have launched varied proposals for the development of skills that enable individuals to be productive members of society resulting in a multitude of frameworks and concepts which some authors have pointed out challenging to assess (Garcia-Esteban et al, 2019).…”

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Skills in European higher education mobility programmes: outlining a conceptual framework

García-Esteban

Jahnke

2020

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PurposeCredit mobility has been acknowledged not only to broaden personal and intellectual horizons but also to have positive effects on the skills development and employability of undergraduate students. Academics, policymakers and organizations representing the labour market have presented a broad number of skills-related explorations proposing different frameworks to help develop students' skills. However, the identification of explicit skills is still a difficult endeavour. This study aims to revise main conceptual skills frameworks applicable in the European higher education area (EHEA), determine the skills relevant in European credit mobility and categorize skills among the examined schemes in order to create a normative model of the skills students should obtain in exchange programmes.Design/methodology/approachThe approach used to identify related literature was a search in three main databases such as Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar for scientific and relevant articles after 1990 using the following combination of keywords: “skill frameworks” AND “higher education” OR “skill frameworks” AND “mobility exchange programs”. It produced 391 articles but only 32 deal with skill frameworks in European higher education. After the review of these existing literature (summaries, tables and conclusions), we found out that most articles focused on specific skills (transferable, employable, etc.) in the EHEA, but merely 16 academic publications offered a complete depiction of skills frameworks applicable in credit mobility programs. Most current accounts about skills outlines, specifically the ones related to employability, come from grey literature, namely comprehensive records and reports.FindingsData seem to confirm that there is scarce agreement on a common taxonomy of skills. However, considering the results, which summarize relevant educational, institutional and occupational perspectives, it can be noticed that there is consensus on the classification of only four skills: ICT, literacy and numeracy, which are considered basic, key or core skills in most researched papers together with problem solving, which is generally regarded as a cognitive skill. The general tendency is that policymakers and academia focus on some particular domains: basic/key, core/global foundation/fundamental skills, transferable, transversal and other skills. Studies analysing the workforce skill requirements have projected mainly cognitive and learning skills, whereas mobility programmes concede relevance to employability, management, career and life skills.Research limitations/implicationsMeasuring skills involves limitations as records vary depending on continuous emerging data from institutions, occupations and education. The key frameworks surveyed have provided a representative classification and depiction of the current skills from specific perspectives which are also believed to have their shortcomings. In combination, however, it is believed that the results presented can help provide a theoretical basis for assessing skills in credit mobility and Erasmus programmes within the EHEA. The resulting framework presents a founded basis for skills appraisal which expects to be meaningful for various stakeholders and helps determine how mobility policies can help improve the attainment of skills in the EHEA.Practical implicationsResearch has suggested that education systems will have to adapt to the changing needs of the labour markets' reshaping roles to balance technology and human intellect. The workforce seems to realize that cognitive skills such as problem solving, organization and decision-making are needed in today's society; advanced basic learning skills such as numeracy and literacy are essential. Findings appoint to new areas for exploration in skills development in order to prepare European higher education students for current trends in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the fusion between digital, physical and biological spheres.Social implicationsData seem to confirm that a sole degree does not guarantee success, but the maturity of certain skills and the commitment to lifelong learning. This can be strengthened by taking part in EHEA credit student mobility that has proved to improve not only basic and linguistic skills but also self-development and respect for several aspects such as diversity and (inter)cultural awareness. Taking into account the perceptive and interpersonal abilities mentioned in reports on future skills, it seems that education will need further support for updated teaching practices and assessment of the skills that are expected to have greater demand, namely STEM. Institutions will need to update and promote the teaching of new skills based on a new collective and moral consciousness as recently indicated in OECD's (2018) Global Competence in order to make future citizens understand and act on issues of universal significance in today's interconnected world.Originality/valueFor several decades, government, education and industry have proposed different outlines for what graduates should know and be able to do. Limited academic studies have been found, however, with updated concrete data on which skills should preferably be developed or whether and how students can further improve these skills as part of EHEA credit student mobility. This study has synthesized works and identified domains which featured the importance of generic core, cognitive and employability skills. The revision of skill frameworks has underscored existing literature and reports on future skills which anticipate that, in order to confront the expanding and prevalent role of technology, graduates will need to focus on developing unique human skills such as effective communication and creative innovation, critical thinking and collective ethical values.

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The effect of telecollaboration in the development of the Learning to Learn competence in CLIL teacher training

Cited by 29 publications

References 25 publications

Opportunities to Develop Lifelong Learning Tendencies in Practice-Based Teacher Education: Getting Ready for Education 4.0

Opportunities to Develop Lifelong Learning Tendencies in Practice-Based Teacher Education: Getting Ready for Education 4.0

Integración de la competencia global con telecolaboración en la formación del profesorado en contextos CLIL

Skills in European higher education mobility programmes: outlining a conceptual framework

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