INTERPLAY – Connecting Academic Teacher Education and Work

The purpose of this research project is to investigate the possibilities of dialogue between school community and teacher education. On the one hand, they are examined as solutions in the realization of curriculum and on the other hand as challenges by the working life. For enhancing the societal interaction, network of teaching practice schools and university training schools present a research field of interplay between the university and the school communities’ everyday life. Teaching practice periods are especially appropriate places for this dialogue. The aim is to enrich the pedagogical thinking of the communities of teachers as well as teacher educators by exploring, researching and developing new practical educational solutions and methods.