Resumen de Cross-Cultural Experiences in Transnational Education: preservice Teachers and Global Perspectives
Concetta Maria Sigona, Alba Fernández Alonso
In the European Higher Education Area, future foreign language teachers should receive training under a global perspective that integrates aglobal education and citizenship within a specific framework, to internationalize teacher education programs. In this sense, the development of academicc oursework regulated by a policy of good practices is important for supporting global curriculum content and the inclusion of co-curricular and cross-cultural experiences. In-depth analysis at a national level demonstrates the lack of global design for the implementation of global and cross-cultural competences. Thus, the European project VIR_TEACH suggests the design of a White Paper for a comprehensive Language Teachers Training at a European scale where coordinated policy actions and a strategy for engaging policy makers and public administrators are encouraged.
