Objective
The European Union advocates learning multiple languages in school as a cornerstone for addressing challenges and opportunities of increased linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe. However, teachers often struggle to adopt multilingual approaches, and effective collaboration across language subjects is scarce. This results in languages being taught in isolation, failing to fully utilize students’ linguistic repertoires.
LATECO addresses this urgent issue by exploring language teachers’ mindsets and the impact of their collaboration across three language subjects in schools. The project aims to transform language teaching in European schools, making multilingualism an inclusive experience for students while fostering shared practice and growth among teachers. LATECO will pursue three objectives: 1) to investigate language teachers’ mindsets about cross-linguistic collaboration, 2) to assess the effects on teachers’ mindsets, practices, and students’ perceptions of a professional development intervention regarding cross-linguistic collaboration in Norway, 3) to adapt and replicate successful collaboration strategies across Europe. This innovative project combines psychological and multilingual dimensions, adopting an exploratory mixed-methods approach with a longitudinal multiple case study in Norway and a focus group study across Europe.
LATECO will be hosted at the University of Bergen under the supervision of Prof. Åsta Haukås, a leading scholar in multilingualism and language teacher education. A secondment at the University of Graz and a short visit to the University of Copenhagen will refine data collection tools and discuss findings. The project’s outcomes promise enhanced multilingual competences among students, increased teacher efficacy, and adaptable strategies for cross-linguistic collaboration to diverse educational contexts, directly responding to the European Union’s call for advancing multilingualism and educational innovation.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinator
5020 Bergen
Norway