Research and Development Centres
The Research and Development Centres are the heart of the association. The RDCs offer communities where teacher educators from all over Europe and beyond meet, exchange and co-operate. The RDCs are open to members and non-members.
The RDCs are organized around themes. In this way they create a platform for teacher educators who share the same interest. Activities within RDCs can vary from shared research, EU funded projects, preparations of shared publications (e.g. a thematic issue of the European Journal of Teacher Education), etc.
The RDCs have several working sessions during the annual conferences to create a small scale community offering a home for conference newcomers. Some RDCs also meet between annual conferences.
The community aspect of the RDCs is an important difference with other (research) associations in the area of (teacher) education.
The Coordinator of the RDCs is Içara Hølmesland, and the Co-coordinator is Asa Morberg.
To download the guidelines for the RDCs Chairs, click here.
List of RDCs
| RDC | Chair |
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Research Observatory |
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| Primary and Pre-primary education |
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| Secondary Teacher Education | |
| Inclusion and Special Needs | |
| Education for Social Justice, Equity and Diversity | |
| Culture, Qualify of Life and Citizenship | |
| Educational Leadership and Management | Eystein Arntzen Esmahan Agaoglu |
| Global Education | |
| Science and Mathematics Education | |
| Teacher Education and Information Technology | |
| Curricula in Teacher Education | |
| In-Service learning and the Development of Practice | |
| Professional Development of Teachers | |
| Professional Development of Teacher Educators |