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Busher, Hugh; Wilkins, Chris; Lawson, Tony – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
Student teachers and staff from three universities in Turkey and from Leicester University, England took part in an exchange programme in Turkey and Britain in 2008-2009. Funding for this from the European Union (EU) and Turkey was in part related to Turkey's application for EU membership and currently contested discourses about the nature of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Citizenship, Environmental Education, Citizenship Education
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Busher, Hugh; Lawson, Tony; Wilkins, Chris; Acun, Ismail – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
This article discusses the views of Turkish and British novice teachers on pedagogy and pedagogical relationships with school students when confronted with the pedagogical practices of the "Other" in particular policy contexts. Experiences of those practices were gained by novice teachers during an exchange visit for British and Turkish…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Teachers, Focus Groups, Interviews
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Wilkins, Chris; Busher, Hugh; Lawson, Tony; Acun, Ismail; Goz, Nur Leman – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article discusses some perspectives on citizenship education in Turkey and Britain in the context of current contested discourses on the nature of European identity and of the European Union (EU). It is based on data collected during an EU-funded student teacher exchange programme between three universities in Turkey and Leicester University…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Teachers, International Cooperation, Nationalism