Erasmus+ mobility project

Project summary

The two primary aims of this project are to strengthen existing educational and research collaboration further and to enhance the quality development of Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Beijing Institute of Education (BjIE), Beijing Normal University (BNU), and Northwest Normal University (NWNU) within early childhood education and care (ECEC).

 

The focus is on integrating the four dimensions of sustainability into and expanding subtopics for ECEC teacher education, research and practices. The KINDknow Centre at HVL is a leading research centre in Early Childhood Education and Care for Sustainability (ECECfS). The project participants of this application, as well as those from the partner institutions, have all been involved in a UTFORSK project (2017-2022), one of which focused on ECECfS.

 

The planned student and staff mobilities (studies and traineeships) will enhance and build upon what the partners have previously done to further development. This project will contribute to new cooperation in education by helping NWNU develop courses on ECECfS, and all the involved partners will create a joint course open to ECEC student teachers across institutions and later beyond. Regarding research, we will develop a participatory research design that includes researchers and professionals from kindergartens, which will be used to apply for a research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council.