Umeå School of Education is a newly formed college of
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
in Sweden tied to
Umeå University
Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders.
As of 2 ...
. It replaced the old education faculty that before 2008/2009 offered all
teacher training
Teacher education or teacher training refers to programs, policies, procedures, and provision designed to equip (prospective) teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, approaches, methodologies and skills they require to perform their t ...
at the university.
The school offers all sorts of teacher trainings, from
preschool
A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary sch ...
to
gymnasium, including education for student guiding and special teaching.
Currently the school puts great emphasis on the following
research
Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...
fields: ''Measurement and evaluation,'' ''Read and write research,'' ''Mathematical didactics'' and ''ICT, media and learning.''
In the future it will offer additional research subjects such as ''Education history with historical didactics,'' ''Memory and learning'' and ''Education of young people, career development and welfare.''
Sources
Umeå School of Education Official website
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Umeå University
Teachers colleges