Student Exchange Programs

We offer Student Exchange Programs such as North / South, Erasmus and the Kolkata (Calcutta) Project

Kolkata Project

Froebel College HOPE Foundation Teacher Education Partnership

Froebel College of Education, Dublin delivers Bachelor in Education degree and Higher Diploma in Education (Primary) courses which prepare students to teach in the primary school system in Ireland.

HOPE Foundation, Cork is a non-governmental development agency which organises health and education projects to support street children and their families in Kolkata, Bengal, India.

The partnership aims:

1. To strengthen teacher education in HOPE supported education projects in Kolkata through workshops on and modelling of Froebelian (child-centred) teaching methodologies.
2. To broaden newly qualified Irish teachers' (NQTs) development and intercultural education through teaching alongside their Indian counterparts.

Twenty five newly qualified Irish teachers' spend one month teaching in HOPE education centres in collaboration with their Indian partners.

The NQTs model good practice in child-centred teaching methodologies.

Four lecturing workshops are delivered by Froebel College lecturers with HOPE teachers each year.

Workshops are held based on the felt needs of Indian teachers - Activity-oriented learning in language and maths, using Arts Education to support learning and inclusion of Children with Special Needs.

Socrates-Erasmus Programme

Socrates-Erasmus Pogramme for Student Mobility

The Socrates / Erasmus programme facilitates staff and student mobility between European countries within the EU and the EEA. Froebel College currently has exchange agreements with 17 Teacher Education Colleges across Europe.

Froebel College is a member of the Kastalia network of European institutions of primary and secondary teacher education, which enables student exchange with the following institutions:

• Katkolieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Kardinaal van Roey Instituut, Voreselaar, Belgium
• Kobenhavns Dag-og-Aftenseminarium, Skovlunde, Denmark
• University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland
• IUFM Mid-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
• Universitat Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
• University of Athens, Athens, Greece
• University of Crete, Rethymnon
• Liepajas Pedagogijas Academija, Liepaja
• University of Malta, Malta
• HRO, University of Professional Education, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Instituto Politechno de Beja, Beja, Portugal
• Escuela Universita de Educacion en Soria, Soria, Spain
• Hogskolan, Gavle, Sweden

More information about the Kastalia network and the partner insitutions can be found at http://www.edu.joensuu.fi/kastalia/default.htm

Froebel College also has current bilateral agreements for staff and student exchange with the University of Tallinn, Estonia and the Freiburg University of Education, Germany.

Please contact the Froebel College International Officer for more information regarding the Erasmus programme:

Máire Nic an Bhaird
Email: máire.nicanbhaird@froebel.ie

Telephone: +353 1 2888520