Consortium for language and subject matter didactics in primary and lower secondary school
The Consortium focuses on language and the didactics of language studies. This is founded in the need to strengthen the language teaching in primary and lower secondary school, to ensure that students are better equipped for a globalised world. The Consortium focuses on Danish, Danish as a secondary language, German, French and English.
The Consortium consist of the University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Humanities, University College UCC and University College Metropol, and it is based in the university's and the university colleges' research and knowledge community.
Goal
The objectives of the Consortium are:
- To strengthen knowledge about language and didactics by building a shared research capacity;
- To provide new knowledge about language and subject matter didactics that strengthens basic education and results in new teaching methods, as well as creates more and new supplementary and further educational offers;
- To strengthen already existing initiatives and develop new collaborations with international education and research communities to ensure that the national educational research and practice more consistently incorporates and builds upon international knowledge;
- To establish a professional environment for language and subject matter didactics where the research results from the Consortium are regularly communicated to relevant national and international education and research communities as well as external stakeholders.
More information
See the official UCPH humanities website for the Consortium here.