This lunch-to-lunch meeting in Norrköping marks the starting point for exploring opportunities to establish a network among ECIU member universities offering teacher education with a focus on young children’s learning.
Over the course of two days, current research at the participating institutions will be highlighted as a foundation for identifying potential future research collaborations.
Organised by Senior Associated Professor Helene Elvstrand, LiU, together with Professor Mathias Urban, Dublin City University.
Programme
Monday 1st June
- 09:00–11:00 Visit to a Swedish preschool (optional)
- 12:00 Welcome, light lunch
- 13:15 Introductions and initial reflections on a possible Early Childhood
Research Network within ECIU - 14:00 Workshop session I: Brainstorming
Research interests and potential areas for collaboration - 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:30 Workshop session II: Condensing
Towards preliminary project sketches - 17:00 Closing reflections day 1
- 18:30 Joint dinner at restaurant XXX
Tuesday 2 June
- 09:00 Welcome to day 2, brief recap
- 09:15 Example of collaboration within ECIU:
Presentation of the Erasmus project INCO‑EKCO - 09:45 Coffee break
- 10:00 Next steps:
Strategies for continued collaboration, agreements of concrete action, roles and responsibilities - 12:00 Conclusion of day 2
Send-off