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Mobility in Early Childhood and School Education

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13.Mobility and Internationalisation

13.1Mobility in Early Childhood and School Education

Last update: 16 June 2022
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Pupil and Student Mobility

Nordplus Junior

Nordplus Junior is a part of the Nordic Council of Ministers mobility and network programme Nordplus that focuses on education. The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the autonomous areas the Faroe Island, Greenland and Aland, and the Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia participate in the programme.

The program’s target group is pupils, students, teachers and other educational staff in pre-school, primary and secondary education, general upper secondary education and vocational education.

The main purpose of the programme is to encourage cooperation and network between schools in the participating countries. This is done to strengthen the quality, creativity and renewal of the pre-schools, the primary and secondary education, the general upper secondary education and vocational education.

The programme supports two kinds of activities relating to pupil and student mobility: 

  • Preparatory visits. This gives the schools an opportunity to meet and prepare an application for a joint project
  • Student exchange. The exchange can take form as a class exchange or as an individual exchange for students who attend general upper secondary education or vocational education

The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education administrate the programme.

DK-USA Programme

The DK-USA programme is a cooperation between Denmark and USA that applies to the American community colleges and the Danish vocational schools.

The purpose of the programme is to support the transatlantic cooperation within vocational education. This is done in order to strengthen internationalisation as well as to exchange knowledge that can benefit further development of vocational education programmes.

The programme supports two types of activities relating to student mobility:

  • Student exchange
  • Work placement aboard

The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education administrate the programme.

The PIU-scheme

The PIU scheme is a Danish mobility programme for students who attend a vocational education programme and have passed the vocational basic course.  PIU stands for “Praktik i udlandet” (work placement abroad). The scheme enables students to take a part of their work placement abroad as a part of their Danish education. The work placement can take place in all parts of the world.

The PIU scheme is financed by the self-governing institution called the Employers’ Reimbursement Fund. The purpose of this institution is to create work placement for the students. The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education promotes the scheme to students, employers and schools as well as coordinates the use of the scheme.

Teacher Mobility

Nordplus Junior

The Nordplus Junior programme also supports the following activities relating to teacher mobility:

  • Preparatory visits. This activity enables the schools to meet and prepare an application for a joint project
  • Job exchange
  • Job shadowing
  • Study visit
  • Educational exchange
  • Establishment of networks that exchange knowledge and experience
  • Development of pedagogical methods, teaching material, teaching plans etc.  

Erasmus+

Erasmus + is EU’s educational programme. The programme supports the continuing education and training of staff and teachers in day-care centres, primary and lower secondary education and youth education centres.

In relation to teacher mobility, the purpose of the programme is to strengthen teachers’ professional development and to strengthen knowledge about “best practices” in the school sector in Europe. The programme offers activities that include courses, job shadowing and partnerships.

Schools can apply for grants that cover the following expenses:

  • Administration and implementing of a project
  • Travel expenses
  • Course fees
  • Transnational project meetings
  • Transnational learning and teaching activities

The European Commission has the overall responsibility for the programme. The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education promotes support and implements the programme on a national level.

References

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Ministry of Education, 2018. Arbejdsgivernes Uddannelsesbidrag (AUB) (The Employers’ Reimbursement Fund).[Online] Available at: https://www.uvm.dk/ministeriet/organisationen-i-ministeriet/raad--naevn-og-udvalg/arbejdsgivernes-uddannelsesbidrag [Accessed: 15 April 2019].

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2018. Nordplus Junior.[Online] Available at: https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/tilskud-til-udveksling-og-internationale-projekter/nordplus/nordplus-junior/nordplus-junior [Accessed: 15 April 2019].

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2019. DK-USA programmet (DK-USA Programme). [Online] Available at: https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/tilskud-til-udveksling-og-internationale-projekter/dk-usa-programmet [Accessed: 15 April 2019].

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2019. Erasmus + skole – Efteruddannelse i Europa (Erasmus + School – Continuing Education and Training). [Online] Available at: https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/tilskud-til-udveksling-og-internationale-projekter/erasmusplus/bornehave-grundskole-og-ungdomsuddannelse/efteruddannelse [Accessed 15 April 2019].

Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2019. PIU-ordningen (PIU-Scheme). [Online] Available at: https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/tilskud-til-udveksling-og-internationale-projekter/praktik-i-udlandet-piu [Accessed 15 April 2019].

Nordplus, 2018. The Nordplus Handbook. [Online] Available at: file:///C:/Users/b045567/Downloads/Nordplus%20Handbook%202019%20(in%20English).pdf [Accessed 23 April 2019].