ISSDITE is a collaborative project between the following universities:
The University of Bremen is a high-ranking university in the North of Germany with a large study programme for teacher education. It was founded in 1971, and around 20,000 students are enrolled at the University. Diversity and inclusion are key issues in the pedagogic part of studies in Bremen. To improve learning options in this field, the University of Bremen seeks cooperation with universities in different parts of the world where schools focus on different facets of diversity – for example with regard to gender, migration experience, language and dis/abilities.
The University of Manitoba is western Canada’s first university and the largest in the province of Manitoba. It was established in 1877, and more than 31,000 students are enrolled at the University.
The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the largest tertiary institution in Namibia. It was established in 1992. More than 30,000 students from 41 countries study on the twelve campuses of the University. For more international perspectives in teacher training, the teaching unit, Inclusive Education/FB12, cooperates with the Department of Educational Science and Inclusive Education at UNAM. Both institutions work with a reflexive concept of inclusion, and structurally, both institutions strive for a close connection between the so-called regular and special education teaching programmes.
The University of Toronto is Canada’s top university and is one of North America’s leading research-intensive universities. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), an integral part of the University of Toronto, has unique expertise in teacher education in the context of migration as well as inter/transculturality and minorities (especially First Nation). The perspective of critical pedagogy provides a professional link to the Department of Intercultural Education at the University of Bremen.
The University of Vienna is the largest university in Austria and the oldest in the German-speaking world. It was founded in 1365, and around 90,000 students are enrolled at the University. The Teaching Unit – Inclusive Education/FB12 is building up teaching-related cooperation with the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna as well as the Kirchlich-Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems (KPH). The common basis is formed by the similar content and structural orientation of the courses of study offered at both locations for the teaching profession in special education.
