Teaching and learning in Estonia and the United States: Tartu University and Maryville College

The first two authors gave lectures for teacher students in an Estonian university during the 2000 fall semester. In this report they describe what they learned in Estonia about elementary and secondary education. An exchange programme was started and two Estonian student groups with a professor vis...

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Published in:International education 2005, Vol.35 (1), p.15-23
Main Authors: Simpson, Terry L, Simpson, Deborah L, Trasberg, Karmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Austauschprogramm
Colleges & universities
Comparative Analysis
Cultural Differences
Departments
Educational Principles
Educational Quality
Educational Strategies
Elementary Secondary Education
Erfahrungsbericht
Estland
Estonia
Ethnic Groups
Foreign Countries
Foreign Culture
Foreign Students
Free Enterprise System
Fremdeinschätzung
Friendship
Government School Relationship
Group Discussion
High Achievement
Instructional design
Intercollegiate Cooperation
International Educational Exchange
Internationaler Vergleich
Kulturdifferenz
Lehramtsstudent
Lehrer
Older Adults
Personality Traits
Politics of Education
Primarbereich
Professional relationships
Public Schools
Quality of education
Schulwesen
Secondary Education
Sekundarbereich
Small Colleges
Small Schools
Student Attitudes
Teacher Education
Teacher Improvement
Teacher Qualifications
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Tennessee
United States
Urban Schools
USA
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Summary:The first two authors gave lectures for teacher students in an Estonian university during the 2000 fall semester. In this report they describe what they learned in Estonia about elementary and secondary education. An exchange programme was started and two Estonian student groups with a professor visited the American college and took part in instruction in public schools. The article analyzes "in a comparative perspective what [these] students experienced in the United States and highlights the moments that seem to be totally different in the educational reality of the two countries." (DIPF/Bi.).
ISSN:0160-5429