CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia

CONTESSA provides a variety of professional development skills for effective teaching. Teachers need to be competent in not only basic skills, but contemporary skill sets. CONTESSA has an impact on the way teacher trainers teach their student teachers and consequently on the way teachers teach their students in schools.
The overall aim of CONTESSA consists of the development of a continuum of teacher education to equip teachers with the skills needed for 21st century by achieving the following:

• Improving teaching skills of teacher educators
• Improving pedagogic competences of student teachers
• Improving teaching skills of in-service teachers

About CONTESSA

• Delivering a ‘step-change’ in the development of critical skills, knowledge and competencies to provide the foundations for participation in work and society.
• Improving the transition of learners at critical stages in the education and training system.
• Increasing the use of ICT in teaching and learning as flexible learning paths for individual development.
• Improving the learning experience and the success of learners: Increase the quality of early years to deliver a better learning experience for young children.
• Improving the progress of learners at risk of educational disadvantage or learners with special educational needs.
• Improving the progress of learners with migration backgrounds.

Homepage	https://contessa-project.eu/
Project Duration	15.11.2018 - 14.11.2022
National and Institutional Project Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Sandra Bohlinger
Project Staff	Christian Müller M.A., Andreas Dürrschmidt M.Ed.
Project Partners	Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Institut für Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaft Dr. Sandra Hummel (project coordinator) Project Partner at TU Dresden Prof. Dr. Thomas Köhler Other Project Partners Karl-Franzes Universität Graz, Institut für Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaft The University of Cambodia Pannasastra University of Cambodia University of Colombo The Open University of Sri Lanka Associated Partners University College of Teacher Education Styria University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Cambodia University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka National Institute of Education Cambodia Little Smile Association, Sri Lanka
Funding	Erasmus+ Capacity Building

Selected Publications

• Hummel, S. (ed.) (2023): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South-East Asia from Multiple Perspectives . Wiesbaden. Springer VS.
• Bohlinger, S.; Hummel, S. (2023): Capacity Building in Teacher Education: A Case Study from Cambodia. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Heidelberg. Springer VS.

• Bohlinger, S.; Müller, C.; Perera, R.; Vithanapathirana, M. (2023): The role of teacher educators from a cross-national perspective: A four-country case study. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

• Dürrschmidt, A. (2023): Child Friendly School Policy and the Requirements for Teaching Professionals in 21-century Cambodia. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

• Hummel, S.; Brodacz-Geier, M.; Sheehan, B. (2023): Integral Components of Pedagogical Professionalization Processes in Digital Contexts. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Heidelberg. Springer VS.
• Hummel, S.; Bohlinger, S.; Sheehan, B. (2023): CONTESSA – An innovative program fostering pedagogical professionalization. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Heidelberg. Springer VS.
• Hummel, S.; Aldrian, S.; Sheehan, B. (2023): Development of Pedagogical Skills and Practices: A case study from Sri Lanka. In: S. Hummel (ed.): Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Heidelberg. Springer VS.
• Hummel, S. (2023): Digital Capacity Building in Teacher Education: An Environmental Case Study from Cambodia. In: S. Hummel (ed.): CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia from Multiple Perspectives. Heidelberg. Springer VS.
• Dürrschmidt, A.; Müller, C. (2022): Kollaboratives Lernen im Kontext der internationalen Bildungszusammenarbeit am Beispiel des EU-Projekts "CONTESSA". In: A. Grotlüschen, B. Käpplinger & G. Molzberger (Hrsg.): Erwachsenenbildung in internationaler Perspektive. Grenzen und Chancen. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 142-152. (open access)
• News report on the TUD website „TUD: Learning Management and Educational Resources for Teacher Training in South Asia“  (appearing in June 2022)
• Bohlinger, S.; Müller, C. (2020): Bildungszusammenarbeit mit Südostasien. In: Berufsbildung, Heft 181, S. 44-46.

Selected Conference Paper Presentations

• Dürrschmidt, A.; Müller, C. (2021): Erwachsenenbildung und Perspektiven zur Sicherung von Nachhaltigkeit in internationalen Bildungsprojekten. Vortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der DGfE, 09/2021, Hamburg (online).

• Dürrschmidt (10/2021): Developing Collaborative Learning Scenarios in Times of a Pandemic, presentation at WORK2021-Conference, Turku (Finland), online

• Anton, M.; Müller, C.: CONTESSA – Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia. Vortrag auf der InterKoLe International Conference on International Co-Operation in Teacher Training, 07/11/2019, Dresden