The European schoolnet. an online European community for teachers? a valuable professional resource?

Abstract

This article reports on selected issues emerging from research being undertaken through ‘The Learning School’ Project – part of the European Schoolnet (EUN) Multimedia Project (MM1010). The EUN is funded jointly by the European Commission, the Ministries of Education of 20 European Countries, and the participating universities and organisations. The final report of ‘The Learning School’ project is available on the EUN website (http://www.eun.org). This article introduces some of the major issues emerging from the research on the Learning School Project, regarding pedagogy, demands on teachers, pupil learning styles and understanding change as a multi-faceted process with technology interfacing each of these components. A key purpose of the EUN is to provide an electronic network linking national networks giving added European value to the curriculum experienced by pupils in Europe and providing opportunities for teacher professional development in the European context.