The Teaching Europe Podcast is a series of interviews on teacher education in Europe published by Symposion Network. Symposion Network is a network of approximately 17 teacher education institutions from Norway till Spain and from Ireland till Serbia. Each university selects an expert in a specific field for the podcast. The topic of series 1 is "inclusion" and how it is practiced in the various countries, series 2 is on "Learning Spaces" and series 3 is on "Teaching Difficult Topics".
The annual meeting is the "beating heart" of Symposion Network. This year it took place in Kalmar, Sweden. It was again an inspiration for internationalisation in teacher education, fostering a European thinking in the educational world. Listen to statements of participants and take part virtually by sound.
16 May 2026
Teaching Difficult Topics 3 - with Karine Hindrix, Belgium
Guest in this episode is Karine Hindrix from UCL Leuven/Limburg.
https://etenjournal.com/2022/02/12/in-the-name-of-love/ (https://etenjournal.com/2022/02/12/in-the-name-of-love/)
The concept uses in the course (invented) is: Diversity-proactive attitude
Other authors who influenced Karine's teaching and thinking the last five years:
Sarah Ahmed, Catherine Denial (a pedagogy of kindness), Christopher Emdin.
You can find research and articles to the topic on the Symposion Network website: www.symposionnetwork.com
4 May 2026
Teaching difficult topics 2 - with Christine Plaimauer
Guest in the 2nd episode of the "Teaching Difficult Topics" series of the "Teaching Europe Podcast" is Christine Plaimauer, a sociologist and teacher trainer at Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich in Austria.
Further materials and links:
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11248271/ (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11248271/)
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https://on.orf.at/video/14215185/viva-la-vulva (https://on.orf.at/video/14215185/viva-la-vulva)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZYGnAEdqs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZYGnAEdqs)
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms (https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms)
9 Dec 2025
Teaching difficult topics, episode 1 - with Simon Brennan
Our first guest of the new series 3 on "Teaching difficult topics" is Simon Brennan of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in Ireland. He lectures in philosophy of education and is conducting research on dialogical education and the challenges teachers face in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
29 Jul 2025
Special episode to the honour of Miquel Robert Ferrer
Miquel for many years was one of the columns Symposion Network is standing on - for more then 15 years he was a driving force for internationalisation at the University of Barcelona and an important member of Symposion Network and since 7 years also in the Steering Team of the network. Miquel is starting his well deserved retirement and we still don't know what we will do without him. The "Teaching Europe Podcast" therefore devotes a special honoring episode to Miquel and wishes all the best for the coming years and many great hikes and maybe also visits at Symposion meetings. Miquel gives an overview of the major changes which have happened to European university internationalisation in the last decade and has a look into possible future developments.
22 Mar 2025
The media lab at Volda University College, Norway
Guests in episode 5 of the Learning Spaces Series of the Teaching Europe Podcast are Sindre Slettedal Sandbak and Synnøve Hedemann Amdam from Volda University College, Norway about the Media Lab which is included in the college library and the development of digital learning spaces in education.
6 Feb 2025
Episode 4 - with Gabi Steinmair from Austria
Gabi Steinmair teaches at Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich in Linz in the teacher training program for primary school teachers. She has worked as primary school teacher herself before and developed a "material based learning space" approach in which children can learn with especially prepared materials and a lot of indepence. Her special focus is reading and writing acquisition. This episode is recorded in "her teaching room", which she designed at PHOOE to work there with her students - check out https://www.symposionnetwork.com for photos.
28 Jan 2025
Episode 3 - Outdoor Learning Spaces in Jagodina, Serbia
During a Symposion Network Steering Team planning meeting in Jagodina Serbia, this podcast was recorded about the outdoor learning spaces at the university which date back to the founder of the institution.
Guests for the interview are Ivana Ćirković-Miladinović and Irena Golubović- Ilić. More information here soon!
14 Nov 2024
Episode 2 - about CoLiLab in Weingarten, Germany
„The Cooperative Liberal Laboratory (CoLiLab)" is the pedagogical makerspace at the University of Education in Weingarten.
2 Oct 2024
Series 2 - Learning Spaces 1
Series 2 of the "Teaching Europe Podcast" has the topic "Learning Spaces". As usual we speak with experts of Symposion Network member universities from all over Europe. Guests in episode 1 are Liz Curtis and Jo Vergunst from the University of Aberdeen they speak with Christian Kogler about "Voices of the future".
They are part of the research project ‘Voices of the Future: Collaborating with children and young people to re-imagine treescapes’. It’s part of a wider UK programme of research into the future of UK treescapes – environments where trees play a significant role. Voices of the Future explores how children’s voices can be listened to and schools can integrate trees and woods into their learning practices.
For more information on Voices of the Future, please see:
https://treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/ (https://treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk/)
Contact Liz and Jo via their webpages:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/elizabeth.curtis (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/elizabeth.curtis)
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/j.vergunst (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/j.vergunst)
27 Jun 2024
Inclusion in Belgium with Nadja Vandenbroeck
Episode 6 of the "Teaching Europe Podcast" looks at Belgium. Guest is Nadja Vandenbroeck of UCLL Leuven/Limburg.
7 Feb 2024
Episode 5 - with Emer Ring, Ireland
Episode 5 of the "Teaching Europe Podcast" comparing inclusion in 20 European countries is about Ireland. Guest is Emer Ring, Dean of Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland and a long time expert on Inclusion in Ireland. Soon her new book on the history of 120 years of special education in Ireland will be published.
31 Jan 2024
Episode 4 - with Veronique Roisin, University of Orleans, France
The 4th episode about inclusive education in Europe - a comparative view with experts from 20 countries. This episode is about France.
14 Dec 2023
Episode 3 about inclusion in Austria
Studio guest of the Teaching Europe Podcast episode 3 is Tobias Buchner, head of the Institute of Inclusive Education at the University of Education Upper Austria (Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich) in Linz, Austria.
9 Nov 2023
Episode 2 - Inclusion in the Netherlands
The 2nd episode of the "Teaching Europe" podcast by Symposion Network looks at the Netherlands. Guest of Christian Kogler is Jose Middendorp, of Stenden University.
28 Jun 2023
Teaching Europe 1 - Inclusion in Sweden
Guest in the first episode of the Teaching Europe Podcast by Symposion Network is Kristina Hellberg from Linneus University in Sweden. The first series of our Podcast feature the topic inclusion from the perspectives of the various countries Symposion Network is represented in.
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