Jönköping Overlook
Consortia Goals:
The Pennsylvania State University College of Education, the Jönköping University School of Education and Communication, and The University of Chichester School of Teacher Education offer a 2-year transatlantic program of study for intercultural reflective teachers that emphasizes inclusion and differentiated instruction, citizenship and multicultural education, language learning, and pedagogy and didactics.

Cohorts of US and EU students begin the program each fall semester, studying the first year at EU partners (Fall in Bognor Regis, UK, and Spring in Jönköping, Sweden). Living costs for the year at all three locations is highly comparable.

Application Information

Study Abroad Activities

Bognor Regis Campus


Bognor Regis Beach

Consortia Faculty:
Consortia faculty from each partner university collaborate to organize and teach the sequence of courses and field experiences that make up the two year program.

 

Consortium for Intercultural Reflective Teachers

In the second year, the cohort studies at Penn State to finish an integrated sequence of education courses and field experiences and earn dual Baccalaureate degrees from Penn State and Jönköping University in a total of 4 years.  

Description of Program of Study


Downtown Jönköping

For further information on CIRT, please contact one of the program directors:
Jamie Myers, jmm12@psu.edu, The Pennsylvania State University College of Education
Stefan Engberg, Stefan.Engberg@hlk.hj.se, or, Sverker Johansson, Sverker.Johansson@hlk.hj.se, Jönköping University School of Education and Communication
Chris Shelton, C.Shelton@chi.ac.uk, University of Chichester School of Teacher Education

CIRT is supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education and the European Commission. However, the content does not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, or the European Commission, and you should not assume endorsement by the respective governments.