The “ Civic and History Education Study ” is the first comprehensive study in Europe to describe and analyse the formation of school teachers of the historio-political subjects. Based on a systemic and organizational approach, between 2010 and 2013 more than 46 institutions of 33 countries in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) have been investigated and compared on the existing full study programs in initial teacher education for school subjects “ History ” , “ Civic/Citizenship Education ” , “ Politics ” , “ Social Studies ” and “ Cultural Studies ” . The nature and quality of the education and training that teachers of these subjects receive seems crucial for reflecting the social and political developments of life in multicultural and diverse societies. History teachers and teachers of “ Social Studies ” or “ Civic Education ” are expected to contribute substantially to the formation of the socio-political identity of the future citizens of Europe. The pupils’ competences for democratic citizenship, intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding and tolerance are expected to be developed during secondary school education. The central question of the project-group therefore was: Are the teacher education programs conceptualized to provide the trainee teachers with the requested knowledge and skills for acting as these responsible educators of the future European citizens? This paper describes the structures of initial teacher education for the concerned subjects in the European countries: It gives information on the various types of teacher education institutions, the architecture of teacher training programs, the models of training, the length of studies, the relation between subject oriented and professional training, the forms of induction and the multifaceted forms of tutoring and mentoring. In the main part of the paper , crucial qualitative aspects in the formation of the historio-political competences of teacher trainees will be introduced and compared. An analysis of the aims, the theoretical basement, the content as well as the pedagogical/didactical concepts of curricula will be given, and relevant aspects of the formation of methodological and didactical competences of teacher trainees by academic and professional training will be compared and analyzed. Special emphasis will be given to the formation of their communicative and cooperative skills and the formation of media literacy.
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