ABSTRACT
The teacher-education model we propose starts with the existing situation in a member state of the European union, in our case the United Kingdom, since, following Article 126 in Chapter 3 of the Treaty on Union, the curriculum of compulsory schooling remains a national concern. Whilst we personally favour closer European integration in all aspects of socio-political organization, including education, the programme we outline could also be acceptable to those who subscribe only to the provisions of the Single European Act and its concept of the mobility of the workforce. It is within these limits that we attempt to formulate suggestions how we can effectively educate teachers for a Europe that is likely to develop in the years after the Treaty on Union. Such development must be the result of a debate involving all the parties concerned, not just the administrators and legislators. It must especially involve the participation of teachers, teacher educators and student teachers.
