Abstract: | The article describes an action study undertaken jointly by the Chelsea College Centre for Science and Mathematics Education (University of London), the Universite des Sciences et des Techniques, Montpellier, and the Padagogische Hochschule, Neuss, which investigated the potential for a school‐based approach to teacher training. The study in the three institutions was supported by the Joint Studies Programme (JSP) of the Commission of the European Community for institutions of Higher Education in member States. |