Study Abroad

Mobility Designer
Focus Areas
- FOCUS AREA 1
  Foundations and Motivations for Mobility
  - 1.1
    Promote a Culture of Mobility
  - 1.2
    Promote Mobility as a Growth Opportunity
- FOCUS AREA 2
  Institutional Collaboration and Communication
  - 2.1
    Strategic Institutional Partnerships
  - 2.2
    Academic and Administrative Collaboration and Communication
- FOCUS AREA 3
  Curriculum and Course Design
- FOCUS AREA 4
  Cultural Immersion and Socio-Cultural Experiences
- FOCUS AREA 5
  Student Support
  - 5.1
    Practical Support Services (Housing, Visa, Finances)
  - 5.2
    Health and Well-Being
About
Resources

Resources

This page brings together the materials and publications from Work Package 4 (Mobility in Music Teacher Education) of the TEAM project.

The Mobility Designer and the guide Prototypical Exchange Study Models are © 2026 TEAM – Teacher Education Academy for Music and licensed under CC BY 4.0. You are welcome to use, adapt and share them, provided you credit the authors. The publications listed below are subject to the publishers’ terms.

Webinar: From Barriers to Opportunities
Recording of the WP4 faculty webinar held online on 3 June 2026. Jens Knigge, Solveig Fretheim, Runa Hestad Jenssen and Kirsti Nørstebø present the research findings and the design principles and walk through the Mobility Designer.

Tools, guides and publications

The Mobility Designer

Knigge, J., De Baets, T., Economidou Stavrou, N., Fretheim, S., Girdzijauskienė, R., Jenssen, R. H., Nørstebø, K., & O’Connell, L. (2026)

An online tool with five focus areas and 13 design principles for planning, implementing and improving mobility in music teacher education.

Open the Mobility Designer

Suggested citation:
Knigge, J., De Baets, T., Economidou Stavrou, N., Fretheim, S., Girdzijauskienė, R., Jenssen, R. H., Nørstebø, K., & O’Connell, L. (2026). The Mobility Designer: Design principles for mobility in music teacher education [Online tool]. TEAM – Teacher Education Academy for Music. https://teacher-academy-music.eu/student-mobility/study-abroad

Prototypical Exchange Study Models for Music Teacher Education

Nørstebø, K., Fretheim, S., Jenssen, R. H., & Knigge, J. (2026)

A practical guide for programme coordinators, international offices and academic advisors. It presents five models for organising an exchange, from a ready-made package semester to a fully flexible plan, each with a sample study plan, the questions to settle before students commit, and a one-page planning checklist.

Download the PDF
Download the editable PowerPoint

Suggested citation:
Nørstebø, K., Fretheim, S., Jenssen, R. H., & Knigge, J. (2026). Prototypical exchange study models for music teacher education: A practical guide for programme coordinators, international offices and academic advisors. TEAM – Teacher Education Academy for Music, Work Package 4. https://teacher-academy-music.eu/student-mobility/study-abroad/resources

Redesigning mobility in European music teacher education: From barriers to opportunities

Knigge, J., De Baets, T., Economidou Stavrou, N., Fretheim, S., Girdzijauskienė, R., Jenssen, R. H., Nørstebø, K., & O’Connell, L. (2026)

In I. Malmberg, T. Buchborn, & L. Steinmetz (Eds.), Future-making, mobility and networking in Europe: Impulses for music education in school, teacher education and professional development (pp. 61–78). Helbling.

Link to PDF

Investigating international mobility in music teacher education: Reimagining the terrain

Economidou Stavrou, N., Knigge, J., O’Connell, L., Jenssen, R. H., De Baets, T., Fretheim, S., Girdzijauskienė, R., & Nørstebø, K. (in press)

Stepping into the world: Wading through the uncharted in mobility for music teacher education

Fretheim, S., & Jenssen, R. H. (in press)