ERASMUS-JMO-2022-OFET-TT 101085340 – EU-TEAM
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The goal and the target
Raising EU citizens’ understanding of the European Union – particularly among young people – still represents a crucial issue in shaping the Union’s future. This project has addressed this issue by creating several opportunities for teacher training. Thus, the project aims to reach European school teachers and their students to increase their understanding of a variety of EU subjects (e.g. EU institutions, values, and history).
The project
During the project’s 3 years (2022-2025), we have created 6 freely accessible Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on EU issues and how to introduce them in the classroom with innovative teaching methodologies (CLIL, Game-Based Learning, Collaborative and Student-Centered Learning, and Promoting an Inclusive and Multicultural Classroom), and trained online more than 3000 educators.
Moreover, we have provided face-to-face training to 144 European teachers in 12 one-week training courses on similar topics. At the end of the training, each participant has created a lesson plan for their subject focusing on EU issues and applying innovative teaching methodologies.
We have uploaded all these lesson plans in a digital database, freely accessible to all online users, thus contributing to providing ready-to-use resources for teachers on EU matters containing many proposals for classroom activities.
The outcome
We have exploited our far-reaching professional communication channels to spread the word about the project. All the teachers who have received face-to-face training have also organize multiplier events once back at their home school, and a wide network of Associated Partners has been engaged to disseminate the project’s activities in a cost-effective way.
By providing (direct or indirect) training to more than 6’000 teachers and 16 VET organizations, the project, therefore, hopes to make a significant contribution to enhance international cooperation between different educational institutions and expects to raise awareness about EU institutions and European citizens’ rights and duties among 80’000 European students.