Digital Inclusion: Transforming and Internationalizing Schools through Technology Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital Inclusion: Transforming and Internationalizing Schools through Technology

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

The first principle of the European pillar of social rights, endorsed in December 2017 by the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission is: “Everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that will enable them to participate fully in society and to manage successfully transitions in the labour market”.

However, even though significant progress has been made in many areas, we still encounter many vulnerable groups, who do not have access to quality and inclusive education. This group includes children of foreign origin who enter school late and often do not speak the local language, such as unaccompanied minors, and children with disabilities or long-term health problems, who cannot attend school regularly and whose learning is therefore affected.

Many of these children will leave school before completion because their teachers do not have the knowledge and tools to deal successfully with this type of student. As a result, they will have fewer opportunities to enter the labour market. Without work or with a low-paid job, the risk of social exclusion increases exponentially.

To prevent this, educators should be able to adapt the teaching process to the abilities of all the students. The MAIN OBJECTIVE of this project is to extend and develop educators’ competencies, including their digital skills and knowledge of ICT tools, to create an inclusive classroom environment. Such knowledge is aimed at a better integration of all students, with the consequent improvement of their academic results and motivation to continue with their education.

The project’s DIRECT TARGET GROUP are educators, tutors and teachers in formal and non-formal education centres, school and other educational centre directors, teachers in training and teacher trainers. The INDIRECT TARGET GROUP of the project are the students, especially the ones with migrant background and students with some disability or special needs, who will improve their motivation and the quality of their learning due to the new methodologies and resources that the teachers will implement in the classrooms.

At the end of the project, the partners expect to achieve the following RESULTS: 1) interactive database of good practices, 2) lesson plans for teaching English, mathematics and robotics, 3) photo-manifesto with recommendations for educators, 4) identification of ambassadors as role models in each partner organization to implement the action plans, 5) project website with pedagogical resources for educators, 6) action plans to be implemented by the partners and 7)4 transnational meetings.

Regarding the METHODOLOGY, each activity will be led by a partner, who will provide the relevant guidelines. All partners will participate in the generation of the materials, always under the supervision of the leader. Once the materials are generated in English, there will be an internal evaluation and the materials will be improved with the instructions received. Finally, when the final English version is available, it will be translated into the partners’ languages. This will ensure that it reaches more educators in the partners’ countries.

The project will have a significant impact on the direct target group, educators, tutors and teachers working in formal and non-formal education centres, and on the learners in these educational centres, especially those with special needs related to learning, the children’s families and the whole community in general.

The project will have an impact at a local, national and international level not only in the partner countries but also in other EU countries due to its transferability, sustainability and potential for exploitation. The project will contribute to higher quality education and a greater awareness of the importance of promoting innovative pedagogical methods for quality teaching and the importance of ICT education, especially for students with special needs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 75190 Eur

Project Coordinator

Escola_Teresa_Miquel_i_Pamies & Country: ES

Project Partners

• First Private School Leonardo da Vinci Ltd
• Foundation for Education and Innovation “Zini”
• Associacio Programes Educatius Open Europe
• 13th primary school of Trikala
• ISTITUTO DEI SORDI DI TORINO
• SOU Gimnazija Koco Racin