to LINk Practitioner Inquiry via professional Learning Communities with results of Academic Research, in order to support teachers and schools in teaching Evidence based. Erasmus Project

Project Title

to LINk Practitioner Inquiry via professional Learning Communities with results of Academic Research, in order to support teachers and schools in teaching Evidence based.

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 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

LINPILCARE wanted to LINk Practitioner Inquiry via effective professional learning communities with results of Academic Research in order to support teachers and schools in teaching and learning evidence based.
To become a knowledge society in future Europe where flexibility and innovative thinking are important, we have to rethink education. Evidence based teaching and learning is the future in education. (OECD) So educators starting from their own practice and their own problems have to reflect systematically on how they can improve their own practice informed by and based on evidence.
On top of that, working in professional learning communities enhanced communication skills, exchange of experiences and social skills.
The project Linpilcare supported practitioners to reflect on their own practice, to inquire their own practice, to link the results of their practitioner inquiry with results of academic inquiry and to dialogue about this in effective professional learning communities.

The project has developed:
IO1: a common conceptual framework on evidence based teaching and learning called ‘thinking through practice’ ;
IO2: more than 78 tools that support practitioners in realising evidence based teaching and learning;
IO3: in service training modules, local, regional and national recognized courses and 2 international recognized courses in Estonia.
During two conferences – one in Estonia and one in Slovenia – the content of the project has been spread among an international group of practitioners and policy makers.

All results are available on www.linpilcare.eu, where you also can find the next courses that the consortium members organise on the content of Linpilcare.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 400603 Eur

Project Coordinator

vzw nascholing in het katholiek onderwijs & Country: BE

Project Partners

• ZAVOD REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA SOLSTVO
• TARTU ULIKOOL
• Dene Magna School
• STICHTING FONTYS
• Agrupamento de Escolas da Caparica