Added VALue Learning for Preschool Teachers & pedagogical coordinators Erasmus Project

Project Title

Added VALue Learning for Preschool Teachers & pedagogical coordinators

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue); ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The recent panorama across the EU with a series of simultaneous crises: refugees, multi-culturalism, uneven economic development, and bailing out neighbours at a time of low economic growth have led this partnership to strongly believe that ethics and values as well as critical thinking are increasingly becoming very important aspects in the development of a democratic, pluralistic, and knowledge-based society, both in terms of the position and the role of an individual as a citizen as well as in the area of an individual’s personal development.

Scientific research has proven that early childhood education is the most important phase to initiate a healthy development (Stiles, Jernigen 2010; Jolles, Crone 2012). Ethical education and critical thinking have a significant role in forming an ethical mature human being. Despite this, practices, experiences and opportunities for ECEC and primary school teachers to obtain knowledge in this field vary significantly, as it is the case with the presence of innovative educational approaches to these topics. All these reasons and challenges represent an important motivation for us to propose this project.

The project will address the field of ethics and values education and focus on empowering Early Childhood Care and Education (ECEC) pre-school and primary School Professionals to learn about values based on 3 pillars: ethic values (personal values – one “self”); democratic values (as we live in society –One “self and the others”) and environmental values (as we live in the planet earth).

Our project has:
– Implemented a Transnational curriculum for the partners’ countries, complemented with a preparatory review of the current provision for 0-6 and 7-11 teachers regarding learning about ethics, values education end critical thinking;
– Developed open educational resources and peer-to-peer learning methods with an aim to enhance the professional development of those working or active in the school education sector by increasing the quality and range of initial and continuing training.
– Designed innovative practices in 0-6 and 7-11 school education in the field of ethics and values education, developing and promoting innovative learning approaches;
– Created a resource centre on ethics, values and critical thinking education aimed at increasing the awareness on the importance of moral obligations and social values so as to strengthen its educational structures in a system of values supported by all relevant stakeholders.
The projecthas reached out:
– More than 150 0-11 teachers and stakeholders to participate directly in the project development (state of the art, review of the learning materials, piloting, Event)
– More than 100.000 EU citizens will be informed during the project about the AVAL Resource center and access the online tools of the project
– More than 2000 organizations and institutions will be informed about the AVAL Platform and be provided with specific guidelines to integrate it in their normal financial information and training.

The consortium of AVAL has been formed by 10 project partners from 9 different EU countries which come from a wide range of backgrounds including the World Association of Early Childhood education, Universities, Training, research and development centres and Associations, and SMEs. AVAL is in full alignment with the priorities, objectives and aims of the ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships call for Schools as it envisions in 0-3, 3-6 and 7-11 teachers up-skilling and provision of transversal skills, providing access to Open Educational Resources based on ICT, link continuous education and training with higher education (ECTS), implement awareness campaigns, and promote validation, accreditation and certification for 0-3, 3-6 and 7-11 teachers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 251243 Eur

Project Coordinator

Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles (AMEI-WAECE) & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Innovation Training Center, S.L.
• FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN NUERNBERG
• BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM
• MILITOS SYMVOULEUTIKI A.E.
• Udruga za poticanje neformalnog obrazovanja, kritickog misljenja i filozofije u praksi Mala filozofija
• UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
• STEPS SRL