Enhancing Creative and Innovative Teaching Skills Through Trainings and Observations Erasmus Project

Project Title

Enhancing Creative and Innovative Teaching Skills Through Trainings and Observations

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: Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Creativity and innovation are becoming increasingly important for the development of the 21st century knowledge society. Creativity is an ability that everyone can develop and it can therefore be fostered or, likewise, inhibited. Innovative teaching is the process leading to creative learning, the implementation of new methods, tools and contents which could benefit learners and their creative potential. Education is seen as central in fostering creative and innovative skills, and educational actors have the power to unlock the creative and innovative potential of the students. However, educational actors need to have a clear vision, awareness and understanding of what creativity is and entails in order to fully comprehend how it can be enhanced with innovative methods.In this project, we aim to enhance our teachers’ professional competences in terms of creative and innovative teaching methods by combining Teacher Training and Teacher Observation Model. Our target group will be teachers from different branches.This partnership combines all stakeholders related to education; schools, directorates of national education, NGOs and a higher education institution.
In ENCITS, firstly, teachers will record one hour lesson to show their current best methodology and share with partners to evaluate lessons and see what is missing from an innovative lesson and what is needed. As a second step, teachers will attend teacher trainings courses. Each teacher will plan and record a lesson with innovative methods which are learned via trainings. At the end of the project, an e-book will be developed with the best practices of creative and innovative teaching methods from different countries.
The main objectives of this project are:
* To increase teachers’ professional competences in terms of creative and innovative teaching methods in education
* To increase the awareness of the teacher, to make him realize his strengths and weaknesses,
* To ensure that the teacher renews pedagogical knowledge and skills and follows the changes and innovations in his field,
* To ensure that the teacher develops his horizon and vision,
* To support innovative approaches to increase the quality of education, teacher training and establishment of cooperation methods between representatives of the business world, professional organizations, NGOs working in the field of education.
* To prepare educational tools for teachers, methodological tools for compiling good practice examples, implementing new and pilot practices by the innovative approaches in teacher training

İznik MEM brings together a balanced team which involves 6 partners from 5 countries: TR, ES, BG, IT, NL with expertise/resources to give the project a transnational approach,providing methods applicable in/outside project countries.
İznik MEM is the leading and coordinating organization who will take part in all parts of the project as a supervisor and coordinator.
ULUDAG UNIVERSITY will be in charge of organizing a training for teachers from partner countries, preparing a lesson observation form which will be used throughout the project for teacher observations and developing a need analysis survey about current practices of teachers and teachers’ beliefs about innovative teaching methods.
AGIFODENT will be responsible for organizing a training for teachers from partner countries and be in charge of the logo and website design of the project.
Stichting EduAgility will be in charge of preparing and organizing the training activity for teachers from partner countries about the innovative methodologies.
Pazardzhik will be responsible for dissemination activities, quality control and risk assessment.
“Aldo Moro” will conduct a training to teachers from partner countries and be in charge of visual design, design of forms, brochures and flyers.

Basically, ENCITS will organize the following activities:
1)Needs/Situation analysis to identify teachers’ practices, beliefs and needs/competences in teaching creative and innovative methods.
2)Online and Face- to-face meetings to ensure that the project is implemented properly and internal coordination/evaluation..
3)Teacher training courses (LTT activities) to develop teaching, learning approaches/methods to train teachers in creative and innovative methods.
4)Dissemination and Quality assurance activities to ensures that maximum possible impact is produced at national/European level.
5)e-book with the best practices of creative and innovative teaching methods from different countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 101585 Eur

Project Coordinator

IZNIK ILCE MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU & Country: TR

Project Partners

• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE “ALDO MORO”
• Regional Department of Education – Pazardzhik
• AGIFODENT – Asociacion Granadina para la informacion, formacion y desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologias
• BURSA ULUDAG UNIVERSITESI
• Stichting for Education on Agility Liberating Structures