Robotics for the Inclusive Development of Atypical and Typical Children Erasmus Project

Project Title

Robotics for the Inclusive Development of Atypical and Typical Children

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

The project RIDE – Robotics for the Inclusive Development of Atypical and Typical Children aims to struggle against early school leaving primarly in the participating countries, secondary all over Europe. Our target group contains those atypical and typical children aged 8-14, who learn in inclusive groups, and general study and SEN teachers who deal with them.
Seven organizations from four European countries – Hungary, Italy, Spain, Romania – will take part in the project for 36 months.. As a strategic partnership, two enterprises, two universities and three schools will work together in a very strong cooperation on the fulfilment of the project goals.
As the result of our project, we will create and test a module matrix of 10 modules with 8 variations for each module. The modules will be based on the usage of ArTeC robots, a modular, colourful, extremely variable robotic set.
All the variations will focus on different developmental aims in composed from learning and competence skills. All the materials developed during the project will be uploaded to our brand new, searchable website and will be available for all teachers from Europe who want to implement our method.
The project also involves the development, testing and accrediting of a teacher training for preparing teachers for the usage of the module matrix.
The coordinator is Abacusan Studio, Hungary – a nonprofit enterprise working on the field of formal and nonformal STEM education, focusing on teaching robotics and using robotics in teaching other subjects.
The other enterprise is Interonline from Spain, has got a similar profile as Abacusan, developing learning materials for the usage of robots in teaching general subjects.
These organisations will be responsible for the product-making approach and for the informatics background of the project.
The project will involve two universities: the Faculty of Pedagogy of Special Education of ELTE, Budapest and the Pedagogical Training Faculty of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. They will provide the research background, practice and knowledge for the project.
Three schools will work as the test field of the project: one-one from Hungary, Italy and Romania. Besides training teachers and giving and evaluating test lessons, these schools will take part in a blended mobility activity: having virtual mobility connection through the whole project period and a common camp as well.
We will disseminate and multiplicate the results of the project on local, regional, country and European level in order to reach more population of the target group and reach our goals.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 358913 Eur

Project Coordinator

Abacusan Studio Oktatasszervezo Nonprofit Kft & Country: HU

Project Partners

• EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM
• Rakospalotai Meixner Altalanos Iskola es AMI
• Scoala Gimnaziala Speciala SF NICOLAE
• INTERONLINE COOPERACION 2001, AIE
• LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO
• Istituto Comprensivo di scuola primaria e secondaria di I grado Johannes Amos Comenius
• Kardos István Általános Iskola, Gimnázium és Szakgimnázium