Students ENgaged in Sustainability Education(SEnSE) Erasmus Project

Project Title

Students ENgaged in Sustainability Education(SEnSE)

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

This project is the results of the needs indentified in the 5 participating schools from Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Romania and Spain: the need for inclusion, the need to vary the teaching methods so that they correspond to the characteristics of today’s students, the need to carry on with the existing cross-curricular approaches and the need to involve our students in current global issues. These needs have been highlighted by using SWOT analysis and surveys. The project is aimed at strenghtening inclusion at our institutions through project-based learning, in response to the growing number of students who are at risk of exclusion for different reason. The project involves students aged 6-15 and their teachers, together with local organisations (universities, NGOs, educational stakeholders). It uses project-based learning methodology, which helps the students to meet important learning goals, find a solution to a meaningful question to solve a problem, explore phenomena using scientific practices, engage in collaborative activities to find solutions to the driving question, uses learning tools and other scaffolds to support students’ learning and create tangible products that address the driving question.
We plan one short-term training event for our teachers in the fields of PBL and inclusion in order to ensure a balance between the knowledge and skills of the participating staff and the quality of the activities of the project as well.
The participants will work on 5 modules derived from the Sustainable Development Goals, which represent the connection with the real world: “Know disaster, no disaster!” (Climate change), “Slow the flow, save H2O!” (Clean water and sanitation), “Know your trees” (Life on land), “An ocean of plastics” (Life below water) and “Product tales” (Responsible consumption and production). Moreover, the activities of the project will focus on creating inclusive classrooms by recognising and valuing diversity, developing positive attitudes towards diversity in our learners, involving parents, learners and other relevant individuals in creating an inclusive learning environment, assessing individual learners in a variety of ways that allow them to demonstrate the progress they are making and supporting the students in identifying, addressing and assessing learning goals based on reasonable adjustment, designing teaching and learning materials which cater for multiple learning styles, using group work which foster the use of each student’s own capacities.
We plan to deliver 5 booklets which contain the detailed description of the projects made by the students. In terms of intangible results, we forsee an enhanced sense of belonging to the school culture and trust in the students’ capacities and potential, enhanced cooperation at EU level, increased professional satisfaction in our teachers, enhanced PBL, ICT and foreign languages competences. On the long term, we intend to use the results of the project on a daily basis, in organising elective classes or answering the new national requirements in our countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 154575 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala “Otilia Cazimir” Iasi & Country: RO

Project Partners

• NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMEN-SAN VICENTE PAÚL
• Osnovna skola Zakanje
• Vilniaus r. Nemencines Gedimino gimnazija
• I.C. AOSTA