"LIVING HERITAGE" is a project of cooperation for innovation of a partnership strategy for the school education among 7 partners from 5 countries: Slovaquia, Estonia, Greece, Spain and Portugal, led by Diputación Provincial de Palencia (Spain). Aims to:- Strengthen the profile of the field of formal and non-formal educators. - Promote the pedagogical update of teachers with peer teaching method. - Design a curriculum, methodological strategies and innovative educational materials for the transmission of the cultural heritage, especially valid to facilitate teaching in disadvantaged rural areas , the learning of students that underachieve , in groups with high diversity and/or schools with early school leaving issues. - Create links between school and public and private entities, related to the management of the heritage. - Develop educational experiences to promote intercultural and intergenerational exchange of material and intangible heritage. - Connect the European heritage through schools using ICT tools.Direct recipients are educators in the field of formal and non-formal education. Will also be involved: educational authorities linked to the local, regional and national heritage; associations of entrepreneurs and companies related to the formation and cultural tourism; managers of heritage; heritage interpreters; cultural and heritage associations of rural areas, etc and the school pupils that will put into practice the obtained results. In particular: 175 accessions will contribute to the stakeholder project and a network of contacts with more than 450 potential direct beneficiaries, plus 170 indirect participants in the course. A network of experts will be created to support the evaluation of the results. ICT will enable the participation of 2200 indirect beneficiaries, 240 multiplier events with the creation of the results under open license, OER,and we are estimating other 2375 indirect beneficiaries.LIVING HERITAGE is based on a collaborative methodology among professionals in the field of formal and non-formal education and the participation of the stakeholder to develop the following activities:1) Creation of working method among peers in workshops. 2) Development of a school curriculum on cultural heritage. 3) Elaboration of a methodological guide for work on cultural heritage. 4) Preparation of educational materials for the implementation. 5) Seminar on dissemination and evaluation between teachers and authorities. 6) Multiagent broadcasting day. 7) Transnational face to face and remote meetings and other coordination tools. Under the common guidelines to follow, the development of intellectual products is structured in 5 thematic areas: I.-ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE. II. HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC HERITAGE. III.-POPULAR ARCHITECTURE. IV.-ETHNOGRAPHIC HERITAGE. V.- INTANGIBLE HERITAGE.The results of LIVING HERITAGE will translate into: 1) the methodology for peer learning, Curriculum, methodological guide and educational materials available in 6 languages, validated by the competent authorities and accessible to educational centres, managers of heritage and socioeconomic fabric related to the cultural heritage in Europe. 2) creation of networks of communication between defined direct and indirect participants. The main expected impact is to serve the real needs of strengthening of the profile of the educators in the area of cultural heritage, especially for those working in disadvantaged rural areas, with groups of students with poor school performance, high diversity and educational centers that actively fight early school leaving.Long-term benefits: 1) The creation of licensed OER results will allow its use, extension and improvement by professionals and the education and heritage agencies. 2) Support to educational strategies generated by the educational authorities of the 5 countries to incorporate them into the educational curricula of primary and secondary schools and their use in the non-formal sector.3) The internationalization of these educational curriculums look for their practical application in European and international networks of communication, such as EUN Communnity or ELOS "Europe as a Learning Environment", the Association EUROPA NOSTRA and bodies linked to the UNESCO's education (OIE "Office ofinternational education ", IUAL "Institute for lifelong learning" that also promotes non-formal education (IUUTIE "Institute for the use of ICTs in education").All because we need to make a more understandable and educational European cultural heritage, we must "revive it" and "live it" and turn it into a point of community interaction.
"LIVING HERITAGE" is a project of cooperation for innovation for the school education of a strategic partnership among 7 partners from 5 countries: Slovakia, Estonia, Greece, Spain and Portugal, led by Diputación de Palencia (Spain). Aims to: - Strengthen the profile of the field of formal and non-formal educators. - Promote the pedagogical update of teachers with peer teaching method. - Design a curriculum, methodological strategies and innovative educational materials for the transmission of the cultural heritage, especially valid to facilitate learning of students that underachieve , in groups with high diversity and/or schools with school drop-off issues and in disadvantaged rural areas. - Create links between school and public and private entities, related to the management of the heritage. - Develop educational experiences to promote intercultural and intergenerational exchange of material and intangible heritage. - Connect the European heritage through schools using ICT tools. The main direct target-groups are educators (from formal and non-formal education), which is why the project has involved schools, teachers' organizations and educational authorities. But also entities linked to local, regional and national heritage; associations and companies related to education, training and cultural tourism; managers of heritage; heritage interpreters and guides; cultural associations, foundations, museums and other heritage conservation entities (where educational programs are also developed), entities of local development, tourism, rural development, etc. The final recipients are Primary and Secondary students who will put into practice the results obtained. Among these stakeholder groups have been achieved more than 150 accessions and collaborations that have contributed to the project in an important way and have made possible the final contact with more than 2000 beneficiaries and the direct participation of about 300 people in the Workshops, multiplier events and activities developed throughout the project. In addition, a network of experts has been created to support the project and the evaluation of the results. Thanks to ICT and the effort to disseminate results, which continues to be done to ensure sustainability, it is estimated that at least 2300 beneficiaries will be able to participate with access to the intellectual products and results of the project. The main actions and intellectual outputs (IO) have been: 1) Creation of a methodology among peers called Peer Leraning Method (on which the Workshops for educators were based) -IO1. 2) Development of school curriculum on European cultural heritage (Primary and Secondary) -IO2, based on a previous analysis 3) Preparation and impression of a methodological guide-IO3 4) Educational materials for implementation-IO4 5) Development of a Seminar and Multi-Agent Sessions (for dissemination and evaluation among interested agents) 7) Transnational, face-to-face and remote meetings and a whole system of communication, coordination and follow-up, as well as dissemination of results 8) Educator training course The intellectual products have been created in 6 languages (5 of the project and in English), have been supported by local and regional authorities and are accessible to schools, heritage managers and socio-economic fabric related to cultural heritage in Europe. The main impact in the short and medium term has been the strengthening of contents, competences and methodology in the area of European cultural heritage and therefore the profile of educators and the creation of communication networks between participants, direct and indirect. The medium and long term benefits are expected: 1) The creation of open results (OER) will allow its use, extension and improvement by professionals and agents of education and heritage. 2) Support for the strategies generated by educational authorities for their incorporation into the educational programs of schools and the non-formal sector. 3) The internationalization of educational curricula through their incorporation into European communication networks. All with the overall objective of supporting European policies that aim to make the European cultural heritage a point of community interaction with great educational value and social cohesion, but also to turn it into a good with future projection and great interest for sustainable economic development of many areas.