CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES ClimART 2.0 builds on the success resulted from a previous project ClimART, financed by the Erasmus+ KA02 and aimed at developing, transferring and implementing innovative methodologies for learning climate change through art and theatre Due to the fact that: - climate change is still one of the biggest challenges of our time and it still has many weaknesses and faces several barriers - art, and especially visual art, can be the key to overcome these barriers and enable effective communication - many other schools expressed interest in participating in the ClimART project ClimART 2.0 aims to strengthen the intellectual outputs of the previous ClimART project and transfer scientific knowledge to teachers and students through a different artistic technique: comics and graphic novels. To achieve this general goal, the following specific goals have been defined: - To promote the professional development of High School teachers strengthening their competences to introduce in High School curricula the climate change issue. - To reinforce the awareness of High School students through high-quality international experience based on the development of comics and graphic novels about climate change. - To strengthen the acquisition of key competences (science, art, English language) in High School studies, including disadvantaged learners. PARTICIPANTS ClimART 2.0 partnership includes four High Schools (I.I.S. Aldini Valeriani, IES Botànic Cavanilles, Agios Vasileios Gymnasium-Strovolos, SJ Greek French High School) and three non-high schools (CRESOL, Area Europa and Spostamenti). CRESOL and Area Europa, which makes available Eva Merloni, the project manager of ClimART, were involved in the previous project and they will capitalize, replicate and reinforce the experience gained before. The countries represented by the partners are Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Greece. The direct target groups of ClimART 2.0 are 100 students and 8 teachers from 4 Schools located in sensitive areas to climate change impacts. Indirectly, ClimART 2.0 will benefit other groups, mainly teachers from other high schools (100) and professionals working in the field of climate change and art (100). ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGY ClimART 2.0 implementation follows this structure: Beginning – Signature of bilateral agreements, preparation of activities High school staff training – Preparation of a technical podcasts for teachers about the Climate Change Learning material and Guide elaborated in the previous project, ClimART High school student training – use of non-formal education about the Climate Change through the use of digital, shared and interactive tools Closure – Final evaluation road map for future joint ventures Project Management (transversal) – Bi-monthly reports, virtual and transnational meetings Dissemination (transversal) – ClimART2.0 website, social networks, meetings, mainly addressed high-school students and teachers and professionals. INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS ClimART 2.0 uses the following IOs developed by ClimART: IO1: Climate Change Learning material IO3: Methodological guidelines for activation of thematic laboratories IO4: Toolkit for transferring technical knowledge to the high school students The IOs produced by ClimART 2.0 are: IO1: Podcasts for high school teachers: Climate Change Learning material and Guide IO2: Storytelling techniques: methodologies and Guide IO3: Cartoon-based methodological guidelines for activation of thematic laboratories: a meta-comic IO4: Interactive platform for sharing and transferring technical knowledge to the high school students and among the teachers IO5: Thematic laboratories for comics RESULTS AND IMPACTS It is expected that ClimART2.0 implementation contributes at: Updating the high school teachers’ competences regarding climate change, art and English Facilitating new opportunities for high school students to express their creativity and acquire new competences through high-quality, innovative learning and international experience Strengthening key competences (science, art and English) in high school students Promoting the alignment of the high school educational offer with the relevant and current issue such as climate change
ClimART2.0 implementation contributed at: developing high-quality Intellectual Outputs and teaching activities to update the high school teachers’ competences regarding climate change, art and English; facilitating new opportunities for high school students to express their creativity and acquire new competences through high-quality, innovative learning and international experience; strengthening key competences (science, art and English) in high school students; promoting the alignment of the high school educational offer with the relevant and current issue such as climate change; strengthening the network of European partners, composed by private entities, associations, schools, experts, research institutes, and aimed at improving the educational, social and environmental system for the next generations.
ClimART 2.0 is based on the success resulted from a previous project ClimART, financed by the Erasmus+ KA02. Here as follow some of the reasons that led to the choice to apply for ClimART 2.0 project: climate change is still one of the biggest challenges of our time and it still has many weaknesses and faces several barriers; art, and especially visual art, can be the key to overcome these barriers and enable effective communication; many other schools expressed interest in participating in projects similars to LIFE PRIMES or ClimART. In fact, ClimART 2.0 addresses both structural and new needs for high school teachers and students: - there is a gap between the relevance of the topic of climate change and the curricula in EU High Schools; - high School teachers’ competences regarding climate change are low or require to be updated; - there is a lack of integration between science, art, geography and English teachers; - the weakness of key competences (especially language skills) is a barrier to employability; - high School studies require modernisation and internationalisation to be aligned with the requirements of the labour market and actual challenges.