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Don't waste food: the teenovators

2020-1-IT02-KA229-0790592020School Exchange Partnershipsfinalized
Countries: IT|LV|RO|TR|BG · Grant: €117,266.2
International cooperation, international relations, development cooperationCivic engagement / responsible citizenshipEnvironment and climate change

Project summary

Our project is inspired by the teenovators that took part in a contest organized on May 2019 in Milano thanks to “Fondazione Francesca Rava - NPH Italia”. Such contest called upon young teenagers to come up with projects and ideas to change the current food system and tackle global issues in principle with the Sustainable Development Objectives drafted by UNO. New “Greta Thunbergs” are willing to make a change, come up with innovative solutions for the environment safeguard and encourage more sustainable life styles. Our teenovators are students coming from cooking, hospitality and tourism management schools located in 5 different countries. They have united, representing 6 schools in total, in order to study how circular economy can help avoid food waste, hence the title “Don’t waste food”. The specific goals of the projects are: Increasing students’ success rate in scientific subject (STEAME, scienze, mathematics, technology, art and economics) through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and nutrition. Enhancing skills and competences to do with active citizenship, respect of the environment and the safeguard of ecosystems through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and nutrition. Strengthening foreign languages skills in STEAME (food micro language) Improving teachers’ skills and competences in proactive didactics and pedagogy necessary to create encouraging, thrilling, innovative and cutting-edge learning environments. Proposed activities to reach such goals: One training course for teachers on circular economy One training course for teachers on CLIL methodology in light of the new Mediation and Interaction descriptors. These two training courses are going to be offered in Italy in the two partner schools. Four student places in four different countries and four different schools. The results we wish to achieve are both tangible and intangible; yet, we wish to make both measurable. By tangible we mean concrete results: UDA, ebook, exhibits, website, padlet, videos and the resource from the training course. As for intangible, we mean the improvement of students’ skills with a focus on STEAME (scientific, artistic and social competences) and though foreign languages. Also, improving teachers’ skills: better planning, educational, methodological and strategic competences. The methodology used for all activities is diversified: taught class proactive pedagogy personalized and individualized didactics cooperative learning The eTwinnig platform shall support all the steps of the project. As for the dissemination, the dissemination Erasmus Plus platform shall be used: a plan inserted in the project follows the Annex II Guidelines. The sustainability shall be guaranteed thanks to the realization of other European projects at the end of the life cycle of the project.

Final report summary

Our project is inspired by the teenovators that took part in a contest organized on May 2019 in Milano thanks to “Fondazione Francesca Rava - NPH Italia”. Such contest called upon young teenagers to come up with projects and ideas to change the current food system and tackle global issues in principle with the Sustainable Development Objectives drafted by UNO. New “Greta Thunbergs” are willing to make a change, come up with innovative solutions for the environment safeguard and encourage more sustainable life styles. Our teenovators are students coming from cooking, hospitality and tourism management schools located in 5 different countries. They have united, representing 6 schools in total, in order to study how circular economy can help avoid food waste, hence the title “Don’t waste food”. The specific goals of the projects are: Increasing students’ success rate in scientific subject (STEAME, scienze, mathematics, technology, art and economics) through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and nutrition. Enhancing skills and competences to do with active citizenship, respect of the environment and the safeguard of ecosystems through the aid of circular economy as applied to food and nutrition. Strengthening foreign languages skills in STEAME (food micro language) Improving teachers’ skills and competences in proactive didactics and pedagogy necessary to create encouraging, thrilling, innovative and cutting-edge learning environments. Proposed activities to reach such goals: One training course for teachers on circular economy One training course for teachers on CLIL methodology in light of the new Mediation and Interaction descriptors. These two training courses are going to be offered in Italy in the two partner schools. Four student places in four different countries and four different schools. The results we wish to achieve are both tangible and intangible; yet, we wish to make both measurable. By tangible we mean concrete results: UDA, ebook, exhibits, website, padlet, videos and the resource from the training course. As for intangible, we mean the improvement of students’ skills with a focus on STEAME (scientific, artistic and social competences) and though foreign languages. Also, improving teachers’ skills: better planning, educational, methodological and strategic competences. The methodology used for all activities is diversified: taught class proactive pedagogy personalized and individualized didactics cooperative learning The eTwinnig platform shall support all the steps of the project. As for the dissemination, the dissemination Erasmus Plus platform shall be used: a plan inserted in the project follows the Annex II Guidelines. The sustainability shall be guaranteed thanks to the realization of other European projects at the end of the life cycle of the project.

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