This project aims to provide schools and teachers with the resources, competences and tools they need to incorporate Common Values into their curriculum and to embed these values both in the school culture and the lives of all their stakeholders. Teachers will learn the most effective methods that can be used for values education and inclusion (classroom learning activities, practical activities, socialized techniques and incident learning) both in face-to-face and distant environments. By educating the teachers into transferring this awareness to the students, VALID aims to ensure sustainable development in the lives of the teachers and students to: Promote common values at all stages of education Foster more positive attitude towards the EU values Provide opportunities for professional development support to teachers and educational institutions Enhance the acquisition of social and civic competences, fostering knowledge, understanding and ownership of values and fundamental rights Encourage a European dimension of teaching, while strengthening the competence of national administrations in this field Offer a diverse range of support to teachers and educational institutions especially in the field of distant learning
Education plays the most important role in preserving the values of our European family for generations ahead. Human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, are values which are shared by EU Member States. Value education and inclusion in schools provide for character and personality development and a more effective citizenship education for teachers and students as well as the whole community. The results of the preliminary needs analysis we conducted as a consortium clearly specifies that the integration of common values into education has neither been exploited enough nor do the teachers think they have enough competences/expertise in doing so. With this project, we aim to promote common values by training, coaching and guiding teachers. To achieve this, VALID will provide teachers an Open Online Course to provide teachers with the competencies and tools they need to make Common Values a part of their teaching and a teacher community to share good practices to train, coach and guide to strengthen inclusive and high-quality education in European Schools grounded on Common European Values.