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HARMONY OF NATURE

2024-1-PL01-KA210-SCH-0002442202024Small-scale partnerships in school educationfinalized
Countries: PL|IT|HU|TR · Grant: €60,000
Digital skills and competencesEnvironment and climate changeKey competences development

Objectives

One objective was to try to go beyond the pattern of providing climate education only during biology and geography lessons. This objective was achieved by educating staff about climate processes and misinformation, as well as presenting aspects of climate change that can be incorporated into lessons in various subjects. Another objective was to raise environmental awareness among young people by drawing attention to the importance of biodiversity and creative sustainable solutions, and encouraging them to explore the relationship between humans and their biological environment through eco-musicology. An important theme was shaping the sense of identity of young European citizens by presenting their common European cultural heritage in the form of UNESCO-listed sites and traditional culture: music, clothing and crafts, which in our project served as a sustainable technique in opposition to excessive consumption. Students and staff need to improve their digital skills and digital methods. International cooperation and participation in EU projects raise the prestige of institutions externally and develop interpersonal and group skills, key competences, digital and language skills, and the European identity of students and staff.

Background

In the area of improving the competences of teaching staff and the quality of schools, the project responds to significant challenges. Firstly, it is necessary to improve the digital competences of school staff and adapt methods to the cognitive style of the younger generation. Secondly, there is a need for broadly understood climate education in schools, delivered by competent teachers who are able to weave relevant topics into the daily lessons of all school subjects. Teachers, other than natural science specialists, also need to systematise their knowledge about climate change and clarify commonly circulating misinformation. Teachers often overlook the fact that skills in the area of conscious navigation of the infosphere, critical thinking and the like are also elements of climate education that can be incorporated into lessons in any subject. Young people know a lot about ecology, but some topics and sustainable solutions are not sufficiently widespread. The current trend for handicrafts served in the project as a proposal for a sustainable solution to excessive consumption and an element linking the response to the climate crisis with the valuable heritage of European countries.

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