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InnovaRoom: Generating new classrooms ideas for a better school education

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-ES01-KA201-050729
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for school education Funder Contribution: 73,532 EUR

InnovaRoom: Generating new classrooms ideas for a better school education

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The Project started from the need of knowing, thinking and creating new educational spaces in the European schools whereby the students’ motivation and academic results are improved and increased as the new spaces enable the use of new methodologies in an easier and more effective way. In a society which increasingly demands more creative and innovative activities, the current educational models applied in Europe can’t continue relying on the old educational models, based on repetition and standardization. This excessive standardization leads to the development of predetermined dynamics in the classroom and to the students’ passive and submissive attitudes. Moreover it doesn’t take into account the students’ capacities, abilities and diversity. This standardization also causes great difficulty when it comes to develop different classroom dynamics such as negotiation, team work, social abilities, group liability, participation, critical thinking and tasks organization. Therefore, the main objectives worked in this project have been the following:-Contribution to the formation of future professionals who will enable the introduction of new educational spaces in the schools.-Train teachers at achieving excellence in professional, linguistic and personal competences.-Improve team and cooperative working capabilities.-Gradual introduction of the Project-based learning methodology and/or creative spaces (in the first cycle of Compulsory Secondary Education).-Share educative innovations and dynamic concepts at a local and European level.-Improve the vocational training study programmes by integrating improvements focused on students’ social competences.-Foster a vocational training adaptation to the new European trends related to a more personalized and integrated education.-Create a long-lasting development partnership.The meetings and workshops held for the project development were the following: • Four transnational meetings: 1. Kick-off meeting in Moncada (on the 17th and 18th of December, 2018)2. Meeting in Verona, Italy (on the 17th and 18th of May, 2019)3. Meeting in Rolsike, Denmark (on the 13th and 14th of September, 2019)4. On-line meeting on the 4th of May, 2020 (due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 crisis)Participants: two members of each country. The participants for the transnational meetings have been members who have been managing and directing the project as the issues dealt in these meetings were more formal and a deep knowledge of the project was required.•Two short workshops (6 days duration) 1. Training Course in Nicosia, Cyprus (from the 1st to the 6th of March, 2019)2. Training Course in Verona, Italy (from the 3rd to the 8th of November, 2019)Participants: four members of each country. The attendants have been chosen by the different countries according to their capacity and interest in the topic raised, thus creating very diverse professional groups; from technical profiles (such as architects and teachers) to highly creative profiles. The first workshop dealt with essentially technical issues as the organising institution was the Architecture Department of the University of Cyprus. Therefore, different design aspects in educational spaces were addressed, conferences and visits to the municipal Library of Larnaka, the newly built University of Cyprus (Nicosia), a primary school, a marketspace, a museum…In the second workshop, the participants had the chance to take part in very interesting activities such as visiting educational centres, attending conferences, participating in seminars on different themes organised by the University of Cyprus, brainstorm their expectations and concerns…In both workshops the activities proposed were extremely productive and useful as they have given a different insight about concepts related to the project, such as the use of different spaces and the implementation of new methodologies. Thanks to the different meetings and workshops, our Project has been shared at a regional and international level, as the information has been disseminated through social media and through our webpage. It must be highlighted some of the activities developed in our high-school (IES Enrique Tierno Galván) which are related to the project: Two formative seminars for teachers which are certified by the Valencian CEFIRE and the introduction of the Project-based learning methodology in the academic year 2019-2020. Furthermore, during the formative workshop in Cyrpus, the participants studied the building plans of a new school in Italy and some of the participants’ proposals are going to be taken into account. Moreover, thanks to the kick-off meeting, a collaborative relationship between the University of Cyprus and the Polytechnic University of Valencia was born. Last but not least, we have established a collaborative network among the different members and it is likely that we work together again in a new European project.

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