Empowering Educators for a European Future
During this course, participants will explore the most important and fundamental concepts of active European citizenship
Description
Daily Programme
Day of arrival: Typical local aperitif (optional)
Day 1
• Welcoming and introductions
• Individual orientation and information about the venue and the city
• Ice-breaking and team-building activities
• Individual expectations, setting goals for the week
• Introduction to European citizenship: History, principles, and values
• The role of education in fostering European citizenship
• How to introduce European citizenship concepts in classroom discussions
Day 2
• Session of questions and answers concerning the content discussed during Day 1
• Understanding European institutions: How they work and their impact on education
• Rights and responsibilities of European citizens
• Exploring the European Youth Strategy and Erasmus+ opportunities
• Civic engagement and participatory democracy
• Developing activities to encourage student participation in European democracy
• Dinner in a typical restaurant
Day 3
• Session of questions and answers
• Inclusion and diversity in European education: Best practices
• Strategies for integrating European values into school curricula
• Critical thinking and media literacy in the digital age
• Workshops on project-based learning for active citizenship
• Creating lesson plans to teach European citizenship in different subjects
• Guided visit of the city. Cultural activities (visit of local museums) and enjoy the famous homemade traditional food specialties.
Day 4
• Designing lesson plans on European citizenship
• Exploring materials and resources for European education
• Adapting and creating activities that promote civic engagement
• Discussing how to implement active citizenship in schools and measuring the impact of European identity in education.
• Project work: Developing a European citizenship project for schools
• Implementing school-wide initiatives to promote European values
Day 5
• Presentation of project works
• Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow-up activities
• Course roundup and final evaluation
• Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony
• Participants’ departure
• Guided cultural visit to Prague (optional)
Ƶing objectives
Objectives:
During this course, participants will explore the most important and fundamental concepts of active European citizenship by:
• Understanding the principles and values of European citizenship.
• Exploring the European institutions and their impact on education.
• Discussing the importance of civic engagement and democratic participation.
• Developing strategies to promote European identity and inclusion in schools.
• Ƶing how to integrate European citizenship into school curricula and classroom activities.
• Exchanging best practices and experiences with educators from different European countries.
Methodology & assessment
Led by professionals of education with a real experience of teaching, the course will take the form of hands-on workshops with exchanges of practices, brainstorming, analysis and real case scenario examples, participants will reflect on the tools and strategies that will make an impact in their daily practice. A great emphasis will be therefore put on collaboration and interaction between participants to create relevant resources and projects that each of them will be able to take back to school.
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
All the materials will be provided by the course organiser.
Certification details
Each participant will be granted a Certificate of Attendance as well as Certificate of Obtained Competences.
If requested - a Europass Mobility Certificate will be issued.
Our courses are created and conducted accordingly to Quality Standards for courses under Key Action 1
We provide participants with help in completing Ƶing Agreements, as well as any documents necessary for their organisations.
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:450Euro
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Course package content:
The course package contains:
- Tuition fee and training materials
- Certificate of competence
- Administration costs
- Coffee breaks
Cultural visit
The course packages with accommodation & meals are available on demand
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
- For cancellations done at least 30 days before the start of the internship: full reimbursement
- For cancellations done at least 14 days before the start of the internship: reimbursement of the 80% of the course fee
- For any other later cancellations: no reimbursement is previewed
In case of a force majeure individual cancelation rules may apply.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:French
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Target audience ISCED:Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:TeacherPedagogical AdviserOther
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Ƶing time:25 hours or more
Past sessions
Provider
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