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| 3rd Project Transnational Meeting in Porto |
Vamos Environmental Education Center
participated in the Third International Meeting of the UK-approved Erasmus +
KA201 'Colourful World - programme (Key
Action 201 Strategic Partnerships for the Field of Education -
2018-1-UK01-KA201-048028) October 18, 2019, held in Porto, Portugal, in the
Matosinhos region. On behalf of the Vamos EEC, the Director Pontikakis Fotis
and the member of the Pedagogical Group Eleni Despotidou, participated.
In this international programme a total of six organisations from 4 different
countries participated (United Kingdom, Portugal, Poland, Greece). It is
being coordinated by the University of
West London and the participants are, the Center for Environmental Education in
Vamos from Greece , ADVANCIS and BOON from Portugal , specializing in the
production of e-learning materials, the Szkola Podstawowa (Primary School) from
Poland ,located in the center of Krakow) , SATRO from the United Kingdom , an
educational NGO promoting science education (STEM) offering schools educational
programmes and promoting the education of girls and of
the less privileged social groups.
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| The Porto City Hall |
The
Education Partnership Strategic Plan aims to develop innovative pedagogy that
uses the game as a tool to promote Environmental Education for Sustainable
Development for children aged 6 to 10 years, while increasing their interest in
the Natural Sciences. Within the project, a computer-based educational game will be
created ,to be used in formal,
non-formal and informal learning environments. At the same time, a Guide for
the Use of the Game and Parallel Educational Activities will be created, so
that it can be used pedagogically by teachers. Presentations of the game, when
ready, will take place in all countries involving teachers in the United
Kingdom, Porto, Portugal, Krakow in Poland and Chania in Greece.
At the
first meeting of this Strategic Partnership, which took place in December 2018
on the 11th floor of the Paragon University Building on the premises of the
University of West London in Ealing, a presentation of the approved plan by the
British Board had been made , the participants presented their actions, timetables
were developed and follow up was
planned. At the second International Meeting of the programme held on 30th and
31st May 2019 in Chania, there was a presentation of the progress made in the
implementation of the project and of the pedagogical objectives of the Vamos
Environmental Education Center ,as well as the first plan of the formation of the
educational game by the Portuguese website Advancis and the Facebook page of
the programme created by the Portuguese organisation Boon.
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| The Central Train Station |
At the Third International Meeting of the
programme that took place in Porto on 17th
and 18th October 2019, there was a
presentation of the progress made in the implementation of the project
(figures, drawings, script and dialogues), while the discussion on the creation
of the Game Implementation Guide began, that will include a glossary of scientific
terms in simple words, games, exercises and lesson plans to delve deeper into a
range of environmental issues. This Guide will be available for teachers to use
in their classroom and school. At the same time, a visit was made to the Schole
Experimental School (from the Greek word "school") where children
attend kindergarten and elementary school and a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary
approach is applied; children participate in groups according to their
interests, approaching environmental
issues. In this school there are no traditional classrooms and students move
around the classroom in an attempt to avoid teacher-centered perception and not
forcing children to sit for hours at a school desk.
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| The Schole school |
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| Library at the Schole school |
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| Diining room at the Schole school |
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| The Lello library/bookshop |
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| The river Douro wih the wineries |
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| In the Old City of Porto |
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| Porto from the Cathedral's Hill |
