Upgrading Global Education Across Subject Areas

This project aimed to upgrade global education through the use of debate methodology, transdisciplinarity, and digital education. The results of this project provided teachers with the training, m...

The main goal of this project was to support effective education for contemporary problems based on four key elements: 1. Global education: This element emphasized global awareness, citizenship, responsibility, and green transformation. It encouraged students to consider multiple perspectives and the ethical implications of power and privilege, fostering responsible action. 2.Transdisciplinarity: This element focused on connecting learning across subjects and diverse perspectives. It aimed to prevent overspecialization, enabling students to tackle multifaceted problems and cultivate essential 21st-century intellectual skills. 3. Speech and Debate methodology: This interactive methodology combined independent research, teamwork, critical thinking, argument building, public speaking, and presentation skills. It engaged young people in political and contemporary issues, equipping them to develop viable policy solutions. 4. Digital education: Recognizing the importance of digital approaches, this element highlighted digital education as an asset. It emphasized its potential to overcome geographical and financial barriers, offering varied learning structures to accommodate different learning styles.

The activities implemented under this project were aimed at producing high-quality results. The development of each result was overseen by a designated Result Manager. Result Managers worked with project staff and a group of 52 secondary-level teachers in different subject areas from Italy, Slovenia, The Netherlands, and the Czech Republic to: - Develop project materials - Implement those materials in 52 classrooms - Provide and collect feedback on implementation - Shape and adapt project results according to teacher and student needs This process helped ensure the quality and applicability of project results in different local and national contexts, paving the way for better education outcomes and the use of project results across Europe. The two staff training events organised served the same purpose. In addition to training the participants to use the developed methodology, extensive feedback was collected to ensure the project’s results were responsive to the needs of their target group. The multiplier events in Italy, Slovenia, The Netherlands, and the Czech Republic served two purposes: introducing interested education professionals to project results and providing them with the opportunity to test and see them in action through sample classes.