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eTwinning, a fast eTwinning, a fast growing learning growing learning
communitycommunityEugenio Rivière – European CommissionSanti Scimeca – eTwinning Central Support ServiceAnne Gilleran – eTwinning Central Support Service
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Setting the sceneSetting the scene
The context
The “philosophy”
The challenges
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The contextThe context
Article 149To contribute to the
development of quality education by encouraging
cooperation between Member States and, if
necessary, by supporting and
supplementing their action.
Article 166To implement a
vocational training
policy which supports and
supplements the action of the
Member States.
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Policy work with Member states
Action programmesLLP-COMENIUS
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Priorities of EU school policyPriorities of EU school policy
Curriculum development
Equity
Teachers education
−key competences−literacy and numeracy−assessment of competences
−early school leaving−education of migrants−early childhood education
−initial teacher education−recruiting the best−induction support−career long professional development
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Lifelong learning strategiesLifelong learning strategies
Quality of Learning
Individuals’ perspective:• Personal fulfilment• Social inclusion/citizenship• Employability/careers
Societies’ perspective:• Constructive democracy
World of work perspective• Skills for innovation
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Life-wide learning
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non-formal
informal
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Lifelong LearningLifelong Learning Programme Programme
Comeniusschool education
Erasmushigher education
LeonardodaVinci
vocational education
Grundtvigadult education
Transversal programmepolicy cooperation, languages, ICT,
Jean Monnet programmeJean Monnet Action; European Institutions; European associations
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Comenius SchoolPartnerships
Comenius assistantships
ComeniusIn-Service Training
Comenius Regio
Individual PupilMobility
Comenius: Europe at school
school networking, projects, training, communities of practice
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school partnership
Comeniusassistant
IndividualPupil
mobilityIST IST
FundingFunding
Infrastructure and supportInfrastructure and support
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The philosophyThe philosophy
Professor Derrick de Kerckhove
connected intelligence
Professor Stephen Heppell
innovation
Professor Sugata Mitra
empowerment of learnersnon formal, self-regulated learning
Professor Edward de Bono
creative thinking
Tim Rylands
inspiration
learning with and from each othercollaborationintegrating non formal learningprofessional developmentminimally invasiveempowermentmotivationlearning by doingteam work skillstrustproject pedagogycreativitycommunityteachers as lifelong learnersmaking school more relevant for pupilsopen-ended learning situationssupportrecognition
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The challengesThe challenges
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The challenges
• Increasing the impact of eTwinning
• Developing a culture of online facilitation
• Building a self-regulated community with peer support
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eTwinning school teamsTwo or more teachers from the same school work together with their pupils in an interdisciplinary project. This allow them to:
– share workload
– pool skills (language, ICT, subject matter,...)
– involve teachers beyond pioneers
– make eTwinning more visible in the school
– carry out better projects
– increase the impact of eTwinning involvement
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