“THE WIN PROJECT”
KA201 – Strategic Partnerships for school education- Writing for Inclusion (2020-1-ES01-KA201-081827)
Social inclusion has been a long-term key priority for the European Union to cater for diversity in Europe. As early as 2010, the European Commission launched the Europe 2020 Strategy to promote social cohesion and education played a paramount role since it was identified as an invaluable tool for social mobility within an equitable society. This project “Writing for Inclusion” (WIN) focuses on rising awareness, changing perceptions and providing resources to implement inclusion through the concept of “Care in Education”.
As for the project background, a needs analysis was carried out to examine the beliefs and perceptions of university teachers, pre-service and in-service teachers regarding inclusiveness and “Care in Education“. The findings from the online survey suggested that diversity was seen as an asset, even if many educators expressed their willingness to be trained to use new technologies and new resources to implement the principles of “Care in Education”. In order to mainstream inclusive practices, a four-country consortium has been created.
It is composed of four universities: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) from Spain, Università di Firenze from Italy (UNIFI), Eötvös-Loránd University (ELTE) from Hungary, and Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (PNPU) from Ukraine; and four schools: Les Pinediques, from Spain, Istituto Comprensivo Le Cure, from Italy, Erzsébetvárosi Két Tanítási Nyelvű Általános Iskola és Szakgimnázium, from Hungary and Poltava Comprehensive school of I-III degree # 18, from Ukraine. The consortium has designed the WIN project to tackle the effective use of digital storytelling to foster Care in childhood education.
In terms of subsidiary objectives, we should highlight the following:
– To train primary school teachers and teacher trainees to deal with “Care in Education” through technology.
– To elaborate materials and organize conferences that advocate for non-discriminatory attitudes.
– To create a platform to boost creativity and raise awareness on storytelling as a way for inclusion.
– To reinforce the bond between teacher training colleges and schools.
This project will also carry out intensive training workshops to encourage the sharing of experiences and good practices in writing for inclusion with e-twinning with in-service teachers; implementation in 4 primary schools to more than one hundred 8 to 10 year-old pupils, and multiplier events for primary school teachers and governments to spread the results of the project across the educational community.
This consortium will use a blended methodology that combines e-learning and face-to face training activities. E-learning tasks will follow a modular conception, in which teachers and teacher trainees from the different partner countries choose the content that better fits their teaching needs. Training events are also crucial since they will become an international forum to share the participants’ experiences and views on the materials and the scope of the project itself.
The Project target groups are in-service teachers, young learners, and more marginally teacher trainees. The project will be implemented in four schools to more than one hundred pupils. Furthermore, multiplier events for teachers, student teachers and governments will be organized to spread the results across the educational community.
The project Writing for Inclusion (2020-1-ES01-KA201-081827) has been funded with support from the European Commission. This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
