Projects

TELESPA

 

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/telespaproject/home

 

Project name: Telespa - Teaching learning spaces competence from early childhood education

 

Project is developed under Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership programme (School Education)

 

Project period: 01.09.2018 – 28.02.2021

 

Project No.: 2018-1-RO01-KA201-049545

 

Project partnership:

 

Aim: The main goal of TELESPA project turns from the needs of increasing the quality & the relevance of teacher training for the early childhood & primary school education via developing, testing & implementing innovative educational practices related to learning spaces pedagogical approaches to educate children aged 0-10/11. Learning spaces, focused on sensorial senses, is a way of learning through doing, the process when young learners obtain knowledge & skills via personal experience, like being creative, flexible, able to analyze, think critically etc.

 

The main target group:

Direct target group (1056 persons):

- 40 Educators and teachers from kindergarten and primary schools (selected institutions)

- approx. 1000 Children age 0-10/11 from Romania, Latvia and Turkey

- 2 Kindergartens and 2 Primary schools from Romania, Latvia and Turkey

- 16 University teachers and kindergarten and primary schools from Romania, Latvia, Portugal and Turkey

 

Indirect target groups:

- Parents

- Schools principals

- Teachers

- Associated kindergartens and schools

- Educational centers/NGOs and association in education

- Public authorities in the field of education

 

Results:

- Research study on learning space practices and teachers competence in LV, RO, PT, TR.

- A guide of pedagogical guidelines for educators and primary school teachers on Experiential Learning & Applied Didactics on Learning Space, including video tutorials of practical activities with children.

- Training course for educators and primary school teachers on Experiential Learning & Applied Didactics on Learning Space:

- 5 Laboratories of Applied Didactics on Learning Space for research and applicative solutions in the form of sensorial teaching materials for practical usage with didactic sensory gardens (one per each country involved), including activities with children

- A mentoring network between university and schools to reduce the difficulties faced by teachers in their pedagogical practice and early years of professional career in education