APPEL : Learning to grow by protecting environment and humans

Topic(s) addressed

• New production techniques- new teaching methods to produce differently, sustainably and locally

• Citizenship education 

• Preventing dropping out of the students with fewer opportunities

Target groups

• 60 level IV learners (including 12 young people with fewer opportunities)

• 30 teachers 

• 4 schools

Methodologies

• Multidisciplinary approach

• "Learning per doing" to make the learners autonomous

• Creating tutorial materials, e.g. apps, games, videos

• Using role-plays in citizen education to illustrate the migration issues

• Discovering the history and daily life of certain learners

Environments

• Cooperation between the teachers and the farm supervisor was established.

• Extensive application of field work:

• The no-till farming with mulching and the use of green manure 

• Various departments of the schools embarked on a K2 in agroforestry.

• New agro ecological modules are designed in which the irrigation system is set by NVQ students with Oyas (microporous clay jars).

• The no-till farming with an excellent harvest was jointly undertaken by learners and teachers.

• Teachers exchange their Kahoot interactive MCQs.

Teachers

• The teachers helped learners become players. Together, they developed and produced tutorial materials.

• The teachers supported the learners in applying no-till farming to obtain an excellent harvest.

Impact

• Boosting self-esteem, confidence and motivation of all the learners.

• In the long term, openness and adaptation to change were strengthened.

• The contributions of various departments resulted in promoting innovation for the other partners.

• The project reinforced our European identity through exposure to cultural diversity.