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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

Creative teachers – creative children

School: ODZ 12 "Radost" Kindergarten

Creative teachers – creative children - Bulgaria

Topic(s) addressed

  • Improving the effectiveness of pedagogical work

  • Self-development and development of teachers' professional competencies in modern methods of creative learning and education

  • Stimulating the cultural and individual development of children.

Target groups

  • 5 teachers - participants in the job shadowing

  • 100 children included in project activities

Methodologies

Teachers have: 

  • improved and developed their professional competencies in modern methods of teaching and education 

  • improved their work by learning about and comparing different educational systems, curricula and teaching methods

  • developed their language skills, gained new perspectives for diverse communication and opened to the world of others.

  • The motivation and satisfaction of the children have increased and their creative potential has developed. 

  • This humane goal, in its essence, has been realised in the conditions of a positive emotional environment for the children, directing the children's emotions towards the development of creativity, so that by creating something, they could feel significant.

Environments

  • The project has brought an exchange of good experiences and productive ideas. 

  • Together with the partner kindergarten, we have achieved very good communication at the European level.

  • It motivated our teachers to strive for innovation and constantly improve their teaching skills,

  • contributed to the exchange of experience and productive ideas between teachers.

  • The teachers gained more confidence in their new skills.

  • The project has implemented interactive methods and creative techniques and approaches to pedagogical interaction.

  • Working on the project has also improved the general cognitive culture and professional competencies of the teaching staff.

Teachers

Teachers have: 

  • improved and developed their professional competencies in modern methods of teaching and education 

  • improved their work by learning about and comparing different educational systems, curricula and teaching methods

  • developed their language skills, gained new perspectives for diverse communication and opened to the world of others.

  • increased their ICT skills and competencies related to project development and implementation;  

  • learned new and better international project management and planning skills;

  • created new contacts as a basis for new conceptual projects and their successful implementation.

Impact

  • The project has contributed to the improvement of pedagogical work and the refinement of teachers' professional competencies 

  • It stimulated the cultural and individual development of children by applying creative techniques of education and training in kindergarten

  • Lead to the discovery and development of the interests and talents of the children and the development of their creative potential.  

  • Parents have adopted and applied some of the techniques and methods to stimulate creativity in children. 

  • The effectiveness of the educational process has improved in the long term which has helped to improve the quality of the educational services.

Project category
Early childhood education and care
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

Radost Kindergarten with filial in Kraimorie - Burgas

Address
Bulgaria

PII "Atvasīte - Jaunjelgava

Address
Latvia