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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

EnViARTS - Enhancing Visual Arts Education in Primary Schools in Cyprus: Children, Cultural Heritage and Digital Technologies

School: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, CYPRUS

Topic(s) addressed

  • holistic enhancement of ideas concerning cultural heritage

  • application of technologies in art education 

  • mindfulness in art 

  • art outside the classroom 

  • positive education

Target groups

Direct participants of the project:

  • 7 art education professionals

  • 3 educators

Methodologies

Phase One:

  • professional development of art inspectors, art advisors and teachers

  • cultural heritage training and learning in museums  

  • implementing digital photos and video in the art classroom

  • art therapy techniques in schools 

  • mindfulness practices in the arts and beyond

  • study of the Finnish approach in education as a successful model in teaching and learning. 

Phase Two:

  • engaging a larger number of teachers and students in active learning 

  • delivering lessons, materials and PD seminars at the national level 

Environments

  • Ten courses in ten different educational settings abroad 

  • The participants collaborated in blended environments (physical and online)

  • independent work in classrooms and online lessons. 

  • The consortium members/teachers disseminated their work and resources to the staff at four local schools through staff meetings.

Teachers

  • Teachers involved in the training are the four art advisors of the Department of Primary Education. 

  • They became familiar with new teaching strategies, media and techniques that could be introduced to their art teaching, as well as disseminating novel practices to local art teachers through nationwide delivery of workshops and publications.  

  • The rest of the participants put into practice their acquired competencies through teaching and peer learning.

Impact

Direct impact on the target group: 

  • exposure to new teaching strategies, technological tools, media and techniques 

  • learning and sharing novel practices and ideas with local art teachers nationwide

The spill-over effect: 

  • dissemination of the course resources to local school staff through meetings

  • the publication of art units by the art advisors distributed nationwide to teachers through the Ministry website

  • creating online workshops during the pandemic and at later stages.

EnViARTS - Cyprus
Project category
Primary education
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Address
Cyprus

Kornos Primary School, 6th Primary School, Aglantzia

Address
Cyprus

27th Primary School of Limassol, 4th Primary School of Limassol

Address
Cyprus