Future Green Generation

Topic(s) addressed

• Sustainability

• Increasing students' attention to science and ecology

• Developing their lifelong learning skills 

• Critical thinking and consciousness of European challenges

Target groups

• 24 primary school students 8-12 years old

• 16 teachers of all specializations

Methodologies

• Active learning–  to observe, explore, investigate, experiment, play, discuss and reflect

• Developing SRL (self-regulated learning) activities

• Mental agility– making links across the curriculum to show how economical concepts are applied in a wide range of contexts.

• Creative project activities to encourage pupils’ initiative and self-management.

Environments

• It is important for the project to transcend classroom walls to become engaged in real-world issues. 

• Promoting the relevance of studying in the classroom for the complex environmental issues, and acquiring the skills needed for problem solving.

• ICT is the base of the study and is used extensively throughout the project, and the involved teachers are encouraged to learn and apply new and different pedagogical approaches.

Teachers

• The project promotes a bidirectional learning process among teachers and pupils.

• The teachers learn and apply new and different pedagogical approaches and facilitate activities which encourage independent learning.

• The teachers observe learning methods in different countries and share their opinions with their colleagues 

• Learning efficient use of ICT through collaboration with the project partners

Impact

• The project drew attention of several media outlets.  

• Considering the young age of the participants and the international scope of the initiative, this project could strongly influence the organisations involved in future projects.

• The project has had a positive effect on teachers and learners, partners, parents, colleagues and the local communities.

• There has also been a good structure for both planning and teaching activities in between the physical meetings, which has facilitated the inclusion of learners that didn’t participate in mobilities.