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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

GREEN THINKING 2018

School/Coordinator: ISTITUTO TECNICO AGRARIO STATALE "A. TRENTIN"

GREEN THINKING 2018 - Italy

Topic(s) addressed

  • sustainable development of the environment

  • sustainable personal lifestyles

  • schools as vectors of innovation

  • cooperation between educational institutions and businesses

  • inclusion and equity

Target groups

102 VET participants from the following sectors: 

  • industrial

  • eco-sustainable agriculture

  • social welfare 

Methodologies

  • The multidisciplinary approach (technology/biotechnologies/social disciplines/organic production) used for dealing with the issues of environmental and social sustainability. 

  • Work experience and training provided by companies abroad resulted in developing key skills such as interculturalism. 

  • Cooperative learning, during the preparatory activities, has involved even disadvantaged participants. Accommodation and workspace sharing stimulated peer collaboration.

  • The internship programs were prepared according to ECVET procedures, with recognition of the LOs even in the main disciplines; this methodology has been applied to internships in Italy, thus standardising and making the assessment more transparent.

Environments

The school has been innovating through:

  • the use of new multimedia and laboratory technologies;

  • enhancement of human resources: the constant presence of former company employees in the school laboratories, in order to make the school acquainted with the currently required skills, also stimulating innovation in the curricula;

  • foreign companies as learning environments: internships in e-waste companies (recycling/reuse), laboratories for the prevention of environmental contamination, research institutes and agricultural experimentation;

  • promotion of dialogue and civic, ecological and social sensitivity with the opening of school facilities for the community;

  • the adoption of virtuous behaviours: separate collection, reduction of disposable plastic, dematerialization.

Teachers

The project has encouraged cooperation among teachers in the consortium, who have:

  • developed skills (through the selection, preparation, evaluation and recognition of LOs) which were then stored up and transferred to other ESF / POR and PON projects;

  • developed suitable and personalized preparatory activities for disadvantaged participants, encouraging teamwork and peer-to-peer collaboration;

  • optimized the organizational internship procedures: on the basis of a preliminary investigation with the host bodies on the availability of suitable companies, the flows were created ad hoc, with very satisfactory results both for the participants and the companies;

  • made the project sustainable by bringing the know-how into the subsequent design experience.

Impact

The project had an impact on:

  • participants (and their families): raising awareness on environmental issues, stimulating the growth of key and professional skills, encouraging cultural openness, building trust in the School (highlighted by participation in initiatives);

  • sustainability of the project: extending cooperation, re-using skills, increasing the number of applications in the next project, with 25% of ErasmusPRO;

  • inclusion and social cohesion, with paths for disadvantaged participants, stimulating tolerance and cooperation in the other participants;

  • local companies, which have been engaged in the ecological transition and continue to offer training interventions, scholarships, internships;

  • consortium: the results pushed towards accreditation, obtained in 2020.

Project category
VET schools
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

IIS EUGANEO

Address
Italy

IIS  LONIGO

Address
Italy

IIS  S. CECCATO

Address
Italy

IIS MARZOTTO-LUZZATTI

Address
Italy

ITALCONTACT

Address
Germany

INTERNATIONAL HORIZONS

Address
France

SEMPER AVANTI

Address
Poland

ZAVOD ZA NOVODOBNO IZOBRAZEVANJE

Address
Slovenia

NORTH WEST ACADEMY OF ENGLISH

Address
United Kingdom

AIP LANGUAGES

Address
Spain

CONLAN SCHOOL LTD

Address
United Kingdom