TEACHING GREEN - From Climate Change Education and Awareness to Citizen Science Action

Based on NEEDS ANALYSES carried out in spring 2021, students aren't being prepared to face the effects of climate change, or taught to understand the solutions, which in turn leads to an inability...

The project provides teachers with innovative materials for climate education, nowadays missing in educational markets of the partner countries, with the aim to: - Educating and supporting teachers of students aged 10 – 16 and raising awareness of climate change, - Strengthening the knowledge and digital skills of teachers and students through the use of digital technologies in education, - Increasing the use of new and innovative learning and teaching methods, - Supporting critical thinking of all participants and fostering the environmental behaviour of individuals, pointing out the necessity of lowering our impact on climate change and raising its awareness, - Supporting a sense of social responsibility for the local environment. These general objectives and overall project goal “Supporting the competencies and skills of teachers in the implementation of practical education raising awareness of climate change, its impacts and mitigation actions” were reached by developing 4 project results. In addition, the project supports the green skills of all participants, the inclusion and diversity, and key competencies of teachers and students: 6 out of 8 key skills, specified by the EU.