ETHIKA (ERASMUS+)

ETHICS AND VALUES EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS

Duration: 1/9/2014 – 31/8/2017

The project ETHIKA aims to increase innovation and internationalization in the education sector and strengthen cooperation (capacity building); with critical thinking (including articulation, argumentation and rationality, and presentation of one views leads to increased achievement) raise the level of key competences and skills, emphasize active participation in society, increase opportunities for professional development for school teachers, reinforce interaction between practice, research and policy and increase motivation and satisfaction of teachers in daily work.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR:

• Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

PARTNERS:

• Primary school Valentin Vodnik (Slovenia)

• Primary school of Šmartno v Tuhinju (Slovenia)

• Kirchlich-Pädagogische Hochschule Graz (Austria)

• STePS (Italy)

• Rambla Abogados & Asesores (Spain)

• Bundesverband Ethik (Germany)

• Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

• Association “Petit philosophy” (Croatia)

GOALS:

• To promote innovative practices in school education in the field of ethics and values education, developing and promoting personalized learning approaches, collaborative learning and fostering critical thinking

• To develop open educational materials and new methods of learning methods

• To enhance the professional development of those working or active in the education sector

• To elaborate a Policy paper on ethics and values education in EU as guidelines aimed

• To increase the awareness of the EU policy level on the importance of moral obligations and social values

• To strengthen EU’s educational structures in a system of values supported by all relevant stakeholders

• Strengthening the professional profile of teaching positions

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

• Analysis of the state of the art and needs of teachers and educators in the fields of ethics and values education in schools and development of methodology

• Development of open educational materials and tools for teachers and educators on ethics and value education on different topics and for different age groups

• Development of curriculum and training proposal on ethical education and learning about values with implementation tools

TARGET GROUPS:

• Teachers and other educators that are involved in working with children

• Children

• Primary schools and kindergartens

• Experts in the field of ethics and values education

• Policy makers and decision makers at EU and national level

• General public

TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT:

• 363,925.00 € (funded by the Erasmus+ K2, Slovenian Agency for mobility)

CONTACT:

• Marija Kragic (marijakragic1@gmail.com)