This topic includes announcements about the Summer School, as well as photos from the event.
Title: EXPLORING METHODOLOGIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING SUSTAINABILITY
The Summer/Spring School (SSYr3) that took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 2nd – 6th April 2024 was the second Summer School organized by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI) for the TAP-TS Teacher Academy project which focused on supporting educators in becoming familiar with teaching and learning methodologies such as problem-solving and inquiry-based learning, STEM/STEAM approach, promoting critical thinking and argumentation.
The 2nd TAP-TS Summer/Spring School brought together primary school teachers and instructional leaders from across Europe to discuss methodologies, strategies and practices to promote sustainability goals. This face-to-face quality professional learning experience aimed:
In this part, you can find video and photos from our event.
The 1st day of the Summer/Spring School aimed to create a common ground from which the participants would initiate an exchange of ideas and experiences. Therefore, activities on Day 1 focused on familiarizing the participants with the reasoning around which the summer/spring school was structured and offering the participants opportunities to discuss concepts and aspects of content of teaching and learning for sustainability. Participants formed different subgroups during the activities to start getting to know each other and to reflect on what they had “brought in” to the community of educators who pursue learning and teaching sustainability. Day 1 also included a reflection and evaluation of Summer School 1 and the expectations of Summer/Spring School 2.
The 2nd day dealt with Critical
Thinking and Argumentation competence and with the methodology of problem-based
learning.
Day 3 was mostly dedicated to problem-solving and inquiry-based learning.
Day 4 was dedicated to a study visit at the Pedoulas Environmental Education Centre, located in Pedoulas Village at Troodos mountain range.
The final day of the Summer School was dedicated to social dimensions of sustainability, as well as to final reflection and evaluation.
In this section, you can find the names of people that have made this summer/spring school possible.
