Information and Programme

Summer School "Learning, Teaching and Reflecting on Sustainability"

The Summer/Spring School is a 5-day face-to-face event of the TAP-TS Teacher Academy Project – Teaching for Sustainability. The 2nd Summer/Spring School took place in Nicosia, Cyprus and was organized by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, in collaboration with the Unit of Education for the environment and Sustainable Development, of the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. The aims of the Summer/Spring School are presented in 2nd Summer/Spring School in Cyprus (Section 2) of this Report.

Aims of the Summer School

The mission of this Summer School was to combine a number of goals in a unified set of organized content and activities. The aims were the following:

1. To support educators in becoming familiar with teaching and learning methodologies such as problem-solving and inquiry-based learning, STEM/STEAM approach,
2. To promote critical thinking and argumentation,
3. To advocate evaluation and social dimensions of sustainability.