Innovative Educational Approaches and Practices for Migrant Pupils to Maximize the Effectiveness of their Social Inclusion and School Performance (MEDUS)

 

 

Project no.: 2021-1-LT01-KA220-SCH-000024051
Project website: https://medus-project.eu

Project description:

Aim of the project – developing professional competences of teachers and special educational staff to create an inclusive academic, social and emotional environment for migrant pupils.
Objectives:
– Provide teachers and special educational staff with innovative training material (OER) and knowledge to enable them to work with the marginalized pupils;
– Supply teachers and special educational staff with teaching/learning tools to reduce learning disparities and strengthen pupils’ mental well-being;
– Increase the capacity of school communities (teachers, parents, pupils, school administration) to foster successful inclusion of migrant pupils through dialogical groups;
– Support teachers and special educational staff in dealing with diversity in the classroom through exchange of work based best pedagogical practices.

Project funding:

The European Union programme Erasmus+


Project results:

– E-training course for teachers and special education staff “Inclusive educational approach for successful integration of migrant pupils”;
– Toolkit for teachers and special education staff “Vertical classroom model – an innovative approach to deal with diversity
in the classroom”;
– The Living Lab “Building Supportive Community”;
– A set of practical pedagogical experiences “Successful pathways to social, emotional and cognitive integration”.

Period of project implementation: 2021-12-01 - 2024-05-31

Project coordinator: Kaunas Region Education Center

Project partners: Karmėlavos Balio Buračo gimnazija, Kaunas University of Technology, RUSE UNIVERSITY "ANGEL KANCHEV"

Head:
Gytis Cibulskis

Duration:
2021 - 2024

Department:
Department of Information Technology, e-Learning Technology Centre