School Starters’ Hub (2020-2022) (https://schoolstarter.eu/)
The School Starters’ Hub Project aims to transform the Secondary Schools to become innovation and creativity hubs that will interconnect School, Research/ Science and Enterprises (Local and European) through the participatory approach of a European Platform.
School Starter Project aims to tackle the European Challenges by adopting activities that will:
- Develop interdisciplinary, extrovert and interconnected schools, by motivating all students to engaging in activities that enhance creativity, entrepreneurship skills and connection of education with society needs.
- Support teachers and school leaders for excellent teaching and learning with applying an integrated school approach that improves learning outcomes, transversal skills, active participation and personal development.
- Upgrade governance of school education systems by becoming more effective, equitable and efficient and by opening up to new forms of cooperation, between Schools, Research, Enterprises, Local and European Communities.
Specific Objectives of the project are to:
- Transform the school into an innovation hub where all students can develop their idea into a project, service/ product that will be visible to the labour market, other schools and stakeholders.
- Tackle the mismatch of school curricula to labour market needs.
- Use collaborative environments and digital technologies to the benefit of teachers, students and entrepreneurs and create strategic interactive partnerships.
- Up-skill teachers with new teaching and learning approaches that incorporate ICT developments and innovative interdisciplinary techniques like microlearning, design thinking, alternative teaching.
- Improving scientific and experiential education and the awareness of the importance of science in daily life.
The applicant is Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri. Partners are Platon, a school from Greece, 2 adult learning and consulting companies, IDEC from Greece and Emphasys from Cyprus, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ruse, Bulgaria, and the European Network for Digital Learning Dlearn.