Project Early Years Education (2017 - 2019)
Founded by Erasmus+ programme. It is a consortium of twelve partners, from six european countries: Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom. From each country two partners are involved - one from a field, dealing with mobilities of students, and another dealing with the education of staff for the pre-school level of education. In Slovenia these partners are ZNi and Faculty of Education, University of Maribor. ZNi's role is the organization, coordination of logistics, intercultural activities and preparation.
Founded by Erasmus+ programme. It is a consortium of twelve partners, from six european countries: Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom. From each country two partners are involved - one from a field, dealing with mobilities of students, and another dealing with the education of staff for the pre-school level of education. In Slovenia these partners are ZNi and Faculty of Education, University of Maribor. ZNi's role is the organization, coordination of logistics, intercultural activities and preparation.
Purpose
The purpose of the project was to establish and test optional educational modules in each country for students of pre-school education. Each country prepared a module for 14 days according to educational, social and cultural context, related to pre-school education in each country. |
Implementation
The modules were tested by enabling student mobilities in all countries. Students chose and visited education for 14 days. The modules took place at the same time - in October 2018. We tested a module at the Faculty of Education Maribor, where 5 participants from foreign countries and 10 students of Pre-school Education in Maribor participated. Vertical Divider
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Final meeting & Multiplier Event in Maribor (5. 6. - 7 .6. 2019)
In the first days of June 2019, ZNI hosted a final meeting of the project for all partners in the consortium. Partners discussed the documentation, dissemination, final report and possibilities of continuation of the project. An International EYE conference (multiplier event) was held at the Faculty of Education Maribor with the purpose of presenting the modules in each of the collaborating countries:
- Resilience – how to make children strong (Germany)
- Programming with children (Netherlands)
- Science and technology in early years (UK, Northern Ireland)
- Outdoors experiences, learning opportunities (Portugal)
- Emotional learning and puppet theatre (Slovenia)
- Service-learning (Spain).
Training module in Maribor (7. 10. - 20. 10. 2018)
Emotional Learning and Puppet Theatre
The topic is integration of social sciences and art by teaching and learning of social-emotional skills with use of puppet theatre in early childhood education. Teaching and learning of social-emotional skills is essential for successful inclusion and socialization of the child to social environment. Social emotional skills, especially emotional competences are also very important for social inclusion and school achievements. Kindergarten teachers should promote learning and teaching of these skills through various methods. Drama play and creation of puppet performance are excellent methods for promoting students‘ abilities to perform, to understand and to learn about child’s perception and to express various themes through performances for children. Puppet theatre performances have a long tradition at Faculty of Education University of Maribor. Students really enjoy and have fun in creative process of preparing puppet performances. This module was an excellent opportunity for early childhood education students to experience how to teach children about important topics with innovative and creative methods.
Partnership meeting in Seville and Training in Traunstein
Our director Sonja Markič attended a partnership meeting in Seville (13th and 14th November 2017) and a Training in Traustein (from 8 to 14 April 2018).
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