The aim of the ECOTEACH project – which Innoquality Systems is a proud member of – is to develop, test and adopt innovative practices and new curricula, courses, learning materials and tools for the acquisition of skills and competences in science and maths for disadvantaged schools and students through effective and innovative teaching and assessment models of Environment-Based Learning.

The project features a fantastic consortium, with partners Directorate of Secondary Education of Lasithi (DSEL) with partners from, DISRUPTIA and S.L.U from Spain, Plataforma HABITAT from Spain, the Governorship of Istanbul (GOI) from Turkey and ourselves from Ireland

As work continues as part of the Ecoteach project , some of the following are existing resources which have been identified in research conducted as part of the project and output development.

The “Teach the Future” is a really interesting projects which exists at an EU level in looking at the potential for environmental learning for schools.

The project addressed 3 target groups who actively participated to all phases of the project implementation:
1: Teachers in secondary school education
2: Secondary school pupils, aged 12-18
3: Other school stakeholders, teacher training organisations

Following the ambition of embedding climate change and environmental education in secondary school education and in teacher training, the project sought to achieve the following:

• To assess the situation (curriculum) and needs (approaches and resources) in schools looking to integrate climate education in their teaching
• To provide teachers with access to quality online climate information resources and training enabling them to effectively teach about climate education to their students. -To stimulate students’ and teachers’ engagement in climate issues, using scientific data and innovative educational approaches.
  -To promote interdisciplinary learning and digital skills among young people, raising their interest in science and technology, stimulating their active citizenship in local areas and thereby encouraging responsibility for their actions and behavioural change.

You can learn more about Teach the future at https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects/search/details/2021-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000034478

For more on the Ecoteach project, please see the Ecoteach website at https://ecoteach.eu/