Not all students are equally motivated to succeed in school. Some students may be carrying negative baggage from their past that makes it difficult for them to focus on their education. If you are a teacher or educator, it is important to be able to recognize these students so that you can provide them with […]
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Our project’s training concluded, encapsulating a significant step forward in our mission. We finalized agreements on frames and structures, ensuring clarity for our future actions. Sharing best practice cases proved invaluable, deepening our insights and sparking inspiration. Later, we gathered for a delightful dinner, fostering bonds and creating cherished memories. This gathering underscored our shared
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If you are a teacher or educator, you can play a valuable role in helping students drop their baggage and invest in their future. Here are a few tips: Create a safe and supportive environment: Students need to feel safe and supported in order to be able to share their thoughts and feelings. Create a
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An online guidance manual/webpage is being developed, that focuses on how project’s target groups, can transform their negative baggage, into something positive through the S.C.R.E.A.M. method. Based on the contents of the above innovative tool, what you will learn are: Inventory of current situation. Changing of existing exclusive attitudes towards inclusiveness and empowering. Empowering students
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Anu Raudasoja, the head of Vocations Education Special Needs Teacher Education department of HAMK university of applied sciences and specialist in inclusive VET education, published in THESEUS an article about Inclusive vocational education in Finland. Dropping the Baggage – Investing in the future project, aiming to improve students´ 21st century skills, in a way that
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On January 20-21 2022, our project aibrought together its partners for an engaging two-day online workshop. This virtual gathering served as a pivotal moment for collaboration and knowledge exchange among the project’s participants. Through interactive sessions and discussions, partners delved into strategies and methodologies aimed at addressing emotional challenges in education. Despite physical distances, the
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What Dropping the Baggage is? How can we help students drop their negative “baggage” that keeps them away from education, to develop their skills and to invest to their future through education? The European project “Dropping the Baggage – Investing in the future” is aiming to empower educators identify and recognise students who are in
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The first Transnational Kick Off Meeting of Dropping the Baggage project was held on the 08th of February 2021. Due to social distancing and travel restrictions’ aspects (COVID-19 pandemic) the meeting was carried out online with the participation of our partners from Netherlands, Greece, Finland, United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal. Partners analysed the project’s aspects
We are approved! Our Erasmus+ (KA2) Project is approved and starts its activities on December 2020. The duration of this project is 36 months. Dropping the Baggage – Investing in the future aims to: Empower educators identify and recognise students who are in danger of falling out on vocational education and to train them so
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