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Second meeting of the steering committee online (June 3rd 2024)
The topics for the meeting were :
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Ins and outs of the project
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Presentation of the basic considerations for the workshops ( future workshop: inclusion & diversity, education for a democratic culture, project work, systemic thinking) discussion & adaptation
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Scheduling and other arrangements
First meeting of the steering committee in Berlin (Nov. 2023)
Representatives of the consortium partners met in Berlin, capital city of Germany, from November 22 to 24 to start implementing the project.
This fruitful meeting helped determin the communication dimension, the agenda and the various workloads of EVOKE.
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The whole crew was on board !
First workshop in Opole, Poland
(October 8th to 10th 2024)
The first workshop of the Erasmus+ project EVOKE took place in Opole at the OCE (Opolskie Centrum Edukacji) , the Polish project partner. 12 partner organizations met in person for the first time and worked together on the topic “Inclusion and diversity”.
In a first step, the participants analyzed the many different ways in which pupils are excluded. in most cases, exclusion leads to bullying, which was identified as the biggest challenge for schools in its various forms.
This was followed by a discussion on the role of the school, somewhat as a place of learning; and as a space for new approaches to teaching and collaborative learning that promotes respect for diversity.
The second day included a visit to the Polish partner school, where the participants learned about its inclusive, learner-centered pedagogical concept and their teaching approach
This workshop is one of 3 more. One of the aims of EVOKE is to foster the discussion of headmasters, teachers, teacher trainers and other stakeholders in Europe about new pedagogical approaches that places the student at the center of learning and integrates social learning both into the learning process in the classroom and in school, as one way to face the challenges of education in the 21th century.
Choice of the logo
In Berlin, in November 2023, the steering committee chose a logo, upon various options.
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This logo is made up of several elements that reflect both the composition of the consortium and the objectives of the project :
- the background recalls the contours of Europe, and the participation of 6 countries
- the blue and yellow colours are both European and common to our 6 flags (one colour appears at least once in every flag)
- the geographical shapes, both vertical and horizontal, are a reminder that education takes place both top-down and horizontally, through co-construction, collaboration and transversality. The nuanced transparency of the colours emphasises openness, inclusion and choice.
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The O in the shape of both a circle and a square is a nod both to the tools, such as DIY tools, that will be put in place by the partners and also to the "squaring of the circle", signifying that education is constantly progressing.
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(design adapted from Canva)