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Thematic Field: Teaching professions<br />
Improving engagement and learning capacity for disaffected pupils<br />
Comenius Regio Partnership<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Partner Regio 1<br />
Coordinator organisation: Shropshire Council<br />
Partner organisations: St Laurence CR Primary school<br />
UK – United Kingdom Edge Hill University<br />
Partner Regio 2<br />
Coordinator organisation: Hvidovre Kommune<br />
Partner organisations: Engstranskolen<br />
DK - Denmark<br />
Laereruddannelsen Zahle<br />
Key words: Improving learning, Teacher competences, Teacher reflectivity, Teacher's<br />
educators<br />
Description:<br />
The project enabled Shropshire and Hvidovre to better support pupils in danger of<br />
disaffection, by providing opportunities for local authority, partner organisation<br />
and school staff to work together to reflect upon the impact of their practice. It<br />
focused on how the outdoor environment could be used as a context for learning to<br />
enhancing pupil confidence, self-esteem, independence and employability and to raise<br />
standards in science. The regional teacher training college was involved in order to<br />
support the integration of the approach into teacher training.<br />
Staff from all partner organisations engage in, and supported, action research to<br />
gather evidence on the impact of interventions on pupils at risk of underachievement<br />
and focussing on creativity and innovation in the area of training of teachers and<br />
trainers. The development of the confident use of Information Technology to support<br />
learning and to share ideas across the partner institutions was integral to the project.<br />
‘Mobilities’ were used to enable local authority and partner organisation staff to visit<br />
educational settings within the partnership in order to extend their knowledge of the<br />
range of strategies available to support pupils through the use of the outdoor<br />
environment as a context for learning.<br />
Findings were disseminated across the partner organisations and shared with national<br />
agencies and beyond, to build capacity and establish a sustainable network,<br />
enabling links between the partners to continue beyond the life of the project. The<br />
resulting pedagogical and methodological studies are available at request.<br />
Duration:<br />
2009-2011<br />
Webpage:<br />
www.shropshirelg.net<br />
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2009-1-GB1-<br />
COM13-03670<br />
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