Creativity is considered one of the greatest assets a person can have in all fields of life.
Especially in a classroom context, creativity techniques can be extremely helpful for both students and teachers: they can help to maintain an open mind to new and innovative ideas.
Description Long heralded as key competencies for 21st-century learners, the ”Four Cs” (Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration) are often embraced in theory yet stump educators in practice. Creativity and Critical Thinking represent inseparable attitudes…
Description This course has been created for teachers who would like to learn about online applications and online environments that boost collaborative work and creativity such as Padlet, Slido, Plot Generator, or Canva, to name…
Description Creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration, the 4Cs, are envisioned as key competencies for nowadays’ learners. Despite the fact that educators understand their importance, they may struggle in implementing them into the actual teaching.…
Description The course aims to make you aware of the challenges related to applying creative methods and innovative solutions in your classroom. If you are an instructor interested in meeting students’ needs and eager to…
Description Creating an inclusive classroom – which promotes the value of diversity and meets the needs of all students – is a hard challenge for 21st-century teachers as it requires creating a culture where difference…
Description Student motivation is becoming increasingly challenging in contemporary education. Technology has created an instant gratification culture, where students are accustomed to receiving immediate feedback and rewards. Moreover, students often do not perceive how proposed…
Description This course is designed for teachers who would like to further their knowledge and develop their skills in the use of ICT tools in the classroom. It will give inspiration to teachers who would…
Description During this course, participants will discover some of the most relevant educational approaches for children that emerged in Italy and Europe from the 20th century onward. The Montessori Method and Loris Malaguzzi’s Reggio Emilia…
Description Drawing, painting, theater, and writing are disciplines that have been connected to human beings since ancient times; photography, video, and ICT tools are part of our daily life nowadays. The language of art is…
Description Contemporary education is increasing its focus on environmental issues such as the overconsumption of natural resources, climate changes, and global warming. If humanity has a chance to survive the global ecological crisis, raising awareness…
Description In order to live happily and work successfully in the future information society, today’s young people need to acquire a variety of soft skills, not only academic knowledge! Because of this, more than 20…
Description This course will allow you to gain all the skills and tools to effectively engage and motivate your students, using the latest teaching approaches and developing your own and your pupils’ imagination. You will…
Description The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to art psychology, introducing participants to different ways of understanding and teaching arts, dealing with the student’s creative process, and taking the best of the positive impact of…
Description Contemporary education increasingly focuses on teaching how to generate new ideas and critically address problems. Accordingly, creativity is quickly taking hold in the educational domain. Yet, it remains subject to serious misconceptions, which consider…
Description In today’s educational landscape, schools, teachers, and students are challenged to develop holistic personal skills alongside academic performance. In fact, one of the most relevant factors fostering satisfaction in school and academic results is…
Description “I am not a painter, I am not creative enough!” Unfortunately, students, as well as adults, often talk (and think!) like this, inside and outside of school contexts. But why is this the case?…
Description In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, teachers face the pressing challenge of equipping students with 21st-century skills using accessible and engaging methods. Many educators find it difficult to integrate ICT tools to effectively foster…
Description Music involves our emotional, physical, cognitive, social, and spiritual aspects, and is an integral and powerful tool for personal and social development. Because of this, music is used for preventive, and therapeutic purposes and…
Description Effective communication is a pivotal step towards creating a positive learning environment at school, as it can help teachers in the creation of a safe and inclusive classroom, where conflicts are resolved through creativity…
Description Are you looking for new ways to enhance creativity and artistic skills among your pupils or students? Then the Finnish approach to Art and Design in Education could be of your interest! It emphasizes…
Description 3D printing holds immense potential for providing students with innovative learning experiences while keeping schools at pace with technological advancements. Unfortunately, many schools and teachers feel they lack the capacity to effectively incorporate 3D…
Description In today’s rapidly evolving world, students navigate a complex reality that is often overlooked within the confines of the classroom, presenting significant challenges for teachers and educators. In response, this course aims to equip…
Description By one popular estimation, 65% of our children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t exist yet. Given the unprecedented and rapidly changing challenges in…
Description School students are often and unfortunately very used to unengaging reports, where they are requested to tell teachers what they have learned. What if all this could be turned into an engaging activity that…
Description Many teachers struggle with grounding their lessons in real and concrete examples. For how it is designed, school education often drifts toward general theoretical frameworks, and remains detached from practical examples or real-life situations…
Description Traditional communication at school often lacks the power to connect the students in the classroom and bridge the gap between them and the teachers. Accordingly, it also falls short of dealing with recurrent issues…
Description As we navigate an increasingly interconnected and global educational landscape, teachers frequently face classrooms that are diverse, multilingual, and multicultural. This complexity is further heightened as many resources are offered in English, a language…
Description Prompting your students to write can be extremely challenging. Writing requires organizing thoughts, and presenting them clearly, which requires time, and focus. Because of this, students often find it hard and prefer less demanding…
Description In a world where life is getting more and more complicated, conventional education is losing ground. This course proposes a novel approach to education – i.e., one that can bring learning to life, and…
Description Since the dawn of time, drawing and illustration have been natural ways of expression for humanity. They are also one of the most universal ways of communicating, which is acquired in early childhood and…
Description Incorporating art activities into teaching promotes student engagement, creativity, and lateral thinking, facilitating a more effective learning process and ensuring long-term knowledge retention. Encouraging students to personalize their study materials, such as creating notebooks…
Description Flipped education is a type of blended learning where students are introduced to content at home and practice working through it at school. This is the reverse of the more common practice of introducing new…
Description The global objective of preschool education is to enable children to develop qualities, abilities, and values that will help them survive and thrive in the community, as well as in mainstream education. But how…
Description We now thrive in a culture of innovation. More than half of the jobs our children will pursue in their future life do not even exist yet. Accordingly, as teachers, we need to provide…
Description In a world where teachers struggle to keep students motivated and engaged, “gamification” is a new buzzword that gets thrown around more and more frequently. From online quizzes, through leaderboards and badges, to checkpoints,…
Description We all are collections of stories. Stories shape our reality and define our identities and lives. Accordingly, those who master the art and craft of storytelling have a great advantage in communication, are more…
Description Promoting inclusion, intercultural understanding, empathy, and democratic values at school has never been as essential as now. In a world where the migration of people across nations is the norm, teachers are requested to…
Description Being a teacher today requires being self-aware and responsible for one’s physical and mental well-being. This is an important capacity, that all learners also should master. This requires being well aware of one’s potentialities…