Recent Events
November 2024
Scientific seminar
28.11.2024
Following the TPM6 in Krakow, the ValiDE project team took the opportunity to present the results in the scientific seminar „Education for Democratic Values – An Intercultural Analysis“ at UKEN.
Transnational Project Meeting – 06
26./27.11.2024
The Project Team had meet at UKEN in Krakow for the last transnational project meeting (TPM). Focus on the meeting was conclusions. To find them a big analysis of the outputs was topic for the final sprint.
November 2024
Multiplier Event
21.11.2024
"Teaching scenarios and materials for value education at Global Ethic Foundation"
Representatives from regional schools were invited to learn about the project „Values in democracy education“ and the project result 3, teaching materials and scenarios for value education, including the work results from the international student course.
Representatives from the Global Ethic Schools (i.e. Weltethos-Schulen) were also invited to present how value education on the basis of a Global Ethic (i.e. Weltethos) is approached in their schools. In workshops the participants learned about „Common values in democracy education: Best practices from Global Ethic Schools“ directly from representatives (headmasters, teachers, school social workers) of GE Schools. In further workshops the participants made use of project result PR 3 in order to establish their own strategy of value education at their own schools.
September 2024
Seminar: Democratic values in education (Multiplier Event)
20.09.2024
ProHarmonia invited the leaders of specific ValiDE PRs to present the results of their work. Teachers and students of teaching faculties took part in the seminar. ProHarmonia organized the seminar in cooperation with prof. Katarzyna Potyrała. The event was an online seminar.
One module was addressed to the staff of universities , presenting them the report on the activities and evaluation of the project. The second module was aimed at primary school teachers from Poland, presenting them scenarios developed by students that will be able to use in their work. They were also invited to develop these scenarios and to co-create new educational materials.
August 2024
EARLI SIG 11 & 13 conference 2024
12.-14.08.2024
The conference emphasized the importance of developing professional teachers for democratic and moral education. More see www.earli.org/sig-11-13-conference-2024
Multiplier Event
The multiplier event took part connected to EARLI SIG 11 & 13 conference 2024. UEW together with the other university partners of the consortium carried out a symposium on the theme of value attitudes and development of competencies in teacher education and discussed the findings of the empirical study conducted during the project with other researchers of the scientific community. The symposium offered the opportunity to boost the concept of trans-national exchange and cooperation. After the symposium, ValiDE invited the scientific community and the community of practice to an in-depth exchange. This allowed deeper insights to be gained, discussions to be held, practical experience to be exchanged and new collaborations to be initiated.
May 2024
Presentation of the Erasmus+ results at UIA
Target group: Primary and secondary school leaders, with the objectives of presenting the project results for their further utilization.
Originally planned for March.
May 2024
UIA presented the results of the ValiDE project during Democracy Week in Kristiansand
08.05.2024
The ValiDE project targeted various groups in creating its results: the scientific community (PR1, PR2), teacher education organizations and educators (PR1; PR2; PR3; PR4), schools and teachers (PR3; PR4), teacher students (PR1 and PR3), and NGOs (PR3 and PR4).
Kristiansand hosted the event Democracy Week from 02. to 08.05.2024. More details can be seen at: https://www.kristiansander.no/demokratiuka
04.05.2024
The ValiDE project was part of the Saturday University in Kristiansand City (Multiplier Event national). The title: Democratic values are weakening – How can education play a role? Everyone interested in values and democracy was welcome. The project presented research results to the science community (and the community as a whole) for the dissemination of findings and further research. The program for the event was attached and also announced here Lørdagsuniversitetet i Kristiansand: Demokratiets verdier under press – Hvordan kan utdanningene spille en rolle? - Universitetet i Agder (uia.no)
06.-08.05.2024
ValiDE conducted a quiz with questions about democracy (for young children, older children, and adults on the airport screen). ValiDE also did a podcast with UIA during this week. 06.05.2024: European conference on Democracy and Human Rights https://www.kristiansander.no/the-european-conference 08.05.2024: ValiDE dissemination at UDFORSK during Demokratiuka on 8 May. Multiplier Event international at the University of Agder.
April 2024
Democratic values in education
The event was an online seminar (or was conducted in a hybrid format at ProHarmonia) promoting the results of the project. One module addressed the staff of universities, presenting them with the report on the activities and evaluation of the project. The second module aimed at primary school teachers from Poland, presenting them with scenarios developed by students that they could use in their work. They were also invited to develop these scenarios further and to co-create new educational materials.
February 2024
Transnational Project Meeting - 05
26.02.2024 - 29.02.2024
The Project Team at UIA (Kristiansand) conducted a transnational project meeting (TPM) and prepared for the upcoming, last exchange.
September / October 2023
Student Exchange no. 2
16.09.2023 - 08.10.2023
August 2023
The ValiDE team participated in the EARLI 2023 conference, which took place from August 22nd to 26th, 2023, at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) was a prestigious organization dedicated to promoting educational research and practice. During the conference, representatives of the team presented their paper titled "International partnership in cooperation for democratic values in primary education" through a poster presentation. This event provided an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange, showcasing research findings, and networking with fellow professionals in the field of educational research.
Representatives of the ValiDE team participated in ECER 2023 (European Conference on Educational Research), held at the University of Glasgow in Scotland from August 22nd to 25th, 2023, themed "The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research." They presented a poster on our exchange program, titled "Values in Democracy Education - Integrating a Joint Study Program in Teacher Education to Foster Teacher Students' Competencies and Beliefs." The conference provided a valuable platform for sharing our work and engaging with fellow researchers in the field.
The poster has already been finalized and published. You can find it under the publications section.
May 2023
Transational Project Meeting - 04
24. - 25.05.2023
Project Team at UEW (Weingarten), to conduct a transnational project meeting (TPM), explore the location and its characteristics, and prepare for the upcoming exchange.
February 2023
Transnational Project Meeting - 03
07. - 08.02.2023
Project Team in Poland, to conduct a transnational project meeting (TPM), explore the location and its characteristics, and prepare for the upcoming exchange.
September / October 2022
Student Exchange no. 1
10.09.2022 - 02.10.2022
June 2022
Learning, Teaching and Training Activitites - C2
14.06.2022
Project Team at ARKIVET (Kristiansand), participating in one of three training sessions (LTTA) to get familiar with the participating NGOs from the three countries and engaging in teambuilding activities.
Transational Project Meeting - 02
13.06.2022
Project Team at UIA (Kristiansand), to conduct a transnational project meeting (TPM), explore the location and its characteristics, and prepare for the upcoming exchange.
April 2022
Transnational Project Meeting - 01
24. - 25.04.2022
Project Team at UEW (Weingarten), to conduct a transnational project meeting (TPM), explore the location and its characteristics, and prepare for the upcoming exchange.
Learning, Teaching and Training Activitites - C1
26.04.2022
Project Team at Global Ethic Foundation (Tübingen), participating in one of three training sessions (LTTA) to get familiar with the participating NGOs from the three countries and engaging in teambuilding activities.
February 2022
Learning, Teaching and Training Activitites - C3
06.02.2023
Project Team at ProHarmonia (Kielce), participating in one of three training sessions (LTTA) to get familiar with the participating NGOs from the three countries and engaging in teambuilding activities.