ACCESS – Acquisition of Circular Behaviour in Elementary Schools

ACCESS – Acquisition of Circular Behaviour in Elementary Schools
Project number: 2022-1-CZ01-KA220-SCH-000088191
Implementation period: 01.11.2022 – 31.01.2025
Assistance program: Erasmus+

Project description

Education is critical to shaping how we meet the challenges of climate change.
Responding to climate change today requires two things:
1. Reducing emissions and stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere (what we call climate change) /mitigation/.
2. Adapting to the current and projected climate /adaptation/.
To do this, we need a range of tools – policy regulations, economic incentives and technology – but these will only be effective if people understand what climate change is and how to combat it. So, we need to change the way people think and act to change the mindset, not the climate, and education is essential to make the radical change needed.

The core scope of ACCESS was to provide guidance to those who want to learn how to integrate climate change and circadian behaviour into formal and informal school curricula.

Target group

  • Teachers, trainers, principals and administrators, curriculum developers and educational planners
  • Students and young people in general

ACCESS achieved the following objectives:

  • development of a micro-training program on teaching circular behaviour;
  • development of micro-certification for the assessment of circular behaviour;
  • development of a toolkit for teachers in schools;
  • development of an easily accessible learning environment, a platform, for teachers, professionals, students and the public.

Project results:

  • R1: Circular behaviour micro-lessons: microlessons to develop circular behaviour, available through the Microlesson Library
  • R2: Circular behaviour micro-certificate: micro-certification of the acquisition of circular behaviour, available through the platform and described in the Microcertification scheme
  • R3: Toolkit for teachers: guides on the implementation and utilization of micro-lessons and lesson plan development, available in the section Toolkit for Teachers and Microlearning Tutorials for Teachers
  • R4: Circular behaviour training platform: user-friendly e-learning, GreenFuture: Learn and Earn,  available after registration

Project website: https://www.eco-bits.eu/access/

ACCESS news videos: https://www.eco-bits.eu/access-news/

Partners:

ProEduca z.s.- Dobrá Voda u Českých Budějovic, Czech Republic (coordinator)

Archivio della Memoria-Rome, Italy

Danmar Computers- Rzeszów, Poland

European Learning Centre- Ubrique, Spain

SBTC DANISMANLIK- Menteşe, Türkiye

LernBar Europa- Lingen (Ems), Germany