WE Online Knowledge Hub

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Project N°: 2022-1-LV01-KA220-ADU-000087786

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Erasmus+ promotes open access to project outputs to support learning, teaching, training, and youth work. The beneficiaries of the Erasmus+ WE-Real-World Education to foster environmental awareness project (Project N°: 2022-1-LV01-KA220-ADU-000087786) grant free and open access to all educational resources and tools which are produced in the context of projects supported by the Programme – documents, media, software or other materials. All WE project results are all easily accessible and retrievable without cost or limitations, and this open license allows the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the resource, with the exclusion of commercial use by others.

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The main focus is on the development of green skills of low skilled adults both at a professional and personal level. An educational curriculum and training modules will be provided that will increase the teaching skills of Adult Education trainers on Environmental Awareness, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and SDGs. Adult Education trainers will be equipped with knowledge and skills on teaching low skilled adults, promoting more environmentally friendly lifestyles and encouraging communities to manage their local environments in sustainable ways, and making sustainable choices in their personal and professional lives.

Main Targets

Identifying adult learning needs as well as opportunities and good practices on Environmental Awareness and ESD Adult Education
Developing an innovative, inclusive and flexible pedagogical approach for promoting the skills of Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development and SDGs in Adult Education, for Adult Education trainers and adult NEETs
Creating an online learning space for the improvement of knowledge and the development of transversal skills in the Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development of Adult Education trainers and Adult NEETs
Equipping Adult NEETs with soft green skills and information on how to make sustainable choices in their personal and professional lives

Description

This course aims to produce an inclusive learning environment that will increase the green skills of adult education trainers and low-skilled adults and hosts these interactive training modules:

Green skills to develop the imitation and adaptation for encountering climate change challenges
Understanding SDGs and their potential for improving society and communities
Relate emotional complexity on one’s own identity and responsibility for climate change
Assess the influence of individual lifestyle choices on our social and ecological development
Exploring a sustainability issue by identifying trends in the family or local community
Knowledge and skills which reduce the negative impact of human activity on the environment
Collective action & Individual Initiative
Types of jobs that require a good knowledge of SDGs and green skills
Practical tips on having a positive impact on the environment
Overcoming Misconceptions on environmental issues

Objective

The project aims to raise the environmental awareness of low-skilled adults and encourage them to engage in environmentally responsible practices and operations, through increasing their competencies and skills, and knowledge in sustainable development and climate change. Through the WE Knowledge Hub innovative learning approaches for Adult Education will be adopted by trainers and low skilled adults while learning material focused on environmental awareness of low skilled adults and NEETs will be developed.

Target Groups

Adult Education Trainers and low skilled Adults, such as Adult NEETs or economically and socially vulnerable Adults, are the beneficiaries and attendees of the WE course, as there is a wider need for Adult Education Centers at an EU level and Adult NEETs are the ones that have the lowest participation rates in Adult Learning and Education.

Curriculum

The WE Curriculum on Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development in Adult Education will be an inclusive training curriculum for low-skilled adults, to foster their environmental awareness, sustainable development and SDGs knowledge. Within its 10 modules, the WE Curriculum will be focusing on analyzing the main factors to strengthen Adult Sustainable Development education in response to climate change.

Evaluation methods

At the end of every module in WE course there will be an evaluation quiz with questions based on the module’s content with a success score of 80% to proceed to the next one. Various exercises within the module content will also exist for the testing of the acquired knowledge but they will not count for the evaluation of the module accomplishment.

Certification

There will be a certificate of completion for every user that finishes the accomplishment of all modules after they achieve a successful grade (80%) in the evaluation quiz of every module.