Project
What is Valuebox?
In today’s digital generation, gamification has become a popular tactic to encourage specific behaviors, and to increase motivation and engagement to get the knowledge and skills.
VALUEBOX aims to enable educational staff to build an inclusive and high quality education as well as the European dimension of teaching in secondary schools, integrating those with fewer opportunities which are paramount for creating and maintaining a cohesive European society. Specifically, VALUEBOX focuses on fostering the teaching of the values included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, such as Human Dignity, Freedom, Democracy, Equality, Solidarity and Justice. In order to achieve these goals, the partners of VALUEBOX will provide teachers with:
A Competence Framework for Teachers(COFT)
A Gamified Self Assessment and Recommendation Tool for Teachers(SERT)
A Gamified Open Online Course For Teachers(OOC)
Description of the objectives
The main objectives of VALUEBOX are :
- Promoting teachers’ ability to monitor their teaching competences of social, civic, intercultural and common values.
- Empowering teachers’ competences and providing practical tools to raise awareness and understand the European Union context, notably regarding the common EU values, the principles of unity and diversity.
- Promoting social inclusion and improving the outreach to people with fewer opportunities.
VALUEBOX Project results:
COFT / Competence Framework for Teachers
The COFT is a framework developed to outline the competences needed by teachers in the promotion of common European values and values education, to further promote inclusivity in European Schools This tool provides clear guidance to help teachers identify and develop key competences to address educational challenges in the context of European values and includes a focus on different types of online and offline teaching methodologies.
The main objectives of the Competence Framework for Teachers are:
- Support teachers’ continuous professional development through training and good practices.
- Promote awareness among teachers and students of the importance of fundamental rights.
- Provide a clear overview of teaching models both online and offline based on the type of learning environment and students
OCC / Gamified Open Online Course
TThe Gamified Open Online Course is a platform offering access to training modules on each value included in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, context (namely Human Dignity, Freedom, Democracy, Equality, Solidarity and Justice).
Each course module is divided into 3 sub-modules that respectively delve into a theoretical part, a second part presenting teaching tools and references to teach the chosen value and finally a part dedicated to good practices and examples implemented to foster the learning of that value.
Each course module is designed to delve into a specific value, providing teachers with the necessary resources to implement these concepts in their lessons.
The main objectives of the Gamified Open Online Course are:
- Share good practices and innovative resources that can support teachers in their daily work.
- Provide theoretical content on core EU values such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity and justice.
- To offer practical tools and didactic models for teaching values in the classroom.
SERT / Self-assessment and Recommendation tool
The self-assessment and recommendation tool is a self-assessment platform designed to support teachers in assessing their preparation and current competences for integrating the Common European Values into their teaching practices.
Teachers will have the opportunity to self-assess their own level of preparedness on each core value through an interactive and playful platform, thus providing a fun way to reflect on their own professional development and identify areas for improvement. In fact, once the assessment is completed, teachers will receive advice on which specific value and module they should focus on in the VALUEBOX Gamified Open Online Course.
The main objectives of the Self-assessment and Recommendation tool are:
- To promote teachers’ ability to monitor and improve their competences in teaching social, civic and intercultural values.
- Strengthen teachers’ awareness of the European context and common values in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
- To increase the availability of high quality educational resources to support teachers in creating inclusive environments.