• Posted 30-May-2022

Frederick University: Successful organization of two International Conferences as part of the dissemination activities of the European funded project “Visual arts education in new times: Connecting Art with REal life issues” (CARE)

Project CARE is about enhancing Visual Arts Education with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) elements. During the project, four teacher-training programmes were developed and delivered, which empowered primary school teachers and teachers-to-be in visual arts teaching within the framework of ESD and developed professional learning communities, thus strengthening teachers' teaching profiles. The teachers delivered innovative art units in schools and profoundly impacted pupils' lives, contributed to a well-rounded education, addressed children's needs, and offered opportunities for different ways of participation in schools. The children developed their confidence and ownership of learning and participated in socially engaged art practices.

The outputs of the projects were shared in two International Conferences at the School of Primary Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, on April 5th, 2022, and at Frederick University, Cyprus, on May 14th, 2022. Educators/academics/students/researchers – more than 180 physically and 1,930 virtually present from different parts of the world (Austria, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom) – attended the conferences. For more information about the conferences and the Intellectual Outputs of the project, visit the project's website, www.care.frederick.ac.cy.

The project has a duration of 33 months. Project coordinator: Dr Victoria Pavlou, Frederick University, Cyprus. Partners: the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, the University of Malta, Malta, the University of Exeter, UK, and the European Regional Council of InSEA (International Society for Education through Art).

Source: Frederick University (https://bit.ly/3sZW4DR)