GIFTED – Games and Inclusion For Teacher Education

Programme: 

Erasmus+ – Call: 2021– Key action: KA2 – Cooperation partnerships in school education

Partners

1. NOAH srl (Italy)
2. Grifo multimedia srl (Italy)
3. Aventura Social (Portugal)
4. United Arab Emirates University (UAE)
5. UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU (Romania)
6. Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy)
7. SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU (Croatia)

Objective:

The project GIFTED – Game and Inclusion For Teacher Education will address the need for training teachers in gifted and talented education. The goal is to design and implement an innovative online training programme that can support teachers’ skills development in gifted and talented education. This digital game-based learning environment will promote the experiential learning of teachers, giving them tools to recognize these students, interact with them and tailor their learning experience in an inclusive classroom context. The game-based training is also aimed at stimulating self-reflective practice, problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity in teaching

Expected results:

1. Innovative training curriculum for pre-service and in-service teachers in education for gifted pupils
2. A digital game-based assessment tool to improve teachers’ knowledge and skills for the identification of gifted and talented students in the classroom
3. Online gamification platform for delivering the training programme
4. Production of a “Handbook on methodology for dealing with gifted children in the classroom”
5. Open Badge certifying the training programme for teachers of gifted students, recognised by the Universities participating in the project.

Duration:

36 months (1 December 2021 – 30 November 2024)