The CREA+BIRD consortium received €400 000 EU-funding for a R&I project on birds in sustainability education
The leading partner is the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. The other university partners are West University of Timisoara (Romania), University of Bolzano – Bozen (Italy) and University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). The NGOs involved in this project are The Finnish Association of Nature and Environment Schools (Finland), Milvus Group Bird and Nature Protection Association (Romania), Adamello-Brenta Natural Park National Park (Italy) and BirdLife (Slovenia).
The objective of the CREA+BIRD project is to foster teachers to co-create and share creative pedagogical tools for sustainability education by using birds as an inspiring common theme, thus operationalising the European GreenComp sustainability competence framework. By integrating cultural narratives about birds with the natural scientific knowledge, the project enriches creative processes in education, enhancing learners' connection with nature.
The CREA+BIRD project advances sustainability education through collecting, comparing, and co-creating pedagogical methods. Utilising collaborative and participatory action research methodologies, the project seeks to empower educators and students, enriching learning experiences, and promoting active involvement with sustainability issues.
The project will be linked to the work of the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ School of Resource Wisdom (JYU.Wisdom) and the Sustainability Transformations Doctoral School, which will be established in Finland this year. In the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, the project will be part of the research team Ecosocial Sustainability and Education. The three-year project will start in December 2024.
More information:
Professor Hannu L. T. Heikkinen, Finnish Institute for Educational Research
