PRACTICE

The PRACTICE project is facing COVID 19 – and as this has an important impact on the piloting of the ” Practice Programme for the Prevention of Radicalisation”, the partnership is adapting and changing the way the programme is rolled out to teachers and students. To find out more, visit the PRACTICE website: https://practice-school.eu/ Keep up to date with the development of OER – the Open Educational Resource and its first release in the coming months.

The third newsletter of the Practice Project is online. It focuses on the first phase of the project – research – with the aim of developing, testing and disseminating an EU-wide CPD programme for teachers that focuses on promoting social, civic and intercultural competences and critical thinking among secondary school students in order to prevent radicalisation. It also offers a first look at the CPD programme, which has already been tested internally during the Citta di Castello meeting and is…

Update on the Practice Radicalisation Prevention Programme During the last month, the “Practice Programme for the Prevention of Radicalisation” has been adapted and developed in detail to create a high value programme, a structure that is easy to apply in different teaching situations and that can cover the needs of the partner countries. This collection consists of 14 different modules, divided into two parts – a collection of methods and strategies for teachers and a portfolio of non-formal education activities.…

At the beginning of September, the Practice Team met in Citta di Castello, Italy, to test and adapt the material developed and the methods of the program for the prevention of radicalization. During an intensive five-day exchange and test phase, the partners there helped to develop a program that aims to prevent radicalism through critical thinking. The mixed group of trainers, teachers, social workers, module and content developers and stakeholders used all their experience and expertise to produce high quality…

On the basis of the comparative research report, the Practice Partnership developed the programme on the prevention of radicalisation. The programme is divided into two different parts: a collection of different methods and strategies for teachers as theoretical background and support and a collection of different modules with a variety of activities that can be used in the classroom. Each partner used their expertise to design and develop a specific module, which in the end resulted in 14 specific aspects…

Update -In the period from April to July, the practice partnership completed the comparative research report on the situation regarding the prevention of radicalisation in schools. Detailed desk research and an intensive field research phase – involving 40 schools, 63 teachers and 27 stakeholders in 6 countries – resulted in a comprehensive report containing the most important findings. The comparative research report is now available online on the Practice website.

Update – The second PACTICE meeting took place in Liverpool at the beginning of April. The project PRACTICE – Preventing Radicalism through Critical Thinking Competences – will, among other things, develop an innovative, EU-wide programme for the prevention of radicalism in school education. The main objective of the second meeting was to exchange and finalize the field research, to provide an intensive phase of interviews with teachers and stakeholders and to provide a comprehensive and detailed basis for the further…

The PRACTICE project – Preventing Radicalism through Critical Thinking Competences aims to develop EU-wide continuing professional development (CPD) programme for teachers focussing on promotion of social, civic and intercultural competences and critical thinking of secondary school students. PRACTICE addresses current challenges and needs of preventing radicalisation in school and of supporting opportunities for teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) in this area, by developing, testing and disseminating an innovative approach, using participatory methods collaborative process, that involve 7 partner organisations and…