comet – A community of Ethics teachers in Europe
Duration: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2020
Ethics education plays an integral role in the fostering of European values. However, the subject of ethics is studied in schools within a wide variety of curricula across Europe, ranging from moral philosophy and religious education to world view education and general philosophy. This fragmentation of curricula, along with a fragmentation of pedagogical methods and goals, inhibits the opportunities for exchanges of best practices and mutual learning, which are two of the objectives of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020). The Community of Ethics Teachers in Europe aims at overcoming these curricular differences through digital innovation, in order to promote the acquisition of skills and competences of European ethics teachers.
Project coordinator:
Partners:
Zofijini Ljubimci - Drustvo za razvoj humanistike (Slovenia)
Association “Petit philosophy” (Croatia)
Goals:
Map the various ethics curricula in European secondary schools by means of an online interactive platform
Share different approaches to teaching ethics
Improve teaching practices in Europe
Research the various European ethics curricula by categorizing the different approaches
Main activities:
Research curriculum materials of the participating countries using so-called mixed-methods methodology
Develop multilingual 'Ethics Teachers' Visual Toolkit' that can be used in ethics classes throughout Europe
Establish a network of ethics teachers in Europe
Target groups:
Secondary education (age 15-19 years)
Secondary school teachers
Secondary school students
Total value of the project:
221.366,00 € (funded by the Erasmus+ K2)
Contact:
Bruno Curko (mala.filozofija@gmail.com)
