We have uploaded our Pride of Place teaching curriculum on our website. Please go to the download section and find the link where you can get access to this document. We are curious to hear your thoughts and experiences about this IO2.
The curriculum has been translated and tested in three partner countries (Ireland, Portugal and Italy) at four schools involving about 150 students, and was subsequently evaluated, improved and finalised. The curriculum and its syllabus were evaluated by the 16 teachers involved in pilot testing. 75% of the teachers said the Read more…
The Policy Brief has been translated in our partners’ national language and are now available for download on our website. Click here to go to the download page
We have published our Policy Brief which explains the relevance of our Pride of Place project for rural communities. It aims to inform policy and decision makers about this relevance and to stimulate them to adopt the project outputs. This Brief is the condensed version of the full theoretical report, Read more…
We have published our theoretical framework in which the concept of Pride of Place is explored, described how it relates to other important concepts such as place attachment and place identity and importantly explained how Pride of Place is relevant for rural communities. “Since people are proud of place as Read more…
Even though we are in difficult times, we are still keeping the spirits up and keep working on our project. The testing has been suspended in most countries and we have started the development of a teacher training course that should support them in acquiring and developing specific competencies to Read more…
Due to the impact of the current pandemic our testing phase has been temporarily suspended. The schools involved in the testing are closing until further notice or are moving to online education. We hope to restart as soon as possible.
From February to April we will be testing our school curriculum at five schools in Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Turkey. During these test, primary and secondary school pupils will be guided to explore and research what makes their rural area unique. In this uniqueness you can find identity and pride. Read more…
From November 28-29 our third transnational partner meeting took place in Gondomar, Portugal. In these two days we visited the local schools of the ‘Agrupamento de Escolas no1, de Gondomar’, discussed the state of our project and planned ahead for the next 6 months. A very fruitful and energising meeting. Read more…
On the 8th of October 2019 we presented our first project results at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels. At this major event, organised by the EU, we were invited to share our thoughts and research findings on some of the pending questions surrounding the future of Read more…