Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Ministry of Education and Culture ASSESSMENT OF TRANSVERSAL SKILLS 2020 Enhancement of students’ transversal skills through the use of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Ministry of Education and Culture www.ats2020.eu www.Eis.ats2020.eu www.Mahara.ats2020.eu www.O365.ats2020.eu

What is ATS2020 Project? ATS2020 is a European Policy Experimentation funded by the European Commission via the Erasmus+ programme. It concerns the pilot implementation of new learning approaches with a view to shaping educational policy The ATS2020 consortium brings together 17 partners and 4 associate partners from 11 European countries in a collaborative research and implementation process, in order for them to work out methods of development and assessment of students’ transversal skills

ATS2020 Project … ATS2020 Assessment of Transversal skills: Proposes a comprehensive learning model to enhance students’ transversal, 21st century skills across diverse EU national curricula. Introduces teachers to new pedagogical approaches and innovative tools for the development and assessment of those skills

Project Partners Coordinator Partners Associate Partners

Objectives To provide students and teachers with an innovative learning model for the development and assessment of students’ transversal skills which will be based on: Students’ age group National Curriculum Innovative and learner-centred learning approaches Supporting tools to facilitate innovative teaching as well as new assessment methods Digital tools and environments based on the utilization of technological solutions (e.g. ePortfolio, Learning Analytics, Social Networks, Assessment Rubrics) To give the opportunity to about 1000 teachers to get acquainted with and implement ATS learning model To contribute with reliable data to the shaping of educational policy on national and European level

Project Sample Project sample Number of schools 250 25 schools in 10 participating countries Number of classes 500 250 schools Χ 2 classes (Experimental and control groups) Number of teachers 1000 4 teachers Χ 250 schools Number of students 10000 500 classes Χ 20 students (age group: 10 – 15 years )

Pedagogical Elements of ATS2020 ePortfolio Transversal Skills Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning Learning design with the incorporation of digital tools

ePortfolio   “ePortfolios are (student-owned) dynamic digital workspaces whereby students can capture their learning, their ideas, access their collections of work, reflect on their learning, share it, set goals, seek feedback and showcase their learning and achievements.” EUfolio project (2014)

Transversal Skills By the term transversal skills, ATS2020 project refers to a broad range of basic skills which are deemed highly important for school and academic achievement as well as for performance in the workplace Transversal skills include among others critical thinking, initiative taking, utilization of digital tools, problem solving, collaboration

(Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT Is intended to summarise student attainment at a particular time as well as the attainment of the educational goals set. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Is intended to evaluate students’ progress towards the attainment of educational goals, by emphasizing needs identification and subsequent modification of teaching (e.g. feedback ) FOR SELF/PEER ASSESSMENT Is intended to provide students with opportunities for personal development, including for the development of new skills OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT AS

ATS2020 Learning Model Learner-Centred approach

ATS2020 Project Implementation ATS2020 SCHOOL CONTROL GROUP Participates in the initial skills evaluation Does not implement ATS 2020 learning model Participates in final skills evaluation EXPERIMENTAL GROUP Participates in initial assessment Implements ATS2020 learning model Participates in final assessment TRAINER’S SCHOOL CASE STUDY Participates in initial skills evaluation Implements ATS 2020 learning model Is being monitored as to the implementation Participates in final skills evaluation

ATS2020 Project Implementation Training of teachers of the experimental group about ATS2020 project, its theoretical background and ATS2020 learning tools Raising awareness in participating schools about the ATS2020 project and its aims Creation of students’ accounts to enable access to Mahara and Office365 digital environments Designing and development of lesson plans to support development of the necessary transversal skills among students of the experimental group (for teachers of experimental group) Initial skills evaluation Teachers (Teacher’s pre-questionnaire) Students ( Students’ pre-test) Final skills evaluation Teachers (Teachers’ post-questionnaires) Students (Students’ post-tests) Implementation of learning cycles in school classes (experimental groups) Reflection on implementation and evaluation ( participation in the research component of the project) ATS2020 final conference with the participation of a number of teachers from each country -

ATS2020 Benefits TEACHERS STUDENTS POLICY MAKERS Participation in trainings for professional development Sharing of best practices and ideas Use of digital tools for implementing innovative methods in teaching and learning Education for effective utilization of formative assessment so as to further support learning   POLICY MAKERS Validation of comprehensive learning and assessment of transversal skills model Development of innovative learning environments for the development of skills Assessment of project impact and drafting of educational policy proposals on national and European level STUDENTS Development of transversal skills (communication, collaboration, autonomous learning, creativity, innovation) Development of skills for autonomous learning (setting goals as well as setting out a strategy for attainment of these goals) Utilization of ePortfolios for life-long learning purposes

The role of the school To inform teachers, students, parents and guardians about ATS2020 project and its objectives, emphasizing its importance and potential benefits for students and teachers To put into place all necessary infrastructure and create the appropriate conditions for its implementation To support participating teachers and students To utilize the opportunities that ATS2020 offers in order to provide a more efficient education to its students

Coordinator’s contact details: Educational Technology Department, CPI Anastasia Economou: anasta@cyearn.pi.ac.cy ATS2020 Project implementation team Constantinou Maria : constantinou.m@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Hadjittofi Panayiota : hadjittofi.p@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Kanaris Nicolas : Kanaris.n@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Koutsides George : koutsidesg@gmail.com Kyprianou Marios : kymarios@cytanet.com.cy Markidou Nicolina : markidou.n@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Panayiotou Anastasia : panayiotou.a@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Polydorou Nikoletta : polydorou.n@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Stefanou Afroditi : stefanou.a@cyearn.pi.ac.cy Tomazou Stella : tomazou.s@cyearn.pi.ac.cy

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