Strengthening the health awareness of primary school students with the use of modern forms of education

About this project

<p>The project implemented as part of an international consortium consisting of partners from Poland and Norway is a response to the important problem of eating disorders and the resulting physical and mental problems of school students.<br> The aim of the project is to increase knowledge and shape habits in the field of correct patterns of healthy lifestyle among students in grades IV-VI. The aim of the project is to disseminate information in an attractive, multimedia and accessible cognitive form of 10-12 year olds to help shape the habits of healthy eating, physical activity and prevent eating disorders. The result of the project will be the provision of modern tools and programs of nutrition and exercise education to schools and their teaching staff, which can be used in accordance with the core curriculum during lessons. Importantly, elementary schools will be included in the process of creating the platform, which will provide opinions on the developed substantive scope, didactic process as well as the functionality of the platform and its usability, so that the project responds to the needs of recipients. Schools recruited to the project will pilot the educational program as part of education. The project will be implemented in accordance with the Design Thinking methodology, agile IT project management or UCD (User Centered Design) method..<br> The project will use gamification tools, which is to encourage the active participation of the target group, foster the activation of recipients and maintenance of motivation, and enable the implement. of distance learning.<br> The project plans a pilot implementation of the solution as part of the activities of two Schools and providing support to at least 60 students of these Schools, as well as an intensive information campaign aimed at supporting at least 1000 students during the project durability period.<br> In the long term, the impact of the project will help shape a group of new, future citizens with greater health awareness.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Cooperation with a partner from Norway brought a number of benefits, such as substantive support in the process of building the platform and supervision of its usability and technological compatibility, and transposition of Norwegian standards in the field of health education into the educational and preventive programs being developed. In addition, the partner participated in the development of analyzes and recommendations regarding methods and tools used in Norwegian education in health prevention. He also supported the leader and other partners in the process of selecting the open source platform constituting the basis of the target solution, as well as in the process of developing functional and technical requirements. The result of the cooperation is an increase in the level of project potential, including at the European level, of the organization and the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of educational standards in Poland and Norway, enabling the use of the best solutions in the implementation of an e-learning platform that meets the needs of students. Further cooperation with the Norwegian partner is planned to further promote the developed solution and expand the network of schools participating in the program.

Project partners

• Changemaker Educations Donor project partner· Norway
• ARM Technology Sp. z o.o. Project partner· Poland
• TITO PRODUCTIONS K. FUKACZ D. SŁONINA SPÓŁKA KOMANDYTOWA Project partner· Poland
• Kinga Paciorek Institute of European Analysis Project partner· Poland