Our Greek partner, Aristotelio, recently completed a Learning, Teaching, and Training Activity (LTTA) from the 23 to 27 March. This mobility hosted in Serres, Greece, involved partners from Slovakia, Romania, Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey with others joining online from Turkey and the Czech Republic, bringing together educators to develop innovative STEAM teaching methodologies using fast fashion as a pedagogical tool, and designing targeted strategies to strengthen girls’ soft skills and engagement in STEAM fields.
In their blog post, Artistotelio documented the objectives and structure of the five day programme. The first two days consisted of formal training programmes, with the first day focusing on practical applications of fast fashion strategies in STEAM, and the second day on enhancing girls’ soft skills for STEAM engagement. These days provide an engaging mix of workshops, discussions, presentations, and learning from peers. Artistotelio highlighted the success of the digital engagement Kahoot workshop on Day 2, where many participants commented that they planned to use the Kahoot format directly with their own students at home! We are happy to hear that participants came away from the formal training sessions with both tangible outputs like concrete lesson plans, and participant outcomes like a deeper understanding of how to apply gender-sensitive pedagogical approaches in their own classrooms.
Following the formal training component, participants were enriched with additional cultural programming. On the LTTA’s third day, participants were able to experience the Greek Independence Day Parade, where the culturally rich costumes of the Macedonia and Serres region connected deeply with the project’s focus on critiquing the fast fashion industry. In the following days, participants also visited the Alistrati Cave, one of the most impressive cave systems in Europe, and were able to experience applied digital innovation through the cave’s robot guide system, Persephone. Programme participants also visited the coastal city of Kavala near the archaeological site of Phillippi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the first Christian Church was built on European soil. On the last day of the mobility, programming closed with structured reflection on the insights learnt from throughout the week, and a meaningful certificate ceremony.
We are happy to hear Aristotelio’s positive overview on this LTTA as productive, well-structured and genuinely enriching. The complementing of the cultural programme with formal training sessions was a thoughtful and engaging way of connecting nature, fashion, and culture with STEAM learning and digital innovations.
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