Project
“Heritage in Motion” aims to promote the knowledge of heritage at a local and European level for the purpose of encouraging the values inherent in cultural heritage — which make it a fundamental part of the development of European society — amongst citizens. It therefore strengthens the purpose of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (Decision [EU] 2017/864): “encouraging as many people as possible to discover and explore the European cultural heritage and to reinforce a sense of belonging to the European family”.
The project develops and implements innovative methods for older adult teaching which value this group’s experience and skills and include both constructive and cognitive methodologies: learning in context; flipped classroom; project-based learning; and the use of ICT, since we believe that open education as well as the innovative practices characteristic of the digital era must play a fundamental role in today’s society.
Context
The project “Heritage in Motion” is part of the Erasmus+ programme and it is mainly involved in cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices having the major impact on the field of Strategic Partnerships for adult education.
This project is focused on a training course for adults about the cultural heritage of the European society, which will create a desire to explore more about the culture of the continent and strengthen the ties that bind the European community. There are four partners participating in this project, which are: the Permanent University of the University of Alicante, the U3A Reykjavik, the Democratic Society East Foundation and the Public Open University of Zagreb; therefore, they need English as the main language in order to communicate between them, which makes older adults to use the language that will help them with their linguistic skills.