Ketlīna Tumase, Arta Rūdolfa, University of Latvia, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology
The GREENCODE project aims to increase the skills and training of preschool teachers to equip them with the necessary skills to engage children in the world of tomorrow and to become environmentally aware. The Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology at the University of Latvia is also looking at how to make the training process for future teachers innovative and 21st-century competencies oriented.
Once a year, one of the largest study festivals in Latvia, Universs@LU, takes place, where prospective students, current students and teachers gather to learn about new developments in the academic life, study programmes and scientific fields of each faculty of the University of Latvia.
This year, GREENCODE partners from Latvia gathered interested students around them, not only to talk about the modern study process for future preschool teachers but also to invite them to workshops where they could learn about the role and contribution of different technological solutions in education – educational robotics, virtual reality, drones, etc. The project partners also shared with the visitors the objectives of the GREENCODE project, the message conveyed, the materials developed and their potential application. The future and current teachers showed their interest and willingness to follow the project’s progress.
The partners of the University of Latvia believe that the GREENCODE project and the shared vision of the partners about the importance of environmental awareness and the integration of technology into a deeper understanding of various issues is an important contribution to the training of future teachers.
