The arts in early childhood education

• Teachers of primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools and organizations
• Adult education teachers
• Teachers of special needs
• Teacher trainers
• Careers officers, counsellors, career guidance
• Headmasters/principals/managers of schools and organizations offering adult education or vocational education and organizations
• Infant and toddler specialists
• Non-governmental organization staff
• Public Servants, Policy Makers

Every child is born with creative potential. It is our job in early learning programs—and later school years—to nurture that creativity and support resourceful problem-solving, imaginative thinking, and transference of skills and knowledge to new experiences. This new review adds to the growing evidence about how arts participation helps young children develop strong social and emotional skills. Yet we need to delve deeper into how and why the various art forms impact children’s learning. And then most importantly we need to get this information into the hands of teachers who need more assurance that increasing the use of the arts can benefit children’s learning in language and literacy, math and science, and most importantly in social-emotional development.

—Libby Doggett, PhD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early LearningOffice of Elementary and Secondary EducationU.S. Department of Education

• social-emotional development
• social skills
• cooperation
• Innovation
• sustainability
• initiative
• early childhood
• emotion regulation skills
• problem solving
• communication
• decision making
• undertaking  and  fulfilling  responsibility
• active participation
• dynamic interaction of various  areas of development

• creativity development
• thinking and learning
• cultural competence, interaction and self-expression
• multiliteracy
• ensure smooth physical, mental and emotionally development in children and acquisition of positive habits
• take care of oneself and managing daily life
• competence in information and communication technology
• participation and involvement
• increase the intercultural awareness of participants, to enable them to acquire new skills and to increase their creativity
• gain useful skills in every aspect of life
• create a  common  environment  of  education  and  development for children coming from disadvantaged families and environments
• provide a learning environment, which will guide children’s curiosity, interest and learning motivation and give them opportunities for play
• promote activities encouraging the creativity in the field of participants
• strengthening self-confidence
• develop social values
• effect a smooth transition from the home to the school
• development of the ability to act for the local community
• development of communication skills
• developing the learning and cognitive skills
• increasing language competences
• how to resolve conflicts
• increasing the self-empowerment and self-esteem
• empower the participants in developing partnerships and networks

• team work
• role play
• brainstorming
• mental map
• workshops
• from activity to discussion
• dialogue
• cooperative learning
• learning by doing
• confidence and self-esteem
• learning from observations
• creative processing
• interviews
• collaboration
• knowledge transfer
• enjoyment of learning
• teaching through examples
• building trust
• encouraging holistic development
• convey the value of education through experience

• be responsible for disseminating the whole activities to local, regional and national mass media, to platforms and websites
• understand the principles of formal learning and non-formal learning
• acquire knowledge and skills to help them enrich their teaching practices
• learn how to design a lesson through art, music, drama and dance.

The course is implemented by experienced and specialized educators.
All costs can be supported with a grant under Key Action 1 of the Erasmus+ programme.
Course fee: EUR 420
Organisational Support: 200 euro
The course fee and the organisational costs are to be paid by bank transfer, before the course starts, to a limit date established by the course organiser.
The course fee must be paid 45 days prior to the start of the course.
We charge an all-inclusive fee of 130EUR per participant per day

• transfer to and from the airport
• full board accommodation
• training and working materials
• cultural activities
• entrance to all the museums
• monitoring and evaluation
• Europass Mobility

Upon completion of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, with a Europass Mobility Certificate.

Location: Heraklion Crete Greece

Transport

• By plane

Many different companies fly into Heraklion and Chania

TRAVELLING TO HERAKLION, CRETE GREECE

Heraklion is the main and largest city of the island of Crete, with a total population of 173,993 inhabitants, being the fourth largest city in Greece.

Heraklion International Airport is located 5 kilometers east of the city center of Heraklion.

• Heraklion International Airport Nikos Kazantzakis is the main international airport of the Greek island of Crete. Heraklion Airport is named after the well-known Greek writer and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, who was born in Heraklion.

TRAVELLING TO CHANIA, CRETE GREECE

• Chania International Airport, “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” is an international airport located near Souda Bay, 15 km from the city of Chania. Chania Airport is located also 185 kilometers away from Heraklion Airport. There is a public bus service between the city of Chania and the airport.
• by boat from Athens Greece

https://www.minoan.gr/en/crete

https://www.minoan.gr/en/chania-piraeus

https://www.isferry.com/ferry-destinations/ferry-crete

 

For further information, please contact us at info@erasmus-morfikepansi.edu.gr