EDUSCAPE: Learning Through, In, and With Landscapes

"Landscape is not limited to idyllic views that we know from books or vacation advertisements. Landscape surrounds us always and everywhere—even in the city. EduScape is about learning 'landscape literacy'—being able to read and understand landscapes in order to grasp everything else through this understanding!"
Richard Stiles, TU Wien

In the European research project EduScape, knowledge about current societal, ecological, and cultural challenges driven by climate change is conveyed. The fundamental idea is to use the landscapes around schools as a starting point for inquiry-based learning processes.

The results of the international research project will be presented on September 12, 2024, during a seminar for educators at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien).

EduScape offers teaching materials, methods, and tools related to current societal challenges such as biodiversity, climate change, social inclusion, and cultural heritage in 15 thematic areas. All materials can be used in regular classroom teaching, have direct links to the curriculum, and are project-oriented, interdisciplinary, and applicable across subjects.

The target group is primary school students (ages 6-10) and lower secondary school students (ages 11-15).

Each thematic area can be implemented in a total of five teaching units. The engagement with each topic can be more intensive or less demanding, depending on interest and the time available. Each unit includes an introduction for educators with the most important information.

September 12, 2024, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Vienna University of Technology
Karlsplatz 13, 1010 Vienna

"In the EduScape project, the landscape around the school is used for learning processes about climate change."
Peter Kurz, University of Education Upper Austria

Presentation of the results of the international research project on climate change and dissemination of the materials for classroom teaching

Program:
1:00 PM Registration and informal exchange at the buffet

1:30 PM Welcome and introduction of the team
2:00 PM Keynote
Barbara Feller, Platform Building Culture Policy

2:30 PM EduScape: Learning Through, In, and With Landscapes
Presentation of the Erasmus+ project EduScape
Mirjana Petrik, CTU – Czech Technical University in Prague
Presentation of the teaching materials
Partners of the Erasmus+ project EduScape

4:00 PM Break with drinks and snacks

4:30 PM Dissemination
Marion Starzacher, University College of Teacher Education Styria
Peter Kurz, Vienna University of Technology

5:00 PM Outlook: Landscape Literacy as a Concept
Richard Stiles, Vienna University of Technology

5:15 PM Exchange

6:00 PM End of the event

For information and registration, contact: lara.breidbach@tuwien.ac.at