MILES - MIL and PRE-BUNKING approaches for Critical thinking in the education sector

The MILES - MIL and PRE-BUNKING approaches for Critical thinking in the education sector  project is an Erasmus Partnerships for Innovation - Forward Looking Projects and its number is 101132716 — MILES — ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PI-FORWARD.

MILES - MIL and PRE-BUNKING approaches for Critical thinking in the education sector aims to develop, test and assess innovative approaches for MIL (Media and Information Literacy), pre-bunking, data and digital literacy in educational sector, intervening in both ITT (Initial teacher training) and CPD (Continuous Professional Development) for preparing current and future teachers to address the growing complexity of societal challenges posed by the online environment.

Run by 12 partners from 10 EU countries, the project will develop, test, and assess innovative approaches for MIL, pre-bunking, and data literacy in the educational sector.

As for its implementation, partners will first collect data and best practices through desk-based research and direct interviews with relevant stakeholders (108 in total). This will allow the preparation of a specific training program with materials to be used for both Initial Teachers

Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hosted by the MILES e-learning platform. 180 teachers (20 in ITE and 20 in CPD per country) will be trained. After this, the involved teachers in CPD will co-create a Toolbox for their students and facilitate 8 dedicated workshops with them (3 classes with a total of 60 per country, in total 270 students) to integrate pre-bunking techniques in their daily classes.

At the end of these, students will test their acquired skills and competences by co-creating a boardgame and testing it by arranging a tailormade workshop targeted to families (270 parents in total participating). In parallel, several local focus groups with the educational communities in participants countries (270 people participating) will draw up a set of concrete proposals, which will be presented and discussed with policy-makers at national and EU level, involving 600 people in total. Extensive dissemination activities and impact assessment will be carried out during the whole duration of the project.

Partner organisations

• Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo Danilo Dolci, Italy – coordinator
• Associação de Investigação Observatório Lusófono de Actividades Económicas, Portugal
• APROXIMAR- Cooperativa de solidariedade social, CRL, Portugal
• Asociația Lectura și Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea Gândirii Critice Romania
• BUPNET Bildung und Projekt NetzWerk GMBH, Germany
• KMOP - KOMVOS EKPAIDEFSIS KAI KAINOTOMIAS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA, Greece
• GO! - HET GEMEENSCHAPSONDERWIJS, Belgium
• CARDET CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Cyprus
• DIE BERATER UNTERNEHMENSBERATUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, Austria
• ATERMON BV, The Netherlands
• DANMAR COMPUTERS SP, Poland

Duration: 3 years (1 January 2024 – 31 December 2026)

Co-funded by the European Commission

Objectives

Specific Objective 1: To empower teachers to develop, test, and assess innovative approaches through ITE (Initial Teacher Education) and CPD (Continuous Professional Development).

Specific Objective 2: To improve students’ ability to approach the online environment critically and safely, bridging the intergenerational gap between students and teachers in the digital and media field.

Specific Objective 3: To promote innovative approaches and evidence-based policy in education and public awareness about disinformation and cognitive biases.

Workpackages

WP1 - coordination and management

WP2 - research/documentation - collection of data and good practices in the areas of media and information literacy, pre-bunking, data literacy & creation of the two training courses (one course for student teachers and one course for teachers)

WP3 - training of future teachers and teachers; co-creation of materials and workshops with students (these workshops will run for one school year); students will co-create a workshop for parents

WP4 - 2 local meetings of the educational community with representatives of stakeholders (decision-makers) to produce a set of proposals to be presented to local politicians. These proposals will be presented at national level by organising an event in each of the 8 partner countries and at European level by organising an event in Brussels.

WP5 - communication and dissemination - the project website