In Palermo at the end of March all the partners of MILES have gathered at the office of Centro Sviluppo Creativo Danilo Dolci (CSC) to kick off the start of the three years project.
The project MILES – MIL and PRE-BUNKING approaches for critical thinking in the education sector – funded by the Forward Looking Projects programme – will last 36 months (1/1/24 – 31/12/26) and will see the cooperation of 11 partners from 10 European countries.
The aim of the project is to address the urgent issue of the spreading of fake news and disinformation by tackling the education system through working teachers in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and students of secondary schools.
To achieve this aim, the project will focus on three methodologies in particular: Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Pre-bunking and Data Literacy, with the aim to:
- Develop innovative approaches tailored to the educational context.
- Intervene in both ITE and CPD to equip current and future teachers with the necessary skills to address the complexities of the online environment.
- Enhance teachers', students’, and families’ awareness and preparedness to tackle fake news and disinformation, focusing on strategies for identifying and countering misinformation.
- Foster collaboration among educational stakeholders, policymakers, and relevant organizations to integrate digital literacy initiatives into educational curricula effectively.
- Ensure the sustainability and scalability of the project outcomes, enabling them to be transferred to different educational contexts and audiences.
MILES will create new and tailored tools during its duration that will be long-lasting resources for schools and teachers.
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