Project Overview
The Boost21 project is an Erasmus+ initiative focused on strengthening 21st-century soft skills among school students; such as creative thinking, problem-solving, communication, and adaptability, while also equipping teachers with innovative learning and mentoring approaches. By integrating formal and non-formal education techniques with a gamification based digital platform, Boost21 aims to enhance student engagement, nurture lifelong learning, and ultimately foster resilience in the face of rapid societal changes.
Through cross border collaboration among six partner organizations, the project leverages diverse expertise in pedagogy, research, and technology to ensure robust, evidence based, and inclusive learning resources. The end goal is to create a modern, interactive, and supportive environment where both learners and educators can thrive.
Project Objectives
- Enhance Student Soft Skills: Develop and implement engaging digital tools and curricula that encourage creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills among school students.
- Empower Educators: Provide teachers, school professionals, and NGO facilitators with comprehensive training modules and mentoring resources, enabling them to adopt innovative techniques aligned with formal curricula.
- Develop a Gamification-Based Platform: Create a user-friendly online platform for interactive, game-like activities, motivating students to collaborate, solve problems, and embrace continuous learning in a playful environment.
- Foster Digital Readiness: Promote purposeful, inclusive use of digital technologies in education, strengthening both student and teacher competencies in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
- Build an International Community: Encourage knowledge sharing and networking among European educational institutions, ensuring that best practices and methodologies are replicated, refined, and scaled across borders
Key Tools and Deliverables
Learning-Based Educational and Mentoring Resources for School Teachers
A comprehensive suite of teacher-centered tools and lessons designed to foster 21st Century Soft Skills in the classroom. Building on best practices and modern pedagogical research, these resources empower educators to blend formal curricula with non-formal approaches, ensuring students become critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and confident communicators.
- Comprehensive Curriculum Modules: Ready-to-use learning materials focusing on creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and effective communication. Each module is aligned with formal school subjects yet flexible enough to integrate non-formal techniques.
- Mentoring Guides and Lesson Plans: Step-by-step guides for introducing new activities, projects, and discussions, designed to help teachers incorporate diverse teaching strategies that keep learners motivated and engaged.
- Interactive Skill-Building Exercises: Classroom-ready tasks tailored to developing key 21st-century competencies, like leadership, productivity, initiative, and technology literacy in an engaging, student-friendly manner.
- Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Tools: Features that encourage teachers to share ideas, best practices, and challenges. The aim is to foster a supportive network of educators focused on elevating classroom experiences.
- Assessment and Feedback Framework: Practical checklists, rubrics, and reflection prompts enabling teachers to gauge student progress, adapt lessons, and deliver timely feedback.
- Flexible and Accessible Design: All resources are adaptable to different teaching styles, class sizes, and student needs. Clear visual aids, multiple language options, and easy-to-print formats ensure inclusivity and ease of use.
Gamification-Based Digital Creative Platform
An interactive online environment designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and collaboration among school students. By blending game mechanics with meaningful learning experiences, this platform aims to promote the development of key 21st-century soft skills; such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork, while offering teachers an intuitive way to implement innovative educational approaches.
- Engaging Gameplay Mechanics: Quests, levels, and rewards that motivate students to apply and refine their creative thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities in a fun, supportive setting.
- Skill-Tracking Assessments: Built-in metrics that provide real-time insights into students’ progress, enabling both educators and learners to pinpoint strengths, address challenges, and celebrate achievements.
- Teacher Implementation Guide: Step-by-step instructions and classroom integration strategies to help teachers seamlessly embed gamified learning into existing lessons, ensuring both ease of use and pedagogical impact.
- Modular Design: Flexible, scalable modules that fit diverse educational settings, ranging from after-school clubs to full-class activities, allowing educators to customize the experience to different age groups and subjects.
