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Meet our Social Innovation Practitioners
In NEMESIS we are trying a social innovation education model for and with schools to empower the changemakers of tomorrow. For that to work, the combination of teacher and social innovators expertise...
View ArticleDeveloping the entrepreneurial citizen
How can the incorporation of democratic citizenship, entrepreneurial competences and social innovation practices in education contribute towards the empowerment of students as active citizens and...
View ArticleNEMESIS teacher training: bringing teachers and social entrepreneurs together
NEMESIS’ first teachers’ training took place in the middle of June in Thessaloniki. A meeting reflecting NEMESIS’ philosophy at their best – combining different knowledge to drive social change- which...
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Introducing NEMESIS schools
In every journey there is a a group of brave pioneers whose involvement and commitment are essential to succeed. Such is the case in our schools. We are already on the hunt for more schools to be...
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Social Innovation in Schools. A proposal for the future of education.
For the last 30 years, students have been taught the same way. We keep teaching them how to acquire and memorise knowledge, even if what they need in this era of ‘information overload’ are skills and...
View ArticleDiscover NEMESIS philosophy in a nutshell: Social Innovation Community (SIC)...
We had the pleasure of attending the last Social Innovation Community meeting in Seville. The discussion centred on how to foster a culture of social innovation and how to ensure the practice of this...
View ArticleWhat is social innovation education and why should I care?
It’s five o’clock, and Óscar – student from year 3- has his hands covered in dust. He’s kneeling in a sunny corner of the playground together with his mother, Itziar, who is rolling up her sleeves...
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How to implement Social Innovation Education effectively in your school?
Change is the only constant. – Heraclitus, Greek philosopher Our world is changing fast and many European education systems are changing accordingly. This requires school leaders to lead changes as...
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With great innovation comes great citizenship…
With great innovation comes great citizenship… How social innovation and youth activism skills complement each other to create the 21st century citizen! Or what Spiderman’s uncle would say if we...
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NEMESIS and the unexpected
In the Co-creation Labs at Rockingham Junior and Infant School the process is bringing up some exciting possibilities and activities that we hadn’t bargained for. One idea that a 10 year old (Year 6)...
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Three concepts in a boat: co-creation, youth-adult interactions and student...
Co-creation is a central piece in NEMESIS model. Such a fancy word deserves a better explanation. What follows is an attempt at translating it into educational jargon. I’ll be indulging in two...
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It’s time for better schools: NEMESIS partners meet in Sheffield
In June 2019 the pilot schools, along with the rest of the partners involved in NEMESIS, met in Sheffield (UK) to put in common the experience with those pilots schools that have been implementing...
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NEMESIS participation in the Scenario Workshop on the Future of Social...
On 10th July 2019, a future policy scenario workshop was organized in the premises of the European Commission, DG for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC). The aim of this workshop was to...
View ArticlePedagogies for active citizenship: flavours, strategies and tensions
“Our education systems and schools need to prepare young people to become active, participative and responsible individuals: the complex, multicultural and rapidly evolving societies we live in cannot...
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NEMESIS in the 7EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
In 24-27 June 2019, the NEMESIS team participated in the 7EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise which is one of the world’s central meeting places for all researchers that are...
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Teachers’ Training Event in Thessaloniki
Some days before the official start of the academic year 2019 -2020, the NEMESIS team organized a teacher’s training workshop in the premises of the 9th high school of Kalamaria in Thessaloniki,...
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NEMESIS participation in Youth activism, engagement and the development of...
When: 25/06/2019 – 28/06/19 Where: Budapest, HUNGARY Our partner Valnalón attended the final event of the Leverhulme Trust International Network project on Youth Activism. This 3-year project...
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The student experience of NEMESIS: cultivating self-positivity in the classroom
Having had the privilege to take part in and closely observe pilot period 1 of NEMESIS at Rockingham Junior and Infant School, I realise how important the power of self-positivity is. We all know what...
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How students’ attempts to contribute to a better society impact the school?
The previous year in NEMESIS, 8 schools, 56 teachers and 1030 students around Europe used a new and experimental educational approach to empower young people. This involved the creation of social...
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NEMESIS as a good practice of education in social economy
NEMESIS was included as an example of good educational practice in the Education and Social Economy Conference: “How do we learn economics for an eco-social transition? This event took place between...
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Scaling up social innovation education in Europe
In collaboration with primary and secondary schools from Greece, Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Portugal, the NEMESIS framework and resources were developed and tested over the last year. A...
View Article7th partner meeting in Utrecht
Our 7th international partners’ meeting wrapped up three weeks ago, and as usual, it was filled with both insight and inspiration. The beautiful city of Utrecht served as the backdrop to a discussion...
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Teacher’s Training in Digital Storytelling: New Media and Education
Digital Storytelling is an integral part of NEMESIS as it is used as a learning tool as well as to document and showcases the work created in the Co-creation Labs. On December 10th, the NEMESIS team...
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Launching the online learning platform: A new shared space to bind the...
NEMESIS’ online learning platform marks a new step in the journey of the project. The online platform provides resources to teachers and educators interested in applying the model. There they can find...
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What is digital storytelling and what is not?
Digital storytelling has its origins in one of the oldest arts in the history of mankind – telling stories. It is based on creating and telling or sharing narrations using not only words, but also...
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Stakeholder engagement in NEMESIS: Lessons from Pilot 1
NEMESIS conceived co-creation labs as open learning environments. Here, teachers and students join forces with parents, social innovation practitioners and any other member of the local community to...
View ArticleNEMESIS in times of COVID: Interview with Louise Greenwood, Head of School at...
Most schools around the world have closed in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to UNESCO, almost 70% of the world’s student population is affected by the closures. Due...
View ArticleNEMESIS Projects Map
During these times of uncertainty, the education system is one of the things that has been affected more than anything. With schools and colleges closed, there was a sudden shift to online and...
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Revisiting the NEMESIS philosophy: key messages for the second pilot period
Reaching a wider impact scale in NEMESIS means thoroughly looking back into the principles and structural aspects of its philosophy and redefining and better communicating essential aspects, that were...
View ArticleNEMESIS, Social Innovation, Digital Technology and COVID-19
The last few months the COVID-19 has affected everybody’s lives and changed substantially our way of living. One area that these changes are particularly evident, is education. The current situation...
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Competence development Vol. 1: Identifying opportunities for social and...
Drawings of Willow Tree Academy students reflecting upon the 14 SI competences During the 2018-2019 academic year, 8 schools from 5 European countries involving 56 teachers, 1030 students and 80...
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Staying Together: online call between Los Albares, Ruffi and Willow Tree...
One of the main outcomes for a NEMESIS school to participate in NEMESIS is that teachers and pupils become part of an innovative European community. After some months of lockdown, some of our NEMESIS...
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Competence development 2: Developing collaborations and building meaningful...
Education is not solely about preparing young people for the world of work but also about equipping them with competences that will enable them to become socially proactive, empowered, responsible and...
View ArticleNEMESIS in Covid Times – Staying social and innovating – Interview with Jane...
Schools involved in NEMESIS have found themselves in extraordinary times. Given the situation and pressure they are experiencing, how and why are schools continuing the NEMESIS project? Last month we...
View Article8TH ICSD 2020 International Conference
Partners of the NEMESIS consortium (Stimmuli, ILI-FAU) participated in the International Conference of Sustainable Development organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development (ECSDEV)....
View ArticleIs there a link between student participation rights and “doing well” at school?
I want to draw your attention to the article “Four arenas of school-based participation: towards a heuristic for children’s rights-informed educational practice” by Mannion, Sowerby and L’Anson (2020)....
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Piloting the NEMESIS Lessonseries
On a sunny Tuesday in October, we went to a high school in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands. Today I was going to do my first pilot of the NEMESIS Lessonseries Co-Creation. I felt excited and a little...
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NEMESIS in The Network of Teachers for the Sustainability and the Circle Economy
Nikos Amanatidis, the Educational Coordinator in Northern Greece, presented the NEMESIS project on an e-conference regarding Sustainability in Schools and the Cycle Economy. It was organized by the 3rd...
View ArticleNEMESIS in Edumeet, Transfers for Innovation and Pedagogical Change
On December, 4th, NEMESIS was presented in Edumeet, the International Congress on Transfers for Innovation and Pedagogical Change. Congress was designed under the idea that many present realities mean...
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NEMESIS, an Update
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everybody’s lives and businesses and it has noticeably affected education at all levels. As a result, NEMESIS has also been affected, especially because the NEMESIS...
View ArticleCan Social Innovation Education support social, emotional & mental health?
Social Innovation Education was developed to give young people the chance to identify and address social problems in their local area and, through hands on experience for a real-life purpose, enable...
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Aline Santos, teacher of AEMaia: “If learning were a process centred on the...
Aline Santos has been an Elementary teacher for the last 20 years. Since 2013 she has been in charge of the International Projects in Elementary Schools, in the Cluster of Maia´s Schools (Portugal),...
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Social innovation competence development Vol 3: taking action both on an...
Having the ability to activate individuals into achieving collective goals while being committed towards a shared vision even if efforts fail to produce results, is when groups become more effective...
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The NEMESIS Game – A serious game to support the creation of the changemakers...
The NEMESIS project aims to combine education with social innovation to empower young people to address the social issues of the future and become the changemakers of tomorrow. In order to fullfil this...
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NEMESIS Film Festival
On June, 24th NEMESIS will be celebrating its Film Festival: a digital event to share experiences, learnings, ideas, and reflections around the Co-Creation Labs produced by schools across Europe. Mark...
View ArticleInterview with Verónica Gonzalo, Teacher at Los Albares School
Veronica has been giving lessons for more than ten years at Los Albares School, the Spanish NEMESIS pilot school. An experience that has served her as a fuze for being the actual coordinator of the...
View ArticleDaniel Santolaria Moreno, Alumni at CEIP Los Albares: “The good thing about...
What do you especially remember about NEMESIS? I left with the feeling of having collaborated in something important and with seeing your work transformed into school things, for example the wheel...
View ArticleNicolás Orera Migliaccio, Alumni at CEIP Los Albares: “In NEMESIS we had to...
What do you especially remember about NEMESIS? Among my best memories is the fact that we could propose new things and that everyone was eager to participate because you had a good time and at the...
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Social Innovation Education: Nurturing the social self over the...
Neoliberalism ‘has become so incorporated into the culture of western liberal-democratic societies, that few people ever think about it’(1) , which has resulted in people thinking that enterprise is...
View ArticleIntroducing the NEMESIS Online Course! (MOOC)
Everything you need to know to get to grips with Social Innovation Education and how to deliver it! The NEMESIS MOOC is online NEMESIS has already brought you the Replication Handbook – a comprehensive...
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