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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...
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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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