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The project will develop an innovative curriculum for grades 4-8, integrating all learning forms (lessons, extracurricular activities, interdisciplinary projects, tutoring, e-learning, and the student''s work).The program promotes an integrated view of learning, teaching, and development. The aim is to move away from the dominance of classroom teaching and the transmission of content to education for the future supporting students'' independence and well-being, incorporating new technologies (ICT), developing creativity, communication, criticality, and cooperation at school. They create conditions for the transformation of learning activities into student development. The project team consists of 4 researchers from Østfold University College in Halden, 4 researchers from the University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw, and 22 teachers from Spark Academy in Poznan. All students will be actively involved in the development of the program. The methodology used will be formative interventions, engaged qualitative research, Galperin''s theoretical and methodological learning concepts. The project team''s collaboration will include workshops of the Teaching Laboratory, direct observations in the school, research lessons, networked analysis of multimedia data in Portfolio. The project will include the following stages: development of a school research plan; evaluation of the existing teaching; design and testing of new teaching solutions; development of publications - to improve the quality of education.
A SPARK ACADEMY TEACHING LABORATORY HANDBOOK will also be prepared, that will enable teachers from other schools to initiate changes in classes 4-8 adjusted to local conditions, in accordance with the idea of education for the future. Polish and Norwegian researchers will publish the research concerning the new teaching quality that transforms interrelated learning and teaching activities.