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PLASTIC FREE HEROES: Teaching and learning material on plastics

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PLASTIC FREE HEROES: Teaching and learning material on plastics

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The Teaching and learning material on plastic module aims at providing all the necessary and appropriate materials to teachers and school staff for introducing and engaging their students and their families to the issue of plastic use and the need for reduction. Furthermore, this module intends to awake awareness of plastic use issues and their ethical, economic, and environmental dimensions in order to appeal to students’ cognitive, emotional and action-oriented sentiments.
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He graduated as an economist in Tourism and Catering (BA) then obtained his MA degree in Regional and Environmental Economics at Szent István University in 2016. After spending for 4 years at a consulting company and working with national and international projects related to energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric vehicles, he joined the team of the Humusz Waste Prevention Alliance in April 2020 as a Zero Waste Program Manager. He's now responsible for the internal management of Humusz's Erasmus+ project; for the organisations’ international relations; environmental counselling for citizens via phone and e-mail; and organisation of various events (conferences, trainings, awareness-raising programmes, webinars, etc.).

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Introduction to PLASTIC FREE HEROES project | FAU-ILI

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Introduction to PLASTIC FREE HEROES project | FAU-ILI

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The PLASTIC FREE HEROES project puts forward an innovative learning approach that uses the use of plastic as a conceptual context, in order to enable students to learn not just facts, but develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills that can be applied to real-life situations.
PLASTIC FREE HEROES has developed an innovative plastic waste educational package for teaching and learning which incorporates 3 novel products:

The PLASTIC FREE HEROES Curriculum, includes content-related plastic waste reduction and recycling learning materials.

The PLASTIC FREE HEROES Teachers training resources and online courses.

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The PLASTIC FREE HEROES MOOC

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Scientific and technological progress is rapidly transforming communities around the world, fueling innovation and enabling new pathways towards improving citizens’ living standards. It is essential for educators to move from traditional teaching approaches to innovative and active learning practice…

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PLASTIC FREE HEROES Social Activism Module

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PLASTIC FREE HEROES Social Activism Module

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The module will provide age-appropriate introductory materials to civic education, especially the value of collective action and cooperation. In addition, the module will include social activism project-based learning activities that will enable children to engage in practical and socially-oriented activities, such as making their own campaigns, drafting petitions and
asking community members to sign them, contacting representatives of the local government, sketching their own political cartoons, volunteering with a local plastic use prevention organization, and so on.

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PLASTIC FREE HEROES Inquiry-based learning Module

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PLASTIC FREE HEROES Inquiry-based learning Module

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This module will introduce scientific IBL, provide the content of the inquiry-based learning module together with subject–specific guidelines and tools for enabling teachers to apply the inquiry-based learning approach in their classroom and connect it to the issue of plastic use. It will bring
deeper learning outcomes and contribute to the students competences development (e.g. creative thinking and problem solving etc.)
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Péter has obtained his degree in nature conservation engineering at the Faculty of Forest Engineering of the University of West Hungary on a full-time basis, and he completed his master's degree at Szent István University (2014). He gained experience in organizing field classes, educational trail tours and other environmental education activities at the demonstration sites of the Danube-Ipoly National Park (2013-2016). Coordinates the educational program of the Humusz Waste Prevention Alliance. His responsibilities include developing educational materials, organizing and conducting trainings, giving lectures, workshops, teacher training, and holding children's sessions.

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Plastic Free Heroes Project Co-ordinator

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Plastic Free Heroes Project Co-ordinator

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Dr Aristidis Protopsaltis is a senior researcher at the Institut fur Learn-Innovation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany. He holds a BSc in Primary Education, an MSc in Cognitive Science and Intelligent Computing and a PhD in Cognitive Science and he is a scholar of the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). His background is in Education and Cognitive Science, and his research interest lies in ICT and Education, Serious Games, Teacher Training, Inquiry-based Learning, Information processing theory, Evaluation and Social Innovation. He is the coordinator of numerous European projects, (Horizon 2020 and Erasmus +), in the areas of education, teacher training, e-learning, Social innovation and Serious Games. He has published numerous peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and served as a program committee member and program and general co-chair in several conferences.

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Giota is a researcher and project manager working in the implementation of research and educational projects. She is especially involved in projects that promote responsible use of resources and sustainable development through education, while she develops educational programs that support continuous professional and personal growth. She is a Ph.D. candidate  in the Department of Business Administration of the University of Macedonia, with a specialization in combining multicriteria decision analysis with argumentation theory in enterprises.

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Plastic Free Heroes Project Co-ordinator

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Plastic Free Heroes Project Co-ordinator

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Dr Aristidis Protopsaltis is a senior researcher at the Institut fur Learn-Innovation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany. He holds a BSc in Primary Education, an MSc in Cognitive Science and Intelligent Computing and a PhD in Cognitive Science and he is a scholar of the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). His background is in Education and Cognitive Science, and his research interest lies in ICT and Education, Serious Games, Teacher Training, Inquiry-based Learning, Information processing theory, Evaluation and Social Innovation. He is the coordinator of numerous European projects, (Horizon 2020 and Erasmus +), in the areas of education, teacher training, e-learning, Social innovation and Serious Games. He has published numerous peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and served as a program committee member and program and general co-chair in several conferences.