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Alessandra Magagna, Mikko Kiuttu
& the GEOclimHOME team
T8 Regional and International UNESCO
Global Geopark Collaborations
GEOclimHOME: an Erasmus+ strategic partnership
for geoscience education within the UNESCO Global Geoparks
November 2014
April 2014
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EXCHANGE:
A PILOT PROJECT IN 2014
Geopark’s area: 213 959 ha
Elevation: 190 to 4 554 m asl
Municipalities: 85
Population: 152 813
Year of recognition:
2013
Alpine geodiversity and cultural heritage
Geopark’s area: 1 320 km2
Elevation: 11 to 194 m asl
Municipalities: 3
Population: 20 000
Main theme: Heritage of the Ice Age
Year of recognition:
2010
Finnish heritage of the Ice Age
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A NEW TERRITORY
FROM THE SCIENTIFIC AND THE CULTURAL POINTS OF VIEW
Key Action 2:
Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type:
Strategic Partnerships for school education
Identifier:
2015-1-FI01-KA201-009038
Deadline for submission: 31.03.2015
September 2015
GEOclimHOME
Geoheritage and climate change
opening the secrets of home
36 months project, until September 2018
COORDINATOR
Vaalan kunnan
sivistyspalvelut
Local Public body
Local Public body
Humanpolis Oy
Non-governmental
organisation/association/social
enterprise
Università degli
studi di Torino
Higher education
institution (tertiary level)
School/Institute - General education (secondary level)
3 phases of students exchanges
Alternate Italy/Finland exchanges are organised by the
project for groups of high school students (aged 16-18).
OCTOBER 2015 IN FINLAND and APRIL 2016 IN ITALY
SEPTEMBER 2016 IN ITALY and MAY 2017 IN FINLAND
JANUARY 2018 IN FINLAND and APRIL 2018 IN ITALY
7 days of exchange with:
• hosting in local families
• performing scientific research activities
• communicating in English
PARTICIPATION TO THE EXCHANGES
SCHOOL YEAR
ITALIAN STUDENTS
FINNISH STUDENTS
2013/2014
22
16
2015/2016
22
21
2016/2017
18
10
2017/2018
25
15
FOLLOWED BY:
• A TEAM OF TEACHERS (science and language)
• A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS
• A TEAM FROM THE GEOPARK STAFF
AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
(administrators, museums, associations, guides etc.)
MAIN GOAL
To improve general perception of climate and environmental changes
and the appraisal of geoheritage …
… by using innovative methods
Teamwork & Problem solving
ACT AS RESEARCHERS
by using digital and traditional tools
Scientific method
OBSERVATION &
QUESTIONS
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENT
ANALYSE THE RESULTS
CONCLUSION
A typical week
DAY 1 / SUNDAY
arrival and hosting
DAY 2 / MONDAY
presentations and introductions
Afternoon: beginning of the scientific research activities
DAYS 3, 4, 5 / TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY
scientific research activities
DAY 6 / FRIDAY
processing of data and presentation of results
to families, teachers, and local community
DAY 7 - SATURDAY
departure
FIELD AND LAB RESEARCH TO COLLECT
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DATA: SOME EXAMPLES
dendrochronology,
soil profiling,
peat analysis,
mire drilling,
biodiversity and ecological studies,
historical maps study,
digital data collection,
georesources evaluation,
glacial retreats,
weather series,
pioneer flora,
geomorphological landscape interpretation,
reflection on anthropocene
WE ARE LEARNING BY DOING
Concepts explored = New knowledge
Geological time
Plate tectonics
Geomorphology
Mires
Petrography
Volcanism
Geology & Culture
Biological indicators
Georesources
Ice ages & glacial environment
But also: language training (English, and local)
The cooperative and peer-learning approach
develops new key-competences
to respect the role and
the different function of
the other partners
to be able to work in group
to be able to
communicate in a
foreign language
to be able to cope
with problems and
find solutions
(problem solving)
to be able to have good
relationships with the
other partners
to be able to make
decisions on complex
issues
to respect the
timing of the tasks
received
to accept the others
and their diversity
EVALUATION PROCESS
Useful experiences for understanding climate change
as a multidimensional phenomenon
and for recognising both the natural and
the human induced aspects of it.
The hosting of students in families
and the use of social media improve
language and social skills.
Final satisfaction questionnaires filled in
by students reveal that they appreciated
the experience, considering it interesting.
UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS are …
 unique areas for enhancing relationships
between scientific, educational and local
institutions
 territories with educational and cultural values
based on Geodiversity
 the ideal destination for international study
tours based on the concept and practice of
sustainable tourism
 an opportunity for sharing both Earth Science
knowledge and appraisal of intangible and
tangible heritage
 the appropriate places for testing and
practicing innovative educational strategies,
shareable in an international context
WE ALREADY ENLARGED THE NETWORK …
From one side to the other of the Alps
GEOclimHOME
GLAD FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Pictures by: Ilaria Selvaggio, Marco Giardino, Alessandra Magagna, Mikko Kiuttu, Camilla
Cappelletti, Patrizia Balzarini & other participants