Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2025 Newsletter
traditional definition of " care " beyond the confines of individual health. Through eTwinning, projects can be structured to explore the complex interdependencies between:- Human Health: Topics such as nutrition, infectious diseases, and psychological well-being.- Animal Health: Sustainable livestock farming, biodiversity conservation, and animal welfare.- Environmental Health: Pollution, climate change, and natural resource management.
Working on projects with European partners that address these issues allows students to understand how a choice in one area can have cascading repercussions on all the others. For example, a project on waste management can illustrate how soil and water pollution affects the health of flora and fauna, and consequently, human health through the food chain. This multidimensional awareness reinforces the useful, modern concept of extended responsibility, encouraging a " care " that transcends one ' s own microcosm to embrace the entire planet.
eTwinning as a catalyst for service learning and active citizenship eTwinning projects, especially when informed by the principles of One Health, can naturally lead to service learning actions. Guided by in-depth reflection on the wonderful, awe-inspiring world around them and global issues, students are motivated to transform the knowledge they acquire into concrete community engagement.
A well-structured eTwinning project can lead students to:- identify real-world problems: through collaborative research and international discussion, students can identify local and global challenges related to health and the environment;- design creative solutions: working in mixed teams stimulates the search for innovative and culturally sensitive responses;- implement local actions: from raising community awareness to implementing small, practical initiatives( e. g., cleaning up green spaces, recycling campaigns, school gardens), students become agents of change.
This virtuous cycle, which begins with dialogical reflection and culminates in Service Learning, trains students who are
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