Villa Montesca
06012 Città di Castello
Italy
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
- Youth and education
The Foundation has gained a prestigious position and is internationally renowned for its activities in the field of research and for the experimentation of new teaching methods for schools, training centres, companies and the labour market.
FCSVM has coordinated more than 20 national post graduating training projects addressed to young adults and adults. It is also coordinator of numerous EU educational projects within various sectors (school, adults, civil protection, etc.) at EU level. It counts about 20 coordinated projects and 30 FCSVM participated in as partner.
FCSVM develops teacher training courses in cooperation with the SchoolNet, a protocol of permanent cooperation amongst secondary schools of the Upper Tiber Valley for designing and developing new activities in the field of education. It is also promoter of the Educating Community Altotevere that has the purpose to promote a prosocial educational system to prevent social violence, through a stable system of educational relations, enshrined in a protocol (40 organizations that have a formal, but also informal educational role belong to the network, also with the aim to foster the social inclusion of migrants and refugees.)
In the spirit of its founders, the FCSVM, supported by the Municipality of Città di Castello, the Umbria Region and by the Perugia District, today realizes and experiments new didactical methods and pedagogic perspectives in order to support students throughout their education and teachers in their updating towards new educational and job scenarios.
The work of FCSVM focuses on establishing European and national networks aimed to support the educational environment in all its forms.
Objectives:
- promote new and inclusive pedagogic and didactic approaches,
- promote social inclusion and support educational inclusion of students with special, personal and social needs,
- promote a democratic space of education,
- develop European and international relationships and networks,
- promote European cooperation in the fields of education, audiovisuals and culture,
- promote the valorisation of diversity in educational and cultural relationships.
The main source of funding are EU project and otehr private donors. The annual budgetary resources are aroung 1.000.000 Euros
The FCSVM promotes new teaching and learning methodologies adapted to the learners’ needs and expectations. The educational environment can be physical - as a place where the educational activities are carried out - and also “virtual” and social - made up by the system of social exchanges learners activate in their specific contexts. In such a perspective education has to be inclusive and cooperative, being inspired by a constructivist idea of knowledge.
Departments and Activities:
Pedagogy and Didactic Innovation- creates research and experimentation activities in the field of education at all levels.
European Cooperation- promotes educational and cultural research and experimentation in European countries involving a wide range of municipalities, schools and stakeholders.
Teacher Training- organises training courses for teachers with new teaching approaches and methodologies.
FCSVM has been coordinating various initiatives (European co-funded projects or local initiatives co-funded by the EU Social Fund) having as main focus the application of the new digital knowledge in the learning and training systems, addressing in particular schools students and teachers from different levels. Some that can be mentioned are:
‘EUCLIDES - Enhancing the Use of Cooperative Learning to Increase Development of Science studies’. It experimented an innovative teaching and training methodology, based on the Constructivism approach and on the Problem-Based Learning (PBL), through the use of ICT instruments. This methodology was thought and developed for the study of scientific subjects and experimented in some European secondary schools, involving in the project: teachers, trainers, students, facilitators and tutors.
‘Bridging INSULA EUROPAE - Enhancing Pupils’ Motivation by Developing European Dimension of Learning and the Use of ICT’. An e-learning platform was developed as a supporting tool to education, and applied by teachers with their students in different EU Countries to help them understand how ICTs could become relevant instruments integrated with usual education paths.
‘EiYoU! Educational Innovation facing Youth Unemployment’: Motivate students to learning and prevent the drop-out. Create connections with the work world and create motivation despite the economical crisis and the risk to drop-out from learning due to the lack of opportunities in the work sectors.
‘LETHE-Learning Through Emotions’: provides teachers and student new tools and instruments to teach and learn emotional intelligence in the curricula
The Foundation can contribute with an educative and pedagogic support for enahncing the social dimension and multicaltural approach of the school and all the other informal educative agencies
Because in the History of the Foundation, since the Montessori presence and contribution, the international dimension has been strategic