About the project

Inclusion with social education

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COSI.ed will uspcale the proven good practice from the Erasmus+ project; Marginalisation and Co-created Education (MaCE) in five different countries and educational contexts representing Southern (Portugal and Spain), Eastern (Poland) and Northern Europe (Norway and Denmark).

The model builds on the understanding that educational staff and the students co-create as part of a community of practice. Here the experts (educators) and the beginner (students) work side by side, learning together and developing knowledge and competence. By using the embedded methodology, the Indirect Approach (IA) and Equality Literacy (EQL), the co-creating entails communication giving voice to vulnerable students to understand their story (IA), and through this- identifying aspect of the young disadvantaged students’ situation that hinder their further learning (EQL). The young people learn about themselves, how to excel, the educational staff develop skills and understanding to socially include the young people. The initial hypothesis is that co-created education and training in which disadvantaged learners take part, educational staff, stakeholders and policymakers will contribute to educational and social inclusion of those groups who are usually marginalized.

The expectation is that the upscaling of the COSI.ed model to policy level will empower groups of disadvantaged young people all over Europe, radically increasing their educational success and completion rate and give European educational staff the knowledge and skills to social include vulnerable young people of all ages.

What we want to achieve

Project objectives

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1. Upscale model

1. Upscale model

To upscale COSI.ed model to regional institutions in 5 new countries (Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Poland and Spain) by the end of the project period

2. Reduce Early Leaving

2. Reduce Early Leaving

To significantly reduce Early Leaving from Education and Training at different levels of the education system in the test arenas.

3. Increase education stay

3. Increase education stay

To increase the percentage of students to complete/stay in education when compared to groups in the same education pathways WITHOUT the COSI.ed methodology (based on the national, regional or local statistics)

4. Improve collaboration

4. Improve collaboration

To develop collaborative methods of co-researching and co-creating with youth, educational staff, researchers, stakeholders and policymakers

5. Development more inclusive education

5. Development more inclusive education

Contribute to the development of a more inclusive and egalitarian educational model adapted to the needs and society of today

6. Redesign model for wide applicability

6. Redesign model for wide applicability

Redesign the current model to be applicable in the different social and geographical contexts of Europe, in different disciplinary areas and in different types of institutions by providing effective tools, guidelines and scientific evidence

7. Model inclusion in education policies

7. Model inclusion in education policies

Work with and towards policymakers at different levels to implement the methodology at the systemic level in order to include the model in future inclusive education policies

What we pursue

Our goals

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Prevention of Early Leaving from Education and Training

Prevention of Early Leaving from Education and Training

Co-created education through Social Inclusion

Co-created education through Social Inclusion

Improving youth educational and employment pathways

Improving youth educational and employment pathways

Developing a more inclusive and egalitarian educational model

Developing a more inclusive and egalitarian educational model

Checkout our progress

Last research results

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Quintana-Murci, E., Thomàs-Vanrell, C., & Vecina-Merchante, C. (2022). La cocreación como metodología de intervención socioeducativa en centros de formación ocupacional. In, D. Cobos-Sanchiz, E. López-Meneses, A. Jaén-Martínez, A.H. Martín-Padilla & L. Molina-García (Eds.), Educación Y Sociedad: Pensamiento e Innovación para la Transformación Social (pp.1611-1621). Dykinson.

Event updates

Last events

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06
Dec
2023
International Meeting in Porto
Venue: Porto
Schedule: 06 Dec 2023 Invalid date - 23 Sep 2022 (Paris time)
Event organiser: COSI.ed

Second face-to-face meeting of all partners to share the main results of the first implementation phase of the project and to establish future lines of work.

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Project reference: 621365-EPP-1-2020-1-NO-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN

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