Caring EU teachers: Deepening the teaching of the EU through teacher trainings (CARE4EU)

The project is a response to concrete challenges in the Slovenian education system related to the teaching of EU topics and citizenship education in general at ISCED2 level (grades 7-9 of elementary schools). The just published (December2023) ICCS 2022 study and other research findings had a great resonance as they revealed several issues: (1) ISCED2 teachers do not feel adequately prepared and do not have sufficient knowledge on some citizenship education topics, including the EU. (2) There is an insufficient number of quality teacher training courses on EU topics. (3) Pupils show lower civic knowledge and express that teachers do not care enough about their well-being. This project aims to systematically support Slovenian ISCED2 teachers to improve their knowledge and increase their confidence to teach the EU by developing and implementing certified quality teacher training courses and providing tailor-made educational and teaching materials.