Education Lab Toolkit
Bridging in-school and out-of-school literacy practices:
A Useful Online Toolkit for the Teacher
Welcome to the official website of the project
“Bridging In-School and Out-of-School Literacy Practices: A Useful Online Toolkit for the Teacher”.
Our website was created in response to an important issue in both international and national educational contexts: the home-school mismatching.
For this reason, our research team developed a user-friendly, accessible online toolkit that offers useful tools and guidelines for educators who envision an inclusive education that values and utilizes the out-of-school practices and interests of ALL children. We believe that when schools recognize and make use of what children learn, experience, and enjoy beyond the classroom, learning becomes more meaningful, engaging, and valuable for every child.
Whether you are a teacher, parent, student, researcher, or simply a visitor, we hope our website invites you to reflect on the role of education, discover new ways of connecting in-school and out-of-school realities, and become inspired by approaches that give space to the voices, experiences, and creativity of every child.
Our website was developed under the auspices of the “Educational Lab Project” of Ingenium European University and is the result of collaboration between the University of Crete (E.ME.G.LO.) and the University of Oviedo (Tecn@).
More information about the research team can be found in the Research Group section of the menu. In the Project Description section, you can read all the information related to the implementation of the project and the development of the toolkit. The toolkit itself, which includes guidelines and tools for exploring students’ in-school and out-of-school contexts, as well as a comparison model between the two, can be found in the The Online Toolkit section. In the Teaching Proposals section, you can find inspiration from activities that can be implemented in the classroom and creatively incorporate children’s common out-of-school practices. For further study of relevant publications, you may visit the Further Reading section. If you would like to contact us or specific members of the research team, you can use the contact details provided in the Communication section.
We invite you to explore our website, make use of the suggestions and tools we provide, and become part of a community that envisions a more inclusive, creative school that is closer to the needs of all children!