1. Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Ministry of Education and Culture
ASSESSMENT OF TRANSVERSAL SKILLS 2020 Enhancement of students’ transversal skills through the use of innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment
Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
Ministry of Education and Culture

2. What is ATS2020 Project?
ATS2020 is a European Policy Experimentation funded by the European Commission via the Erasmus+ programme. It concerns the pilot implementation of new learning approaches with a view to shaping educational policy
The ATS2020 consortium brings together 17 partners and 4 associate partners from 11 European countries in a collaborative research and implementation process, in order for them to work out methods of development and assessment of students’ transversal skills

3. ATS2020 Project … ATS2020 Assessment of Transversal skills:
Proposes a comprehensive learning model to enhance students’ transversal, 21st century skills across diverse EU national curricula.
Introduces teachers to new pedagogical approaches and innovative tools for the development and assessment of those skills

4. Project Partners
Coordinator
Partners
Associate Partners

5. Objectives
To provide students and teachers with an innovative learning model for the development and assessment of students’ transversal skills which will be based on:
Students’ age group
National Curriculum
Innovative and learner-centred learning approaches
Supporting tools to facilitate innovative teaching as well as new assessment methods
Digital tools and environments based on the utilization of technological solutions (e.g. ePortfolio, Learning Analytics, Social Networks, Assessment Rubrics)
To give the opportunity to about 1000 teachers to get acquainted with and implement ATS learning model
To contribute with reliable data to the shaping of educational policy on national and European level

6. Project Sample Project sample Number of schools 250
25 schools in 10 participating countries
Number of classes
500
250 schools Χ 2 classes
(Experimental and control groups)
Number of teachers
1000
4 teachers Χ 250 schools
Number of students
10000
500 classes Χ 20 students (age group: 10 – 15 years )

7. Pedagogical Elements of ATS2020
ePortfolio
Transversal Skills
Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning
Learning design with the incorporation of digital tools

8. ePortfolio
“ePortfolios are (student-owned) dynamic digital workspaces whereby students can capture their learning, their ideas, access their collections of work, reflect on their learning, share it, set goals, seek feedback and showcase their learning and achievements.”
EUfolio project (2014)

9. Transversal Skills
By the term transversal skills, ATS2020 project refers to a broad range of basic skills which are deemed highly important for school and academic achievement as well as for performance in the workplace
Transversal skills include among others critical thinking, initiative taking, utilization of digital tools, problem solving, collaboration

11. (Assessment OF, FOR and AS Learning)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Is intended to summarise student attainment at a particular time as well as the attainment of the educational goals set.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Is intended to evaluate students’ progress towards the attainment of educational goals, by emphasizing needs identification and subsequent modification of teaching (e.g. feedback )
FOR
SELF/PEER ASSESSMENT
Is intended to provide students with opportunities for personal development, including for the development of new skills OF
LEARNING ASSESSMENT AS

12. ATS2020 Learning Model
Learner-Centred approach

13. ATS2020 Project Implementation
ATS2020 SCHOOL
CONTROL GROUP
Participates in the initial skills evaluation
Does not implement ATS 2020 learning model
Participates in final skills evaluation
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
Participates in initial assessment
Implements ATS2020 learning model
Participates in final assessment
TRAINER’S SCHOOL
CASE STUDY
Participates in initial skills evaluation
Implements ATS 2020 learning model
Is being monitored as to the implementation
Participates in final skills evaluation

14. ATS2020 Project Implementation
Training of teachers of the experimental group about ATS2020 project, its theoretical background and ATS2020 learning tools
Raising awareness in participating schools about the ATS2020 project and its aims
Creation of students’ accounts to enable access to Mahara and Office365 digital environments
Designing and development of lesson plans to support development of the necessary transversal skills among students of the experimental group (for teachers of experimental group)
Initial skills evaluation
Teachers (Teacher’s pre-questionnaire)
Students ( Students’ pre-test)
Final skills evaluation
Teachers (Teachers’ post-questionnaires)
Students (Students’ post-tests)
Implementation of learning cycles in school classes (experimental groups)
Reflection on implementation and evaluation ( participation in the research component of the project)
ATS2020 final conference with the participation of a number of teachers from each country -

15. ATS2020 Benefits TEACHERS STUDENTS POLICY MAKERS
Participation in trainings for professional development
Sharing of best practices and ideas
Use of digital tools for implementing innovative methods in teaching and learning
Education for effective utilization of formative assessment so as to further support learning
POLICY MAKERS
Validation of comprehensive learning and assessment of transversal skills model
Development of innovative learning environments for the development of skills
Assessment of project impact and drafting of educational policy proposals on national and European level
STUDENTS
Development of transversal skills (communication, collaboration, autonomous learning, creativity, innovation)
Development of skills for autonomous learning (setting goals as well as setting out a strategy for attainment of these goals)
Utilization of ePortfolios for life-long learning purposes

16. The role of the school
To inform teachers, students, parents and guardians about ATS2020 project and its objectives, emphasizing its importance and potential benefits for students and teachers
To put into place all necessary infrastructure and create the appropriate conditions for its implementation
To support participating teachers and students
To utilize the opportunities that ATS2020 offers in order to provide a more efficient education to its students

17. Coordinator’s contact details:
Educational Technology Department, CPI
Anastasia Economou:
ATS2020 Project implementation team
Constantinou Maria :
Hadjittofi Panayiota :
Kanaris Nicolas :
Koutsides George :
Kyprianou Marios :
Markidou Nicolina :
Panayiotou Anastasia :
Polydorou Nikoletta :
Stefanou Afroditi :
Tomazou Stella :

18. Thank you Trainer’s Name…. Title … Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Email…
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