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On 7th and 8^th of June, the first Transnational Project Meeting TPM of the GIFTED project, Games and Inclusion for Teacher EDucation, took place in Bari (IT)

The meeting agenda was very busy and we have been tireless! The extraordinary collaborative atmosphere, shaped by the passion, flexibility and open-mindedness of all participants allowed us to achieve all our goals. Meeting and working together finally face-to-face was an extremely rewarding and enriching human and professional experience.

We discussed various topics related to the different project results, first of all clarifying ourselves by identifying both from the literature and from our own experience the elements useful to define giftedness and the gifted student, creating the definitions that will guide us through the project.  We defined the objectives and set the foundations of the training model that we want to implement in the gamified platform, defining its structure and its macro contents. We also discussed the structure and contents of the handbook, ending by sharing ideas for the development of the digital game for student screening. We also reviewed together the dissemination plan, finalising the project’s actions for the coming months.

It was an amazing teamwork!

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GIFTED partners met online on January 14th to kick off the project activities.

The event was assumed to be held in presence but due to the COVID-19 related safety measures it has been held as an online synchronous meeting.

The first part of the meeting was dedicated to a deepening of mutual knowledge, and a friendly and positive atmosphere was immediately created, allowing us to discuss the objectives and all the project implementation phases.

The project, through a transnational and collaborative process, involve partners from four EU countries (Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Romania) and one non-EU member (United Arab Emirates). All consortium partners are represented by qualified PhD-level researchers who have led and participated in projects, including EU projects, related to disadvantaged students and students with special educational needs, social and emotional skills, teacher training, curriculum development, resilience education and assessment, digital education and e-learning.

All participants are excited to develop an innovative online game-based training course on gifted education, that aims to become a curriculum for teachers across and outside Europe.

During the three-year project we will also develop a screening tool that will facilitate teachers in identifying gifted students in the classroom.

It is an exciting challenge to integrate our knowledge and expertise to create tools that are suitable for the different cultural and social contexts of the countries involved. To keep up with news on project developments stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter!!!