The YEDAC-Project

In a changing economy entrepreneurship education is of growing importance. The goal of the EU-project Young Entrepreneurship Developing in Action (YEDAC) is to develop a didactic teaching model, teacher training courses and a set of teaching tools which can be used in schools all over Europe. Both teachers and pupils in the lower secondary schools can benefit from these. National conferences will be held in each partner country an all materials will be uploaded on the website www.yedac.eu as the project progresses.

The project is sponsored by the DG Enterprise and Competition and coordinated by the University of Lillebaelt in Denmark. Partner institutions comprise universities (Leiden, NL, Sofia, Bu), a University of Applied Sciences (Laurea, Fi), the Chamber of Commerce, E and the University College of Teacher Education, PHSt, Austria.

VOICES Network ICT use assessment

As part of an effort to assess skills and attitudes towards ICT from the participants of the VOICES Network, we, from the University of Minho, would like to hear your voice about the experience, opinion and expectations you have about the use of ICT. This questionnaire is addressed to all the network participants who are currently teaching, in any level, and seeks information about the access to ICT infrastructure and support available in schools/institution, skills and attitudes towards ICT, as well about the experience in the use of ICT for teaching and for professional development. Answering this questionnaire should require no more than 20 minutes. All responses will be anonymised and treated in the strictest confidence.
We ask all participants to answer this questionnaire until September, 1st.

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Link: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18HO0WOtWWrbh1ChA8jMl4N5aKxeUcpWjZdhuTM5bF0o/

Thank you for all your support!

Austrian National Group Meeting

Austrian Nationa Group meeting (Image Stephanie Hofschlaeger  / pixelio.de)

The 1st Austrian National Group meeting will take place on Tuesday, 29th of October at the University College of Teacher Education in Graz. VOICES and its possibilities and chances for members of the Austrian National group will be introduced and discussed.
You are an interested teacher and you want to join the meeting? Please contact the Austrian National Group Leader Susanne Linhofer ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

Early Years Development

This thematic field group met twice in Brussels and explored some of our ideas regarding the underpinning values of early years practice.

We found a great deal in common; this was not a surprise. We recognised that our involvement with the VoiceS project made us a self selected group who were there to be more open and willing to engage with dialogue. It was interesting for all of us to see how we are moving away from some of the traditional notions of early years education and care.

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