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Hike Wise
BEYOND HIKING - "Hiking for a Greener Future: Training Educators for Environmental Awareness and Active Lifestyles"
Project Name: BEYOND HIKING – “Hiking for a Greener Future: Training Educators for Environmental Awareness and Active Lifestyles”
Programme: Erasmus+
Priority: KA220-SCH – Cooperation partnerships in school education (KA220-SCH)
Project ID: KA220-SCH-AA6CEA7D
Website: Coming soon
Social media: Coming soon
Duration: 30 months
Topics:
– New learning and teaching methods and approaches
– Environment and climate change
– Development of training courses
Project Description
HIKEWISE aims to equip current and future PE teachers with the skills to integrate outdoor activities like hiking into secondary education. This initiative addresses gaps in teacher training and the growing disconnection between students and nature. Hiking promotes physical health, environmental appreciation, and socialisation, aligning with EU priorities like the Green Deal and biodiversity strategies. Partner institutions are motivated to enhance curricula, train educators, and promote sustainable, active lifestyles. Funding this project supports EU goals of fostering environmental awareness, healthier lifestyles, and improved education.
Project Consortium
Project Coordinator:
Fundacion universidad francisco de vitoria – Spain
Partners
- Asociatia grupul de actiune localanapoca porolissum- Romania
- Connectus – Greece
- Mugla il milli egitim mudurlugu- Türkiye
- Rhizo1- Belgium
Project Results
WP1 – Project Management
WP2 – Manual production
WP3 – Creation of didactic units and educators training
WP4 – Pilot projects
WP5 – Communication, dissemination and events
Our role
CONNECTUS, as the digital lead for WP5 (and the whole project), will manage the project’s online presence, including creating the website and uploading the materials and the blog posts, designing and publishing the materials (manual, infographics, didactic unit, …), editing the videos, and using and publishing in Erasmus+ platforms. Its extensive experience in digital communication will ensure effective dissemination and visibility of HIKEWISE’s outputs.
Impact
The overall objective of HIKEWISE is to to improve the skills of current and future secondary PE teachers in the planning and delivery of outdoor sporting activities such as hiking. The aim is to promote greater awareness of both environmental issues and an active and healthy lifestyle among secondary school students. The manner in which the accomplishment of the individual objectives will determine the overall objective’s scope is explained in detail following. Please refer to the quantitative and qualitative indicators listed in each work package description for further information. These indicators will be the primary tools used to determine whether the project’s objectives have been met.
