Edu21

Main goals

• Listening to and supporting teachers and all individuals working in the educational field, promoting discussion and deeper exploration of educational subjects.
• Evaluating educational issues and developing new ideas to address those questions.
Observing what is happening in education and gathering information on educational subjects relevant not only to Catalonia but on an international level as well.
• Drawing attention to good practices in schools, organizations, projects, educational experiences and teaching.
• Supporting and broadening access to information on innovation and research in education.
• Aiding in creating and consolidating the networks among the different sectors involved in education.

A Joint Effort

Edu21 has a permanent team of individuals with wide-ranging experience in the education field who are directly and regularly involved in the project. They are helping to design and coordinate the different activities, adding content to the proposals that evolve from the project. They also serve as link between the theoretical base of the ideas developed by Edu21 and their practical application through debate and reflection, connecting with the Edu21 network of teachers and schools and their experiences.

Network

The network comprises a number of schools, organizations, teacher and good practice teaching experiences that can serve as an example of, and model for, the ideas that Edu21 stands behind and supports.

The network serves as a practical reference point from which to reflect on the more theoretical ideas developed and put forth by Edu21.

Actions Taken

Edu21 aims to be a reference point for educational issues in Catalonia, generating new ideas and innovative projects without the need for polarized discussions or simplistic rules regarding education-related subjects. Our idea is to focus on what is taking place in the field of education today; listen to teachers, families and students and propose practical means of addressing these issues; make information on educational issues available to a broad audience; and support research and reflection on what is taking place in education in Catalonia today.

Edu21 Prize

Each year, Edu21, a project focused on education-related issues and created by the Centre d'Estudis Jordi Pujol, presents the Edu21 Prize, supporting research and work done in the field of teaching and education in Catalonia.

Those competing for the prize can submit, individually or as a team, an innovative educational research project or a more practically-oriented work directly related to classroom and school issues which aims to shed new light on any of the subjects highlighted in the Edu21 prize guidelines.

Special merit is given to projects that do not fall into one of the two traditional and separate educational poles (identity vs. diversity; excelling vs. inclusion; leadership vs. participation, etc.) but rather search for ways to overcome these contrasts through viable and imaginative practical proposals.

The Edu21 Prize also aims to encourage the expression of values which, based on the concept of co-responsibility for learning, focus on shaping students to be respectful, self-demanding, committed, perserverant and socially-concerned individuals.

Further information: Web d'Edu21