E-Evalinto Transnational meeting Dublin March 2018

The six partner institutions of the Erasmus+ funded research project E-Evalinto met in DCU St. Patrick’s Campus on 15 – 16 March 2018.  Over the two days, partners shared their experiences of how the initial pilot schools who have joined the project as research partners are commencing on the intercultural peer mentoring activities.

The research project, which aims to combat early school leaving amongst migrant students, focuses on a variety of targeted peer mentoring activities followed by a range of assessment s on a purpose-built virtual campus.  Presently, a pilot group of post-primary teachers in Spain, Italy, Poland, Cyprus and Ireland are receiving training in the use of this virtual campus.

The first Irish school to join as research partners is St. Paul’s CBS, North Brunswick Street.  With a migrant student population of over 35%, it is hoped that the students will benefit greatly from participation in this European study.  Teachers, Ms. Valerie Roe and Mr. Ciaran Geraghty are looking forward to engaging with the ten students who will work together over the coming weeks. 

For more on the E-Evalinto project, see the website https://www.evalinto.eu  and like the project Facebook page @evalinto.  Follow events from Evalinto on Twitter using #e-evalinto