SPAIN: CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE.

A MEDITERRANEAN STYLE OF LIVING.

COURSE INFORMATION

SPAIN: CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE is a different course exclusively outdoor where you are going to enjoy the amazing environment that this unique city offers. You will get involved in the Mediterranean style of living at the hands of fantastic guides, all of them local ones. Enjoy landscapes and stunning views and learn local values in an EXCLUSIVE OUTDOOR course.

This course will show you not only stunning places but also you will have the chance to learn sustainability actions so you can prepare an adjusted plan to introduce local Nature in the learning process. A travel journal will be used as a notebook to take notes, inputs, inspiring ideas… of the daily trips. The final goals of the course depends on you and how you live the week: seeing things with open eyes and mind and with a kind curiosity as well will help you to embrace the course and to take the maximum benefit of it. Finally, teachers will summarize the course in a workshop all together making comparisons between Iceland and their own countries.

The course is aimed for teachers and school staff from pre-school level to primary, secondary, vocational, adult and special needs education, staff of non-government organizations, government and policy makers and company staff. Non-native English trainers expecting participants to have at least B1 level of English proficiency.

METHODOLOGY

SPAIN: CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE course is based on trips to different places nearby Alicante, enjoying the time you are in Nature and taking notes about these aspects you consider really important. Human beings can influence Nature but sustainability is a must in the country's development.

The course will have amazing visits, stunning sightseeing, lectures and workshops to ensure full comprehension of the final task. You will receive knowledge about different fields of Education such as Science, Nature, History, Literature, Geography, … thanks to the expert local guides and visiting stunning places of the area. Everyday you’ll have to register in your travel journal ideas, tips, inputs, … to prepare a script in order to do the final job that every teacher should present on the last day.

Teachers will have the chance to assess the Alicante preservation of Nature and they have to trace a guideline about how to do a similar action in their own country. By the end of the course, participants should know how to preserve their local heritage thanks to the Mediterranean experience. To ensure that, participants will work on a travel journey taking notes about inputs received by different guides they will have daily in the course. Furthermore, trainers will make extensive use of evidence-based examples and experiences.

Our experienced trainers will support and stimulate the networking and cooperation among participants. We organize workshops, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to exchange best-practices and establish professional cooperation and links. These activities will take part not only participants of the course but also other participants from different courses attended by the company. The expected training activity has been structured so that the participants can transfer know-how and develop needed skills to create and manage a proposal with real success.

In the end of the course, the company will provide the participants an attendance certificate including the detailed information about the course, e.g. title, programme and schedule. In addition, a Europass Mobility Certificate can be added on request.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

SPAIN: CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE course covers all the needs of the project cycle to observe, enjoy and preserve local Nature, putting the focus on Culture, heritage and the Mediterranean style of living. As a teacher, you will have to adapt the Mediterranean experience to your personal situation and your own reality in order to create a personal proposal of how to do a similar thing in your country. The plan will start by observing the facts and by writing the highlights of the trips, getting some inspiration from them. After that, you will think and develop your thoughts and future ideas by designing a possible draft that you will share at the week with the rest of your colleagues. Finally, you present your plan to the group. This process will improve your initial idea for sure, receiving feedback and other useful thoughts from the group. In detail, the concrete goals of the course are:

To improve the knowledge about how to create preservation projects in order to foster European integration based on local culture.
To empower and to train teachers, education staff and those interested in preserving local Nature.
To acquire a great experience based on local guidance and guided trips and be able to transfer the good practices in a satisfactory way to their own school centers.
To strengthen European collaboration and real networking among participants in the course.
To share experiences of local collaboration and national projects from different organizations in order to be more effective in our sustainability proposal.

Thanks to this course the participants will:

Improve their practical skills related to the preservation of Nature.
Meet very interesting teachers and acquire great knowledge about other local cultures.
Learn how they should work with students, families and local administration in order to create a common objective.
Make contacts with new partners interested in developing Local European Preservation Projects.

By the end of the course, each participant should be able to:

Pass from the idea of the local action to write a proposal in order to do it.
Embrace the concept of working together and following simple guidelines.
Motivate their students in Nature and culture preservation.

DAILY PROGRAMME

Staff of the company welcomes participants on Sunday afternoon and gives them all the information about courses and Erasmus week. The main training activities, instruction and practices will take place from Monday to Friday. Moreover, participants will be able to create a network and work all together to set up future eTwinnings or even Job Shadowing in the future. On another note, participants will be involved in cultural activities held by the company during afternoon time. Finally, there will be a course’ roundup and a final evaluation on Saturday morning and the delivery of the certificates of attendance.

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme.

DAY 1 – SUNDAY. INTRODUCTION.

- Meeting and greeting with the manager of the company, trainers and locals.

- Cultural orientation and information about the venue and the country.

- Workshop and teamWork in the Erasmus framework: connecting European cultures
- Guided visit and cultural inputs to discover the city.

DAY 2 – MONDAY. AMAZING VISITS TO LEARN LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY AND NATURE.

- Guided visit to the Alicante Castle.

- Visit one archaelogical site in between Alicante and San Juan Beach.

- Stunning walking route in the coast of Alicante where you can enjoy Nature and beaches.

DAY 3 – TUESDAY. HERITAGE SITE IN VALENCIAN COMUNITY.

- Full day in Valencia, capital of Valencian community. This is the center of mediterranean style of living, where you will embrace History and modernity in only one day.

Transportation and a free guided tour is included.

DAY 4 – WEDNESDAY. STUNNING SCENARIOS IN ALICANTE PROVINCE.

- Guadalest (Nature and medieval town) and Altea (the dome of the Mediterranean sea) are the two more beatitul locations in Alicante province, where Nature, art and beaches can be found.

Transportation is included.

DAY 5 – THURSDAY. WELCOME SESSION AND NETWORKING. YOUR PERSONAL ‘MEDITERRANAN CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE’ PROGRAMME.

- School presentations: Presentation of your own school and your Erasmus project.

- Workshop: how to design, plan and deliver a Culture and Nature plan at school.

- Team working: creating your own teaching style.

- Paella experience: visit the Central Market to buy ingredients for the paella and cooking experience for all of you.

- Dissemination and presentation of the plans: each team will present their own project.

DAY 6 – FRIDAY. EUROPE'S MOST UNIQUES SITES IN ALICANTE PROVINCE.

- You will visit the palm trees in Elche, the most bigger one in Europe and one Unesco Heritage site. This is also a unique example of Arab agricultural practices on the European continent.

- The Europe's largest salt lake (pink color) is visiting today as well. Located in Torrevieja, this is not only a beautiful sight but also of great importance to the city.

DAY 7 – SATURDAY. MEDITERRANEAN STYLE OF LIVING WITHIN A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH.

- Enjoy the sea and the Mediterranean style of living in a boat trip to Tabarca Island! This is a natural aquatic reserve with fantastic options where to have lunch. One whole day last tour in a once in a life experience.

- Delivering official course certifications.

- Participants departure.

DATES

SPAIN: CULTURE, NATURE AND HERITAGE course will attend sessions during 2025 and 2026 in following dates:

2025:

From Sunday 5th October to Saturday 11th.
From Sunday 12th October to Saturday 18th.
From Sunday 19th October to Saturday 25th.
From Sunday 26th October to Saturday 1st November.

2026:

From Sunday 11th January to Saturday 17th.
From Sunday 18th January to Saturday 24th.
From Sunday 22nd February to Saturday 28th.
From Sunday 1st March to Saturday 8th.
From Sunday 29th March to Saturday 3rd April.
From Sunday 5th April to Saturday 11th.
From Sunday 26th April to Saturday 1st May.
From Sunday 24th May to Saturday 30th.
From Sunday 21st June to Saturday 27th.
From Sunday 28th June to Saturday 4th July.
From Sunday 5th July to Saturday 11th.
From Sunday 12th July to Saturday 18th.
From Sunday 19th July to Saturday 25th.
From Sunday 26th July to Saturday 31st.
From Sunday 9th August to Saturday 15th.
From Sunday 16th August to Saturday 22nd.
From Sunday 23rd August to Saturday 29th.
From Sunday 4th October to Saturday 10th.
From Sunday 11th October to Saturday 17th.
From Sunday 18th October to Saturday 24th.
From Sunday 25th October to Saturday 31st.

COST AND ERASMUS FUNDING

The cost of the seven day course is 640€ and includes course fees, free cultural activities in the city during the week and certification of attendance. Organizational costs can be charged if registration comes from an intermediate company. Besides, South Coast on Tuesday is included as well in the course contents. Moreover, the company offers an Optional cultural package to deepen the relationship between all participants.

The training course is tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus + to teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations. Furthermore trainers can help in Key Action 1 Application to ensure that participants can get the grant and could be eligible to receive an Erasmus + grant that covers all the costs of the course.

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