Engaging learners through stories, spaces and innovative approaches to cultural heritage

ERASMUS+ KA1 training course for educators

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About the course

This course explores how cultural heritage – both tangible and intangible – can serve as a rich foundation for learning, creativity and identity-building. Participants will experience how stories, places and traditions can inspire new ways of teaching and community engagement.

The programme combines field exploration, creative practice and reflective dialogue to help educators design learning experiences that connect heritage with contemporary life. It introduces methods applicable in schools, adult education, and VET, focusing on interpretation, storytelling, project-based learning, and digital creativity.

Through visits to St Paul’s Bay, Valletta, Mdina, Mosta, Ta’ Qali Crafts Village, Spazju Kreattiv, MCAST and Ħaġar Qim temples, participants will experience how museums, workshops, and cultural sites can become living classrooms. Meetings with local educators and craftspeople, including craftsmanship trainers at MCAST - The Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology and Lifelong Learning centre, illustrate how heritage skills and modern training can be combined to foster innovation and inclusion.

By the end of the course, participants will have created a heritage-based learning concept or mini-project that connects creativity, tradition, and community learning.

As a result of the course, an participants will: 

• Understand the educational potential of tangible and intangible heritage

• Learn methods for heritage interpretation, storytelling and creative learning

• Explore how VET and craft training preserve and transmit traditional skills

• Use digital tools for mapping, documentation and creative expression

• Foster learners’ sense of identity, belonging and cultural awareness

• Design heritage-based learning activities for formal and non-formal education

Programme*: 

Day 1: Introduction to cultural heritage education – defining tangible and intangible heritage; learning through stories and places

Day 2: Urban heritage and community identity – exploration of city spaces and heritage interpretation methods

Day 3: Museums and creativity – Spazju Kreattiv and Lifelong learning centre visit; storytelling, visual and digital interpretation

Day 4: Living heritage and crafts – Mdina and Ta’ Qali Crafts Village fieldwork; connecting tradition and learning

Day 5: Vocational heritage – MCAST visit and meeting with a craftsmanship trainer; innovation through traditional skills

Day 6: Heritage, reflection and future learning – Ħaġar Qim temples visit; participants’ mini-project presentations and closing

*To ensure the best learning experience, the programme may be fine-tuned in response to participants’ interests and local conditions.

Details

Target group: teachers, VET trainers, adult educators, youth workers, and facilitators who wish to integrate outdoor, workplace and community-based environments into their teaching practice. 

Supportive learning materials of the programme will be sent to the participants in advance. 

The training itself will not be built on lectures or presentations, but on searching effective solutions and inspiration for the participants; practice, discovering experiences of other countries, and spending valuable time together. 

We make tailor-made programmes according to the organisations needs if the whole group is from one organisation.

Course fee: 480 € 

The amount includes preparation for the course, training, training materials and organizational costs, coffee breaks and a guided tour. 

Accommodation and meals are not included.

Location & Dates

• 23 - 28 March 2026, Malta

• 19 - 24 April 2027, Malta (exact dates to be confirmed)

Assessment

• Participants will develop a mini-project or concept that integrates cultural heritage elements (stories, spaces, traditions) into a concrete learning experience. The project may include creative, digital, or community-based components. Assessment will focus on originality, pedagogical coherence, and potential for real-world application

Certification details

• Every participant will receive a Certificate of Completion. Upon request, a Europass Mobility Certificate can also be issued.

• Our courses are designed and delivered in accordance with the Quality Standards for courses under Key Action 1.

• We offer support to participants in completing Learning Agreements and any other documents required by their organisations.

Facilitator

Galina Kušanova is an Adult Educator (Level 7) and a coordinator of international and local educational projects at the Vestifex Centre in Estonia. She designs adult learning curricula and specialises in collecting, analysing and integrating learning methods into interactive learning platforms aimed at supporting and developing trainers’ competencies. She has studied Cultural Studies (MA degree from Tallinn University) and is passionate about connecting culture, learning and digital innovation in adult education.

Feedback of previous groups

"It was great, interesting and useful. Exactly as much as needed, perfectly balanced work and rest mode. I was impressed by the teacher's attention to each participant according to their needs and capabilities. It would be great to have such a teacher for training again. Maybe sometime and somewhere :)"

"Many useful tools, many positive emotions. So many interesting things and so little time in our lives! Thank you! It was unique experience."

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