Description du projet
Une plateforme numérique pour changer le paradigme éducatif des élèves présentant des besoins spéciaux
Les enfants atteints de troubles neurodéveloppementaux sont confrontés à des difficultés accrues à l’école, où ils sont appelés à utiliser et à maximiser leurs compétences dans des environnements qui n’ont pas été conçus en fonction de leurs besoins particuliers. Pour remédier à ce problème, le projet EMPOWER, financé par l’UE, entend faciliter l’expérience scolaire de ces enfants en tirant parti des avantages de l’ère numérique. Pour y parvenir, il créera une plateforme innovante impliquant diverses parties prenantes en vue d’améliorer la fonction exécutive et l’autorégulation émotionnelle de ces élèves, des compétences considérées comme essentielles pour les aider à profiter au maximum de leur éducation. Ce nouveau concept sera testé dans des écoles afin de valider l’importance de l’enseignement assisté par la technologie et de permettre la transition vers des environnements éducatifs inclusifs.
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Given technological developments in other domains and lessons from the pandemic, there is a strong push to invest in technology-augmented education. However, much remains unknown; for example, what technological abilities are useful in education, how they can be deployed, what training needs arise, and what shape future policies governing this should take. EMPOWER contributes to resolving these questions by developing novel technological support for the education of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). This use case is, in many ways challenging, and thus ideally suited to 1) make a positive impact on the educational needs of these children, and 2) highlight the potential and limitations of technology-augmented education in a way that can inform future developments generally.
NDDs affect approximately 15% of children aged 3 to 17 years. These children can experience difficulties with language and speech, motor skills, behaviour, memory, learning, or other neurological functions and benefit from education tailored to their needs. EMPOWER creates a novel platform based on new paradigms from psychology that suggest that Executive Function (EF) and Emotional Self Regulation are two key sets of skills to target in the educational intervention for these students. The core output of EMPOWER is thus an educational platform, co-created by all involved stakeholders, that facilitates the improvement of these key skills in children with NDDs. The platform will be tested and evaluated in school settings with all stakeholders involved according to the strict standards of a randomized clinical trial. In addition to technological advances, the lessons learned from the development and deployment of this platform will provide valuable insights into the needs and possibilities for training teachers in the use of new technologies as well as input into future policies governing technology in education, including, in particular refined ethical frameworks.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
46010 Valencia
Espagne