"<< Objectives >>STEM education in the 21st-century relates directly to the achievement of the SDGs. In this project we aim to develop and present innovative learning pathways to global issues starting from a very early age. Sustainable STEM pedagogy extends to daily life skills, natural environment knowledge, values ​​and ethics. Future citizens must acquire skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity. We intend to improve their communication, collaboration and entrepreneurial skills.<< Implementation >>All project's activities are based in the exhange of good practices and how we can help our teachers to aquire critical 21st century skills. As technology cannot be neglected in sustainability practice we will focus in the implementation of teacher training in order to raise their awareness in the use of innovative technologies as it is crucial for the achievement of most, if not all, SDGs. This will be implemented using a global language - English - so as to foster our students' potential.<< Results >>As the human and technical skills needed for achieving sustainable development worldwide cannot be developed without quality education, we would like to create open educational recourses for the future ""pioneers"" that will help them not just use technology, but will provide them the tools that will design, produce, and control new technological systems, and will apply them in all areas of life. We intend to enable our students to produce solutions to global problems."

"The project ""Barboleta Learning Board Methodology"" is developed with the aim to develop methodology and exercises and IT platform for the work with the innovative learning balance board which supports and enhances the learning process in holistic and dynamic way. Different researches as well the observations of different specialists show that in recent years more and more children suffer from the learning difficulties affecting speech, memory, attention, logical thinking, and other vital functions. In 2006 in the C. Turkington and J. Hariss indicated that already 20% of children from overall population have learning difficulties. In Latvia recent researches show that in 2016/17 approximately 20% from overall children in schools and kindergarten are with different learning difficulties and each year the number of children with learning difficulties is growing. Similar situation is also in other countries.To tackle this problem in 2016 the representative form the SIA ""Barboleta"" Ms. Baiba Blomniece Jurāne developed innovative learning balance board which with the movement helps to children improve the ability to concentrate, emotionally involve in the learning process and decrease the stress level and the work on the balance board is mixed with the task bars. In order to improve the usage and performance of the developed learning balance board, it is necessary to develop methodology for working with this learning balance board so that the exercises with the balance board can be easily incorporated in the learning process and in the work of the psychologists, special teachers, speech therapist etc. Therefore the main objective of the project “""Barboleta Learning Board Methodology” is to create, test and disseminate the working methodology, exercises and digital IT platform in the international level for the work and usage of the learning balance board. The target audience of this project primarily are teachers and different specialists working with the children. As indirect target group is identified children and pupils who will benefit from the learning process with the balance board and will improve their learning abilities, emotional stability and decrease the stress level.In the project implementation partners from 3 countries will be involved as it is important to get the knowledge form different specialists and professionals in different countries so that developed methodology and exercises can be used worldwide. Involved partner organizations have significant experience in the work with children and pupil with different learning difficulties, with the asylum seekers and one of the partners is the leading university in the country in pedagogy and psychology studies.During the project implementation it is envisaged to develop three Intellectual Outputs:1) Methodology for the work with the learning balance board. It is planned to develop clear guidelines for the specialists as speech therapists, psychologists etc. on the use of the learning board in different situations in order to improve the learning process and abilities.2) Exercises to use with the learning board. It is planned to develop exercises for learning native language, English, mathematics, reading skills development and memory function improvement. All developed exercises will be available in the project partner languages (Latvian, Italian, Lithuanian) and English.3) Digital IT platform where all exercises will be available for the use with the learning balance board.During the project implementation it is planned to develop and also test developed materials.The impact from the project implementation will be observed on several target groups:1) project partners - improved international cooperation capacity and improved competitiveness in the provided services;2) specialists as speech therapists, psychologists, teachers - innovative, effective and attractive learning method available for the use with children with learning difficulties and also other persons;3) children with learning difficulties - improved competencies and skills through the use of the learning board.It is expected that through different dissemination activities the wider audience will acknowledge the learning difficulties problem in nowadays and provided materials will enhance the inclusion of these persons in the education system and working environment."