Skip to main content
European Commission logo
European School Education Platform
basic skills fair
Webinar |
Our offer

eTwinning long event: Basic skills fair

The Basic skills fair was an informal online event where eTwinners shared practical activities, exchanged experiences and connected with colleagues across Europe. They could drop in anytime and explore thematic rooms on literacy, maths, science, citizenship and digital skills.

Registration:
-
Ended on: 22.05.2026
Ended at: 05:00 PM (Europe/Brussels)
Duration: 3 hours

Webinar information

Description

The Basic skills fair was an open and informal online event dedicated to basic skills, designed as a space for networking, peer exchange, and inspiration.

eTwinners could join at any time and freely move between different thematic rooms, each focusing on a specific basic skill, and attend the sessions that interested them the most.

fair stands for each basic skill

Programme

  • 14:00 – 14:15: Welcome and introduction to the fair with Rafael Montero, moderator of the featured group Basic skills in action
  • 14:15 – 15:15 Thematic sessions in breakout rooms, led by the moderators of the featured groups. (This part of the fair was not recorded.)
  • 16:15 – 17:00: Expert-led plenary session with Priscila Doran, Vice-President of the Executive Council of NUCLIO. This presentation explored the need to strengthen student-centred approaches in schools and promote the active participation of students in society. Methodologies such as design thinking, service learning, and citizen science were discussed as practical ways to support the development of basic skills while ensuring meaningful learning connected to real-world contexts. Rather than presenting ready-to-use solutions, the discussion invited reflection on existing opportunities to strengthen the development of basic skills in schools, create a greater sense of purpose in students’ learning, and assess their development in more inclusive and meaningful ways.

 

Watch or re-watch the recording

Download the presentations used in the webinar
 

The content of this webinar reflects the views only of the authors. The European Commission does not endorse any views, opinions or advice expressed by the speakers/presenters of this webinar.

Registration deadline
At the end

About the speakers

profile image
Rafael Montero

Moderator of the eTwinning featured group Basic skills in action

 

Rafael Montero is a STEM teacher at a Spanish School (www.codema.es). He strongly believes in developing scientific vocations among his students and has been involved in many european STEM and Erasmus+ projects.​He is an eTwinning, Scientix and FCL ambassador and moderates the Basic skills featured group.

profile picture priscila
Priscila Doran

Priscila Doran is the Vice-President of the Executive Council of NUCLIO. She has a post-graduation in Psychology of Education, a MSc degree in human biology and environment and a degree in Biology. She is a certified teacher trainer in Portugal in the areas of Educational Psychology, Biology and Environmental Sciences. She has worked in NUCLIO since 2011 where she leads the team, trains teachers and coordinates projects related to innovation in education. Her work focuses on several areas such as citizen science in education, Student assessment in the Era of competences and diversity; Maker Spaces and digital education, Student Centered approaches (like Inquiry-Based Learning, Design Thinking), Universal Design for Learning, education for sustainability, among others.

Additional information

  • Language:
    English
  • Target audience:
    Teacher
    Head Teacher / Principal
    Teacher Educator
  • Target audience country:
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Early childhood education (ISCED 0)
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)