ERASMUS+ FACTIVE

The textile and clothing sector is one of the most important economic areas in the European Union, offering innovative and high-quality products.

The need for the industry to keep up with the various and constant needs of the market, combined with the ageing and the reduction of its human resources, translates into a need to improve the qualifications of its workers and attract new talent to the sector.

Areas such as innovation, management and internationalisation are priorities, as shown in the TECLO programme. In the area of Vocational Education and Training, the creation of new tools and the adoption of more flexible and effective methodologies are essential to bring VET and the labour market closer together (www.s4tclfblueprint.eu).

The FACTIVE Project (Flipped classroom training Approach for Clothing and Textile Innovative VET Education) aims to address those needs with the following objectives:

  • Improve the quality and relevance of the vocational education and training offer in the textile and clothing area through an innovative learning approach based on the Flipped Classroom methodology and the scenario-based learning approach;
  • Improve the level and assessment of students' skills, including entrepreneurship, non-technological innovation and internationalisation;
  • Promote the adoption of innovative practices through the use of open and flexible learning tools.

 Partners

  • MODATEX (PT)
  • CITEVE (PT)
  • STEP (SI)
  • Link Campus University (IT)
  • CIAPE (IT)
  • Institut Terrasa (SP)
  • Associacio Agrupacio D'Empreses Innovadores Textils (SP)
  • IVOC (BE)
  • Creative Thinking Development (GR)

The project starts with an analysis of companies’ needs regarding non-technological innovation and internationalisation skills to build a TECLO MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) with new contents and to develop a "Flipped Classroom" methodology to be later applied by VET trainers of the textile and clothing sector.

Thus, its main activities are:

  1. Developing a new flexible, integrated and innovative learning approach for VET trainers, based on the "Flipped Classroom" methodology to overcome the restrictions of the traditional VET training approaches, which are far too theoretical;
  2. Integrating the TECLO MOOC with new contents, based on real work situations defined with the collaboration of European companies from the textile and clothing sector;
  3. Validating the FACTIVE approach by project partners;
  4. Testing of the FACTIVE approach by relevant stakeholders;
  5. Developing a community of practice for VET trainers and providers;
  6. Developing a manual for VET teachers and trainers containing guidelines on the use of training tools and the assessment of learning outcomes.

FACTIVE is a project funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme, which started in November 2020 and is due to end in 2023 (30 months).

Visit and keep up to date with the FACTIVE project at www.factiveproject.eu / Facebook / LinkedIn
For more information and to contribute to this project, please contact international.mx@modatex.pt.