Tinkering is a learning approach that is gaining popularity in museums and schools in Europe. Previous projects have shown that Tinkering is a valuable methodology to work with adults with low science capital, in schools and informal education.
Tink@school sees opportunities in using the tinkering methodology for Sustainability Education (SE or ESD). The project uses tinkering to unlock student’s creativity and support teachers and schools in their efforts to design and apply meaningful activities on sustainability topics, with the specific intention of generating a behavioral impact both at school and at home.
This guide focuses on supporting teachers and educators who want to learn more about developing tinkering activities on sustainability projects. It explains the tinkering methodology, the possible links and opportunities of tinkering for sustainability and how to develop such educational activities.
This publication is a product of Tink@school (2022-1-IS01-KA220-SCH-000087083), which was funded with support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. This publication solely reflects the views of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Project Coordinator: Háskóli Íslands (Iceland)
Partners: Bartolomeo associazione culturale (Italy), CRES Centro di Ricerche e Studi Europei - Future business (Italy), NEMO Science Museum (Netherlands), MIO (Greece)