Stories

Shared journey, shared lessons The LEARNITECT – Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces Erasmus+ project was launched in autumn 2023 with the aim of offering a new perspective on the development of learning and community spaces. Over two years, Hungarian, Italian, and Portuguese partners worked together to help schools become genuine 21st-century [...]

In the sixth episode of the second season of the Knowledge Hub podcast, two architects help bridge the worlds of education and architecture. Marina Annus and Gábor Vörös discuss one of CÉH Zrt.’s major projects – the Biatorbágy Innovative Technical School and Secondary School, already familiar to regular readers and listeners – to illustrate how [...]

In the fourth episode of the second season of the Knowledge Hub podcast, three guests from very different backgrounds sit down at the same table - and this is far from their first encounter. Their years of collaboration, culminating in the book Built environment education in kindergarten, have already yielded a number of fascinating projects. [...]

The Knowledge Hub podcast has reached Episode 3 of its second season, with the spotlight on the 'Seven Realms Story' master programme. Its creator first drew on her creativity as a child by deliberately “misreading” fairy tales – a practice she believes helped her later in shaping an educational concept built on story writing. Alongside [...]

Study of learning environments has been a dominant theme in previous articles. Now, we can get an insight into an institution where, from the very beginning, the spaces where education takes place are seen as an opportunity rather than a given. The guest of our article is Attila Frész, school leader of the Biatorbágy Innovative [...]

The space around us teaches and educates, and can also provide a diverse recreational experience. We already know that the organisation of space, the learning environment, has a powerful impact on us and our learning. But what makes schools a place for effective, experiential learning and knowledge management? Bertalan Péter Farkas, managing director or Learnitect [...]

Introduction: Two days that took the joint work to a new level Budapest, 3–4 October 2024. The partners of the LEARNITECT – Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces project held a two-day, intensive and cheerful meeting in which they fine-tuned the professional schedule for the second project year. The programme followed the [...]

In the heart of Budapest, on Pope John Paul II Square, stands the Deák Diák Singing and Music Primary and Secondary School. Its building was erected between 1911 and 1912, originally as a girls’ school. The architecture still radiates the elegance of the early 20th century: high ceilings, spacious corridors, ornate façades, and a monumental [...]

The Biatorbágy Innovative Technical School and High School (BIT) is not only a new institution on the Hungarian educational map, but also a model school born at the intersection of 21st-century pedagogy and architecture. Opened in the 2023/24 school year, the 11,000 m² campus offers a home to around 600 students, combining high school and [...]

What does an adaptive learning environment mean in 2024, and how can knowledge management support it? What makes an e-learning provider or product successful on today’s international stage? In the season finale of the Knowledge Hub podcast, Bertalan Péter Farkas welcomes two outstanding experts in e-learning and adult education: Gyöngyvér Vitéz, CEO of SkillDict Plc., [...]

Most people see the learning environment as a given, but an increasing number of teachers, trainers and students recognise that they can be active shapers of the learning and teaching environment in which they spend their daily lives. Two eminent experts in the field will help you to do this by providing research, personal stories [...]

As in the most “scholastically advanced” countries, in Italy too, in recent years, there has been a transformation of learning environments in search of new pedagogical-didactic horizons. The new environments are designed to overcome the idea of a school that is limited to the transmission of knowledge and try to set itself a more ambitious [...]

Our environment fundamentally shapes how we learn and how effectively we share knowledge. In the shadow of climate change, environmental education has become perhaps the most vital field of modern pedagogy – essential if humanity is to weather the coming decades and centuries. Episode 9 of the first season of the Knowledge Hub podcast explores [...]

On 4–5 June 2024, the third international partner meeting of the LEARNITECT project took place in Ponte de Lima, Portugal. The two-day event was hosted by Previform, which welcomed the Hungarian, Italian and Portuguese partners. The focus of the meeting was on school visits, reviewing the progress of the project, and planning the forthcoming joint [...]

Schools constitute a fundamental institution directly connected to the overall well-being of the person. Thanks to the educational experiences it offer, it represents the most significant extra-familial environment in the development path from childhood to adolescence with an emphasis on autonomy. Within the school context, children and adolescents can benefit from relationships with peers, develop [...]

At first glance, Escola Básica de Freixo is a place where children can feel at home. The school hosts around 600 students in the heart of Freixo, and its layout reflects openness and sensitivity towards the community. Leadership strongly emphasizes shared decision-making: every year, students take part in a participatory budget process where they propose [...]

Ponte de Lima, one of Portugal’s oldest towns, provides a fitting backdrop for a school that preserves traditions while opening toward the future. The Escola Secundária de Ponte de Lima, fully renovated in 2018, immediately signaled that here the learning environment is at the heart of education. With 1,200 students and around 300 teachers and [...]

In recent years, there has been much talk about the need to digitise schools to enable students to keep up with the times, and substantial resources have been invested to achieve this. However, there is another issue that is becoming increasingly prominent: bringing children into contact with nature. This is not a new idea, as [...]

Corporate knowledge management is thriving worldwide – yet in Hungary only a small group of professionals engage with it in real depth. The seventh episode of the Knowledge Hub podcast features two leading experts from the Hungarian business KM scene: Tibor Gyulay, Managing Director, Senior Consultant and Knowledge Manager at KM Expert, and Márton Szabó, [...]

Artificial intelligence – especially the advances in large language models – has stirred enormous interest across almost every area of education in recent years. Higher education has become a pioneer in its educational application: today, virtually every university is addressing the subject in some way, whether through checking the “originality” of student work or supporting [...]

Ana Lúcia Sequeiros and Celeste Silva, through their participation in the podcasts conducted by PREVIFORM, Lda, as part of the LEARNITECT project - Meeting of innovative learning design and inclusive learning spaces, propose a reflection on Inclusive Education in schools, thus, this article aims to present some considerations about this reality.  In recent decades, inclusive [...]

The Croatian–Hungarian Bilingual Primary School of Szentpéterfa is a truly special place: it embodies both Croatian and Hungarian cultural roots while also conveying the values of 21st-century pedagogy. The village, a community of only a few hundred people in Vas County, has preserved its bilingual traditions for centuries. The inauguration of the new school building [...]

In the fifth episode of the Knowledge Hub podcast, we’ve got an exciting insight into Europe's most successful social project: the Erasmus+ programme, and how the programme supports European competitiveness, social development and educational knowledge management. Zsuzsa Rozgonyi, Head of Unit of the Hungarian Erasmus+ National Agency, Tempus Public Foundation, provided a comprehensive presentation of [...]

The Tiszatenyő Szent István (Saint Stephen) Primary School is located near Szolnok, about 120 kilometres from Budapest. At first sight, it is clear that its construction was guided by a child-centred and community-oriented pedagogical approach. The building simultaneously preserves local cultural heritage and represents the expectations of contemporary education. Its spacious classrooms are filled with [...]

In April 2024, the LEARNITECT project partnership travelled to Florence to jointly explore the ITT Marco Polo School. During the visit, we not only observed architectural and pedagogical solutions, but also gained insight into the life of a school community that has undergone a radical transformation over the past decade. Our experience confirmed that space [...]

On 11–12 April 2024, Florence hosted the second international partner meeting of the LEARNITECT – Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces Erasmus+ project. The two-day event was both highly intensive and filled with a truly positive atmosphere: the partners elevated their professional cooperation to a new level, experienced strong community spirit, and [...]

There are very few practising teachers in the local education scene with such a broad global horizon as Ms. Gyöngyi Tóthné-Bán or on her nickname: Dondi who conquered the world from a small village from Hungary and the Balatonboglár Primary School. She has worked with teachers and students from dozens of countries on many continents, [...]

This quote from Judith Benedek captures the experience of being successful in one's work as a teacher. Judit Benedek and Andrea Pap, teachers in schools, are committed educations, both believers and practitioners of project pedagogy and love what they do. We could hardly wish for more. In one of the Autumn 2023 episodes of the [...]

Jorge Teixeira and Alexandre Arieira Silva, through their participation in podcasts conducted by PREVIFORM, Lda, as part of the LEARNITECT project - Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces, propose a reflection on the architecture of Portuguese schools. This article aims to present some considerations on this reality. The structure of Portuguese schools [...]

International networking is essential for effective and well-functioning knowledge management. Within Europe, it may seem easier to change countries, but when the cultural environment, learning, education and everyday life are very different - as between Hungary and Italy, for example - interesting or even funny situations can arise. At the same time, there is no [...]

Rui Vieito and Jorge Dias, through their participation in the podcasts conducted by PREVIFORM, Lda, as part of the LEARNITECT project - Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces, present a vision of the panorama of Education in Portugal from two distinct perspectives, regular education and vocational education. This article seeks to offer [...]

Knowledge management is extremely important in driving efficiency and progress in modern education and organisational development, according to the experts in the first episode of the Csomópont (Knowledge Hub) podcast. The personal stories and professional experiences shared by the invited panellists all point in the direction of how public education and higher education are connected [...]

The opening meeting of the LEARNITECT – Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces project was held by the partners in the framework of a two-day programme that was both very enjoyable and yet dense and focused. About the programme The first evening began with an informal dinner and a team-building “human bingo” [...]

The LEARNITECT – Meeting of Innovative Learning Design and Inclusive Learning Spaces Erasmus+ project was launched in autumn 2023 with the aim of supporting teachers, school leaders, and schools in transforming their learning and community spaces to meet the needs of the 21st century. This two-year international collaboration brings together Hungarian, Italian, and Portuguese partners [...]