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The way of life, education and use of children's leisure has changed significantly in the last 20 years on both sides of the border. This means less contact with nature and insufficient manual dexterity in children. It is a great challenge for us to motivate students for technical and science education, to support manual dexterity and skills of children. Education must be more closely linked to the real environment and to the acquisition of practical skills. Despite the 20-year-long EU membership, networks of relations have to be expanded. This is precisely because they contribute to the elimination of barriers between the two countries and support a common identity. The project aims to use the school grounds, areas and gardens as places suitable for school education. They provide a backdrop for science education and practical activities. They enable the use of training methods such as research education, "learning by doing" and "real world learning". There is also a new mindset in the project framework, where the activities comprise the system, from school education, through teachers to the pedagogy students. In the project, Czech partners teach scientific and research methods and interdisciplinary relations. The Austrian partners contribute to the project through modern, ecological access for practical education and cultivation practices. Through this connection, a complex type of access is created towards the use of the school grounds for the education. Partners work out common educational frameworks and establish common educational approaches in the field of gardening education, which assist in fulfilling the project objectives: - increase student motivation for science education, - support practical activities and increase the children’s manual dexterity, - Overcome barriers across borders and secure common identity in education. These types of access contribute to the acquisition of knowledge and competences, which will later improve pupils’ chances on the labour market. The partners are jointly developing an educational framework for garden pedagogy, which uses the school grounds for science education and the acquisition of practical experience. Further programmes and the expansion of required educational infrastructure will be linked to this framework. The portfolio covers education for pedagogical students and events for long-term educational programmes for teachers and trainers. For pupils, cross-border educational programmes and a project for the design proposal of a school garden will be developed. The educational infrastructure includes educational gardens in Brno and Č. Budějovice.

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