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  • Syllabus


    • A proposal for European Secondary School Syllabus on NPS


      The Syllabus was developed in the framework of INES project. It represents a methodological guide to incorporate the teaching-learning path developed during the project life-cycle into the secondary schools' mainstream curriculum. It shows the results of the strong collaboration between researchers, teachers and students in creating a didactic proposal to avoid the problem of NPS at school.  


      This work started from the creation of the training materials developed by INES university researchers and published in the Short Blended Learning Course (http://ines.unibo.it/) and continues through the design of Didactic Units co-designed by teachers, students and researchers.


      The first part of the Syllabus introduces the five interdisciplinary learning Modules about New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). The second part shows the teaching-learning paths and the game ideas. The final part presents pedagogical and didactic recommendations to make transferable the learning module out of the INES project.  


      This is the first version of the syllabus. Subsequent versions will incorporate the next results of collaborative work among teachers, researchers and students: teaching-learning paths and recommendations.


  • Survey


    New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) represent a large and increasing group of chemical compounds characterized by pharmacological and toxicological properties particularly dangerous for the health of consumers. They include stimulants, many synthetic substances intended to mimic the effects of controlled drugs and are treated as legal replacements for them. They may be sold in a range of products under the guise of “legal highs”, “researched chemicals”, or “dietary supplements”. As underlined in the last European Drug Report (EMCDDA, 2018) the “New psychoactive substances continue to challenge public health: [the priority is] to identify and respond to the emergence of drugs that has been lacking elsewhere”.

    Aiming to promote student’s strenghts, their reflexive capacity, and key competencies to tackle the abuse of the above-mentioned substances, the project Innovative teaching and learning paths for the prevention of new drugs abuse - INES, (2021-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000032570 - Cooperation Partnership in School Education) was granted with financial support from the Erasmus+ program. The project is developed under the coordination of Bologna University (Italy) and gathers European parnership comprising Porto University (Portugal), Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania), Technical and Economic Institute (ITC) "G. Salvemini" (Italy), Mircea Cristea Technical College (Romania), Secondary School João Gonçalves Zarco (Portugal) and Productions Associees company (Belgium). In this context, a survey was developed to find your opinion regarding the complex and challenging subject of NPS and how it is currently approached in the educational environment. Your answers are valuable for the prevention of new drugs abuse, by developing innovative didactic strategies and resources for students and teachers in high schools.

    Your participation is voluntary, anonymous and the information is confidential. We assure you that there are no right or wrong answers. We also assure you that all data collected through this survey will be processed and analyzed by the project team for project implementation, respecting the requirements imposed by the directive for protection of personal information and image rights.

    Thank you for agreeing to complete our survey!