Heads-on, hands-on, hearts-on: educators perceptions on vidukids contributions to integral education

Abstract

The integral development of the child is nowadays one of the goals of the education, which implies the use of activities and strategies that involve the various dimensions of the human being in a comprehensive way. This paper aims to describe and analyse the potential of the pedagogical model of the Erasmus+ Vidukids project to develop ‘Heads-on’, ‘Hearts-on’, ‘Hands-on’ activities. The project aims to explore the use of video production about mathematics, by children aged 4-8 years old. The pedagogical matrix involves different levels of complexity in video production, mathematical topics such as numbers, shapes, space and tasks such as ‘An explorer mission’, ‘A story with mathematical content’, ‘Solving a mathematical problem’. Based on a Vidukids activity in which participated 60 trainees from bachelor courses in educational areas, there was immediate involvement in the video production task and the resources needed for the narrative. The analysis of the videos produced and the answers to a questionnaire showed high levels of satisfaction, a perception of various learning experiences, either in terms of video production, the visual representation of mathematical concepts and also transversal competences. This demonstrates how an activity can enhance different skills and contribute to integral education.