Workshop, 17-18 September 2025

Workshop description

During the workshop, the model CLIL teaching materials will be shared and discussed with the workshop participants. The expected outputs of the workshop are improved teaching materials that can be adapted to each workshop participant’s teaching context, as well as ideas for new teaching materials for subject-and-language combinations and/or United Nations sustainable development goals. 

Similarly, a draft version of the teacher’s guide will be shared and discussed with the workshop participants. The expected output here is feedback on the teacher’s guide, which will be used to improve it. After the meeting, workshop participants will pilot the teaching materials and the teacher’s guide and send their feedback to the project coordinator, in writing or in the format of a video clip. 

Workshop focus

• To review and revise a teacher’s guide that has a triple aim: 
  • To clarify for CLIL teachers what competences they need in order to promote 21st-century competences related to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals;
  • To explain the pedagogical principles underlying the developed teaching materials;
  • To offer a set of guidelines so that teachers can develop their own teaching materials based on the sample materials offered in the teacher’s guide.
• To review and revise teaching materials dealing with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals which aim to promote the development of 21st century competences in secondary school learners (15-18 year olds); 
• To discuss the developed teaching materials with respect to their own professional contexts and to provide feedback on their experiences;
• To explore the possibility of piloting the materials in teachers’ own professional contexts.

Expected outcomes of the workshop for the participants

• Familiarisation with the teacher’s guide and teaching materials described above through discussion 
• Opportunities to discuss and pilot the teaching materials in their own professional contexts and to contribute ideas for improvement

Expected products to be developed during the workshop 

• A teacher’s guide and teaching materials dealing with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals and aiming to promote the development of 21st-century competences

Participants’ profile 

• Experienced (min. 2 years) “CLIL” teachers of various subjects and languages working in secondary school (15-18-year-olds). These “CLIL” teachers may as also be working in , content-based language teaching, bilingual education, or cross-cultural teaching. CLIL teachers can have been educated as language teachers or content teachers.
• Experienced (min. of 2 years) pedagogical advisors working with secondary school CLIL teachers of various subjects (e.g., biology, history, social sciences, ethics/religion/philosophy) and languages (e.g., English, German). 
• Experienced (min. of 2 years) teacher educators working with pre- and/or in-service teachers preparing for CLIL education.

Expected involvement / tasks before, during and after the event

Before: Familiarising oneself with the teacher’s guide and a set of teaching materials, and preparing feedback on them. 

During: Discussing, improving and adding to the teacher’s guide and the teaching materials. Sharing relevant expertise on CLIL education, education for 21st-century competences, and sustainability education.

After: Participating in the piloting and further development of the teacher’s guide and the teaching materials in one’s own professional context. Participating in the dissemination of the teacher’s guide and the teaching materials

Council of Europe resources

• Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)

Other resources

• Education for Sustainable Development Goals: learning objectives
   
• Mehisto, P. (2012). Criteria for producing CLIL learning materials. Encuentro, 21, 15-33.
  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539729.pdf
   
• Sustainable development goals (SDG)