The crosscut project is in line with the euro pean

The CROSSCUT project is in line with the Euro-
pean Union (EU) desire to actively support new
approaches to teaching and learning. The project
contributes to strengthening the profile of teach-
ing profession in a lifelong learning perspective,
more specifically in-service secondary school
teachers and school leaders. It contributes to
achieving the objectives of the European strate-
gic framework “Education & Training 2020” and
completing new priorities defined in 2015 by the
European Commission and the Council, particu-
larly “further exploring the potential of innovative
and active pedagogies such as interdisciplinary
teaching and collaborative methods, to enhance
the development of relevant and high-level skills
and competences”
1
. So, CROSSCUT addresses
one of the education main challenges by train-
ing teachers to adopt innovative interdisciplinary
teaching methods and effective collaboration.
Students shall benefit from the introduction of
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new teaching methods since teachers are a key
determinant of learners’ performances in school.
Indeed, the acquisition by students of high-lev-
el basic and transversal competences is key to
guarantee employability, capacity of innovation
and active citizenship in a lifelong learning per-
spective, in order to boost competitiveness and
to foster social cohesion. In that sense, the Eu-
ropean Parliament and the Council have defined
in their Recommendation of 18 December 2006
eight key competences
2
that are necessary for
individuals to adapt flexibly to a rapidly changing
and highly interconnected world. In June 2016 the
Commission launched the Review of the 2006
Recommendation on Key Competences for Life-
long Learning with the aim to update the 2006
Recommendation and further support key com-
petences development across Europe. Based on
the conclusions of the Review, the Commission
adopted the proposal for a new Recommenda-
tion on Key Competences for Lifelong learning
in January 2018. The Council Recommendation
on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning was
adopted in May 2018
3
:
-Literacy competence “is the ability to identify, un-
derstand, express, create, and interpret concepts,
feelings, facts and opinions in both oral and written
forms, using visual, sound/audio and digital ma-
terials across disciplines and contexts. It implies
TRANSVERSAL
CROSSCUT
VIRGINIE TIMMERMAN
CROSSCUT COORDINATOR, CIEP
FRANCE
1
New priorities for European cooperation in education and training, 2015, joint report of the Eropean Commission and the Council
2 2006/962/EC, Recommendation of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning:
3
2018/C189/01, Council recommendation of 22 May 2018 on key competences for lifelong learning:
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4
Ibid.

the ability to communicate and connect effectively
with others, in an appropriate and creative way.”
4
-Multilingual competence “defines the ability to