Heritage Education and Initial Teacher Training: an International Experience

The great interest and debate on teachers 21st century skills development isclosely connected with a “new” approach to education and learning whichinevitably affects the present and the future of the whole education system.Roma Tre University Museum Education Centre took part in the Erasmus+DICHE project (Digital Innovation in Cultural Heritage Education) and carriedout activities taking into consideration the project theoretical model:informing primary school teachers of new education practices in culturalheritage fruition which employ technologies and also include the evaluationof their effectiveness in learning in terms of competences development. Aweb app devoted to integrate technology in heritage fruition within primaryschool education was designed and implemented as one of the projectcore activities. This paper presents the development and the piloting ofthis application for mobile devices as a tool for teachers in training: theMuseTech web app