4C Erasmus Project

Project Title

4C

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

This project was about Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. The project grow up from a need in all participating schools improve learning environment in teaching 21 st century skills and competences. As all schools had to change their educational curricula, this project came just in time. Before the project our schools were producing mostly the same knowledge and skills that didn’t addressed the future needs, that was the thing we tried to change, offering our students to learn more about 21 century skills. During the project we tried to think on a professions that still don’t exist, but could be in the future, schools tried to prepare students for jobs that have not yet been created, technologies that have not yet been invented and problems that we don’t yet know will arise.
The main objective of this project was to exchange good practices in teaching/ learning 21st century skills, improve the present teaching system. This has helped to motivate our students to reach better results and combating failure in education which usually leads to early school leaving. The concrete results of the project are- collection of methods used to teach critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity. Improved skills which students use making qualitative research works and essays about themes they are interested in. Portfolios created by students to show different activities for their acquisition of skills.
Students in an age from 13-18 have participated in this project. Project partners were from Latvia, Portugal, UK, Italy, Denmark.
The whole project has been divided into 4 parts- Critical thinking, Collaboration, Creativity and Communication. Each part contained various tasks and activities to reach the project goal- improve and learn more about these so necessary skills.
Methodology used in carrying out the project – e-twinning platform, job shadowing, workshops, lectures, excursions, quizzes, research work, experiments, different kind of activities for the particular topics, presentations, assignments for other school students, theoretical and practical knowledge during the study process, discussion were carried out during the project.
During the LTT mobilities we have shared new ideas, implemented innovative approaches in teaching and learning processes, ICT based methods and processes which were based on recognition and evaluation. In total we were able to organize 2 students mobilities to UK and Italy and 1 teachers mobility to Denmark. Due to Covid 19 we weren’t able to held mobilities in Portugal and Latvia, but we organized virtual activities to ensure that we reach all the project goals, and we successfully did it.
The project has lead to Improved pupils and teachers competences.The project has lead to Improved pupils and teachers competences. Students developed personally, professionally and academically. They improved their language skills, learnt how to work in groups where language barriers were at times evident, learnt how to respect cultural differences and present their own culture. There was a growing awareness of how nationalities are perceived and the sense of pride that comes from knowing your own cultural heritage. Students broadened their horizons – physically and mentally. We specifically involved a leading practitioner in the Duke of Edinburgh so that all students were encouraged to show determination and perseverance, teamwork and individualism.Students gained new transferable skills which serves to boost employability. They learnt how to make a robot and programme it to follow instructions. Visiting students learnt a new sport – tag rugby. We researched social media and fake news within their own countries and presented this to all groups. They discussed the reasons behind Brexit and came to understand that much fake news was promoted across Europe regarding this. The robotic resources provided has now been incorporated into the IT department’s curriculum and is used regularly for extra-curricular activities during computing club and STEM club.

Project Website

https://jv.edu.lv/projekti/erasmus/4c

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 78619,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Jaunpiebalgas vidusskola & Country: LV

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Fornos de Algodres
• Liceo Scientifico Statale Antonio Pacinotti
• sir joseph williamson’s mathematical school
• Tingløkkeskolen