Let’s ART the Future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s ART the Future

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

CHILDHOOD should be the time when the seeds of sharing and self awareness start to bloom. This multidisciplinary project opens up children’s world and makes them discover the world of other children who are living in other countries. It relies on the sharing and learning about others but in the way children like to do it. This project also ENHANCES CREATIVITY and ARISES CURIOSITY and opens up paths for children to DISCOVER ABOUT THE WORLD around them. In this project, pupils also work on DEVELOPING a BETTER UNDERSTANDING of THEMSELVES. We have put young children in the centre of the circle, because the way children do it is always more innocent, naive, natural and deriving from the heart. So, teaching the importance of PEACE, tolerating CULTURAL DIFFERENCES and CREATING the AWARENESS of a BEAUTIFUL WORLD where all people should live as ONE should better start at early ages. Therefore, the project involves everything that children can do and like to do. The project aims to promote and encourage intercultural dialogue with primary school children through interactive work such as storytelling, visual arts, music, drama supported with ITC skills in order to share a common imaginary world and understand each other.OBJECTIVES-improving the competencies of teachers, trainers and other staff and the quality of curricula and learning environments for children under compulsory schooling age- supporting and encouraging early language and literacy development- encouraging a respect for differences of culture and tradition- stimulating child creativity and thinking- improving children’s motivation and attention and critical thinking talents.The implementation of the project were task and activity based. Enjoyable tasks were designed, students did it and shared it online either through videos or visuals. Portable stuff were sent or brought with the teachers during the meetings. The project mascot travelling throughout the countries and visiting the pupils was an important item which kept the interaction warm and lively.There has been a lot of DRAWING and CREATING through ARTS and CRAFTS, PLAYING GAMES, FAIRY TALES, SONGS and DANCING, DRAMA and PUPPETS, CARTOONS and STORIES. For example, they introduced their traditional games and toys, and also saw what they play in common with the others. They taught each other songs in their own languages or discuss the moral of a tale from their point of view. They contributed to each other’s festivals and sent their favorite recipes. By such activities pupils DISCOVERED THEIR OWN CULTURE first and then got the chance to INTRODUCE it to the other countries and then compared and contrasted and finally saw what they have in common and what is different. In the meantime, the need of using a common language showed them that learning a foreign language is vital. All participants carried out the planned outcomes like the peace train, the art gallery, fairy tales booklet and DVD, song CD, toy construction and museum, recipe book, photo exhibition and make the mascot visit the pupils. Besides all of there is the website for the project to publish all the products of the project like the E-magazine, animated cartoons and brochure. All the countries contributed with student products for these outcomes. Peace and Harmony Day was organized and planned in the best way it fits the schools’ own curricula. A multilingual dictionary of the most important words and phrases for the teachers was prepared. The project partners were 6 primary schools from Turkey, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria and Macedonia. We hope our project will give way to continuous improvement of the quality of education. We expect that this project will help to open the socio-cultural horizons for all the children and all the schools involved in this project. It’s a unique possibility of knowing and working with the pedagogical staff from different countries which provides every partner country with a very rich experience as well as it supplies participating teachers experience in diversity of educational methods. To promote cultural diversity and the learning of foreign languages at early age and to improve children motivations for learning different languages. The project has also supported the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice in lifelong learning and to encourage collaborative working, communication, and management of information skills. Learning to learn, teachers will be aware of permanent development. This awareness will help them to understand that ability of learning is the key to success. Gathering the knowledge and ability of using it in everyday activities is one of the most important skills in modern world.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 112300 Eur

Project Coordinator

ODTU Gelistirme Vakfi Ozel Ilkokulu & Country: TR

Project Partners

• OOU Lazo Angelovski
• GTVS Spielmanngasse
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR 4 MORENI
• Nuova Direzione Didattica Vasto
• Fondatsiya Alternativa Alfa i Omega – P.R. Slaveikov Secondary Private School