Let’s teach Europe! European Heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool in adult education. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s teach Europe! European Heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool in adult education.

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

According to the Special Eurobarometer Report, Cultural Heritage, a most respondents (88%) agree that Europe’s cultural heritage should be taught in schools, as it tells us about our history and culture. Adult education has a key role here. Partner organizations decided to respond to the need of modern teaching European Heritage to adult and senior learners. They will develop the idea of treating European heritage as a pedagogical and integration tool. It will be perceived as a carrier of important knowledge and common values.
The project participants from partner organizations from Poland (coordinator), UK, Italy and Spain will be adults or seniors – students and educators. All of them will be invited to many local activities, some of them will also be selected to take part in the international training activities in partner countries. Participants will receive knowledge about the richness of Europe, as well as deepen the knowledge of their own culture. Educators participating in the project will develop their competences, exchange good practices, ideas and get necessary skills and inspiration to implement many creative lessons and activities, which will promote and support culture and European heritage.
To achieve the project objectives and results, different activities are planned. An intensive collaboration of 4 adult institutions from 4 different countries will result in 4 international learning mobilities (3 Short-term joint staff training events in the UK, Spain and Poland and 1 blended mobility of adult learners in Italy)
Small scale project materials will be developed and published during the project. They include the project website presenting the 4 digital Heritage Routes in 4 countries of the partnership and a virtual teachers’ guide with lessons scenarios instructing teachers how to use the heritage materials in the classroom.
Project activities will create new educational opportunities for adult learners, especially seniors and those who have never participated in Erasmus+ projects. They will increase their and social activation, develop knowledge of European heritage and increase the sense of responsibility for shared cultural European values. European heritage will be perceived as a carrier of important knowledge and common values. This will contribute to European integration as a social value will affect the cultural sensitivity of the European community as well as to promoting Erasmus+ activities among generations.
Short-term joint staff training events will result in improved competences of adult education teachers. Participant of international trainings will create and publish culture lesson scenarios and share their competences with the rest of the staff and students during teacher training sessions and by publishing materials on the project website. The whole staff team will gain new teaching and intercultural skills, wider knowledge of European heritage, new inspiration for culture lessons, exchange best practices and ideas with the staff of partner organizations.
Partners’ work on the idea of treating European heritage as a “pedagogical and integration tool” will result in the creation of the 4 digital Heritage Routes published on the website and a virtual teachers’ guide with lessons scenarios instructing teachers how to use the heritage materials in the classroom. This will enable partner schools to improve existing programs, introduce new educational activities to their educational offer. This offer will better respond to the need of strengthening adult learners’ motivation for learning and struggling with euro-skepticism.
All project activities and transnational collaboration will develop strategic relationships between 4 education institutions from culturally different regions of Europe. This will strengthen partner organizations, allow for exchange experience, sharing ideas and best practices and work together on the challenges of life long learning. Long lasting collaborative relationships between organizations have been assumed even outside the partnership.
Creation of small scale project materials will result in promoting the concept of social and educational value of European culture heritage. The website will be an information base on the cultural heritage of partner countries. Descriptions of visited places, routes developed, photos and videos will be presented there. This site will be publicly available. Partners will prepare and publish a digital guide for teachers on how to use materials about European heritage for their lessons with adult learners. The guide will include lessons scenarios and activity ideas prepared during the project. In this way it will contribute to increasing the opportunities to teach and learn about the European cultural and natural heritage and to contribute to the integration and strengthening of the EU sense of pride and unity

Project Website

https://www.letsteacheurope-erasmus.site/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 59218 Eur

Project Coordinator

EDUSYSTEM Sp. z o.o. & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Eurospeak Language Schools Ltd
• Centro Privado Plurilingüe Liceo “La Paz”
• JUMP – Gioventù in riSalto