GENERATION C: Journey into the past! Erasmus Project

Project Title

GENERATION C: Journey into the past!

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

Although there is no exact definition of today’s generation, attitudes and behaviors of students and parents comply with the definition of “Generation C”. Nearly 95 percent of the Generation C spends time with an average of 3 hours of digital games daily. As such, this causes students to spend more sedentary time. According to EUROSTAT data, the average of “Overweight People” in 28 EU countries increased from 51,6 in 2014 to 52,0 in 2017 and the average of “Pre-Obese People” increased from 35,7 in 2014 to 36,8 in 2017. Therefore, serious problems will arise if it has not taken any precautions for students. Stated that they complain about the same issue among the teachers in our project partner school.Our aim with this project, spreading the European cultural heritage by playing “Traditional Child. Games” in schools and creating a new “Game” for using in school curricula.Our main project goals that we have determined based on this purpose;
•Avoiding “Virtual Bullying” by moving away from digital environments,
•Preventing obesity by providing psychosocial and physical development,
•Avoiding “Peer Bullying” while respecting peers in different cultures while playing games,
•Students develop “English” communication skills with their friends while learning with fun in games,
•Minimizing generation conflict by increasing communication between families and children with games played
•To be able to raise students from individuality to team,
determined as.In this context, the project of e-twinning has been launched with Kadri Suyabakan P. S., together with the project partner “Osnovna Skola Turnic” from Croatia and it has been decided to make a total of 5 partnerships with KA229 projects by including “Kedaınıaı Juozas Paukstelıs Progymnasıum” from Lithuania, one of the countries / schools participating in this project, “Escola La Muntanya” from Spain, “Sukromna zakladna skola United Nation Elementary School” from Slovakia. From every school to mobility; accompanied by 2 teachers, there will be participation in teams consisting of 5 students with all parent permits and health reports. The age range of students will be 9-11. The host country, which is predetermined and where teams are prepared, will play the game in the form of a tournament. In Croatia: “Between Two Fires ” game, in Slovakia: “Guličky / Marbles” game, in Lithuania: “The Third ! Run!” game, in Turkey: “Walled Dodgeball” game and in Spain “The Handkerchief Game” is game will be played. Before the competitions, each country will form a competition execution commission consisting of a teacher. This commission will serve as the decision maker and referee about the implementation of the rules of the game, drawing lots and competitions. All teams will be presented with Trophies, Medals and Certificate of Attendance.
•The host school will be created visually and mentally to travel to the country culture by creating artificial spaces suitable for its own culture. (Students with cultural figures, Castle-Castle-Square-Tent and costumed students) Students will have fun learning in the created playgrounds.
•With this project, the most important step will be taken for students to be a good person and a good citizen by getting away from individuality and acting as a group and playing for the team with this project.
All students in the project will be able to mingle with their peers in another country, and to facilitate their thinking, acting and understanding behaviors with a strengthened European identity. Likewise, throughout the project, our teachers will be able to share their professional experiences mutually by establishing a strong communication with their colleagues, and increase their experience by finding the opportunity to examine pedagogical approaches on-site.
Also in mobility;
1.Mobility will be held in Croatia / Rijeka, the European Capital of Culture in November 2020
2. Mobility will be held in Vilnus / Lithuania in February 2021
3. Mobility will be held, n April 2021 in Ankara / in Turkey (19-23.04.2021)
4.Mobility will be held in Nitra / Slovakia in November 2021
5.Mobility will take place in Barcelona / Spain in April 2022
In each activity; As a close target, it is aimed to reach 3,000 people with students, teachers, parents and guests, and 5,000 people as a remote target. Thus, in the long term, each participating country will have expanded its cultural heritage and spread all over Europe and registered as a European cultural heritage. When the contract is signed after the project is accepted, each partner; Dissemination activities during and after the project will be guaranteed by signing in the “Sustainability Declaration”. Social media tools (Youtube – Facebook – Instagram – Whatsapp) will be used for dissemination, and the new / updated “Game” will be converted into a Digital Book and published with the label “Creative Common”and delivered to more and institutions.The e-twinning project will be carried out as before andafter the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145830 Eur

Project Coordinator

KADRI SUYABAKAN ILKOKULU & Country: TR

Project Partners

• KEDAINIAI JUOZAS PAUKSTELIS PROGYMNASIUM
• Osnovna skola Turnic
• La Muntanya
• Sukromna zakladna skola United Nations Elementary School Javorova 644/12 Nitra