Learning Cultures via Cinema Erasmus Project

Project Title

Learning Cultures via Cinema

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: Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

CONTEXT
The current technological era in which our adolescents were born has provided them with the necessary tools and knowledge that are needed in the current general profile of the graduate. However, schools find it difficult to keep up with their ever-changing needs and interests. This is why, students currently tend to tackle the school subjects superficially, as they consider books and traditional teaching methods outdated and tedious. Another need identified in our schools is for students to become more involved in the life of their communities. There are only few students who are currently active in the field of volunteering. This is how the project idea started. The partnership includes 6 schools–GR,HU,RO,TR,PO, MK- It addresses a target group of students aged 14-18 and teachers English, ICT, Humanities. It involves 3 essential dimensions;cultural, educational and individual development.

AIM
To improve digital competences and language skills through movie-making, intent on tackling social issues, highlighting differences and similarities and putting emphasis on fundamental values.

OBJECTIVES
The project will enable students:
– To enhance practical skills related to film-making
– To develop creativity and critical thinking skills
– To develop communication and interpersonal skills
– To determine students to actively approach social issues
– To recognize different cultural marks and analyse similarities and differences
– To improve level of English and acquire basic level of other languages

ACTIVITIES
The project’s main topic is divided into 4 sub-topics distributed to the six partner countries.Therefore, there are 4 Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils:
C1- SHORT FILMS WITH IMPACT: The participating students discuss the films’ contents and message. They attend workshop on the stages of film-making, write story-lines.
C2- SHOOTING SHORT FILMS: Students work in multicultural teams on assigned topics, to write story-lines and create a short film.
C3- EDITING SHORT FILMS: Students learn to use film editing applications, create and edit new films in teams.
C4- EUROPE UNITES US: Students create films centered on the European characteristics of each country and put them together under the title “Europe Unites Us.”

NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
– Direct participants 80+16=96 students (aged 14-18 from general secondary education), some of whom come from challenged social and economic backgrounds and 40+8=48 teachers (English, ICT, Social Sciences/Humanities) attend the LTTAs;
– Indirect participants: 400 students and 200 teachers from the partner schools.

METHODOLOGY
The project is designed to cover 5 main areas:
A1. Project management – includes monitoring and evaluation, risk management, financial management, cooperation and communication strategy that will be applied throughout the project.
A2. Implementation of activities
Before each LTTA, teams of students work on the topic of the exchange, under the supervision and coordination of implementation team members. Out of these students, 4 students are chosen to participate in the exchange. After the LTTAs, participants organise workshops in which they share with their peers the skills they developed in terms of film-making during the event.
A3. Elaboration of a collection of materials related to film-making applications”Tips for making the most of film-making” The process of elaboration starts in the second year of project. Each country contributes to it with materials presented during the LTTA hosted. The output will contain a methodology for running a film club.
A4. Dissemination
Dissemination will be a continuous process. It starts in OCTOBER 2019 and ends after the project end date. The project website and e-twinning space are created at the beginning and updated monthly or at least after every major event in the project.
A5. Follow-up and sustainability
Each school starts a film club in the year after the end of the project. They cooperate and organize online common actions and attract new schools in their areas.

RESULTS AND IMPACT
Students will improve critical and analytical thinking skills, level of English, ICT and film-making skills, awareness of social problems and similarities and differences between countries, interpersonal and communication, team work, negotiation and organisational skills, values like tolerance, respect and acceptance of alterity. Teachers will have the chance to exchange good practices, teaching methods, opinions and will improve English and digital skills, organisational skills, teaching methods and tools. Institutions strengthen their cooperation with other European schools and gain more experience in managing Erasmus+ projects, benefit from better relationships between teaching staff
and students, among students and among teachers, which will lead to a better cohesion inside the institution; continue cooperation with partner institutions through film clubs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 140550 Eur

Project Coordinator

MOUSIKO SHOLEIO THERISOU & Country: EL

Project Partners

• LICEUL TEORETIC “ION HELIADE RADULESCU” TARGOVISTE
• Medgyessy Ferenc Gimnazium es Muveszeti Szakgimnázium
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão
• Yahya Akel Fen Lisesi
• SABA