Playing and Acting Learning towards Science Erasmus Project

Project Title

Playing and Acting Learning towards Science

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

The application of the project was based on needs of our school, which were studied and data analyzed. As a base was taken OECD research and exam results of Jaunpiebalga Secondary School.
The main aim of the project was to improve students’ motivation to study and achieve better results at science subjects, as well, to promote opportunities for more students in future to pick up career connected with science subjects, which is one of EU single market’s adjustments.
As a long-term aim was to reduce the amount of those students, who are early school leavers, not graduating the education without any certificate.
The participants of 4 schools from 4 countries – Latvia, Italy, Spain and England. The age of students who participated in the project – 13-18 years old.
The main activities implemented during the project:
-the local project activities in each partner school, which were realized ( lectures, experiments, studies, video making, excursions, quizzes, questionnaires etc.)
-international meetings among project coordinators,
-Teaching/learning international events at any of partner schools,
-meetings for teachers, pupils and pupils’ parents,
-arrangements with people who are interested in the project
-informative events
-dissemination events of the results
-the evaluation events of the project

The results and benefits during the project:
As a particular result can be mentioned manual book for teachers, where are summarized different teaching methods, lesson plans, work sheet examples and other useful information. Ready made brochures about EU offered opportunities for students – for studies and choice of career. Therefore, there is ready- made brochure for pupils, what skills and knowledge are necessary, in order to choose the future career connected with science.

As intangible results and benefits from project can be mentioned:
– good practice examples exchange among teachers from partner schools – using teaching methods, exchange with study materials, even creating new teaching materials.
-improved knowledge about other countries education and evaluation systems
improved pupils knowledge in different subjects
improved foreign language knowledge among all participants who were involved in the project
improved pupils’ motivation to study better and achieve higher academic results
knowledge and experience
during the school project more open becoming sinenergies among other organizations, they are more dynamic, more modern.

Speaking about long-term benefits from this project, we can admit, that there is a base for not stoppable process in future for school development. There are connections with other school teachers and out of school organizations, we have new ideas for challenges and wish to continue cooperate with partner-schools from this project. As one of the most important benefits can be considered the change of attitude among teachers, pupils and their parents. More often people can distinguish and evaluate benefits from that kind of projects and many of them expressed a wish to be involved in that kind of occasions. Teachers are more ready to accomplish their professional skills, that will lead to more qualitative teaching/learning process.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 71080 Eur

Project Coordinator

Jaunpiebalgas vidusskola & Country: LV

Project Partners

• Liceo Scientifico Statale Antonio Pacinotti
• sir joseph williamson’s mathematical school
• IES Fuente Grande