Teaching Together, Learning Better Erasmus Project

Project Title

Teaching Together, Learning Better

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: Pedagogy and didactics; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The project did focus on teacher and student mobilities, teachers learned from best practice examples of each other, students got to know new teaching methods as well as new cultures and school systems. Three to four teachers of each partner visited one school at a time and got to know two new methods / skills the hosting school is good and experienced at. The delegation of teachers was accompanied by six students who also got the opportunity to experience school life and the application of different teaching approaches at a school abroad. After that, teachers and students returned home and teachers implemented and practiced the application of one of these new methods in their school life. To ensure that there is a broad implementation in their own school they involved other teachers in this phase. So all in all, 16 teachers of each country brought home eight new methods and tried out four of them. During the implementation phase, there was a regular monitoring of the results, the achievements and the problems at each school including a survey of the students who have taken part in lessons that included the new methods. But there was also be a regular exchange of the results at each school between the participating schools via email and skype, so problems could be solved and improvements could be found. At the end of the project, teachers of all schools came together again and reported on their experiences with the new methods. Therefore not only the schools to whom this method was new could profit and learn but also the expert school where the method originally came from as they were able to learn from mistakes, problems and solutions that came up in the implementation phase. With so many new ideas and methods, every school found ways to improve their own lessons and education principles and use some of the new methods on a long-term basis. The methods are all rather modern and brought many benefits to the participants and in the end to the students.Italy offered: 1. how to use the flipped classroom as a pre-lesson, how to improve student and class learning awareness through the use of such means and: 2. using drama to create and/or enhance cultural (text-type) and physical (student perception of body movements) awareness in the class (from the text to the stage). Spain offered: Clil learning how to teach students a subject through English as a medium and robotics and programming and their inclusion across the curriculum. Portugal offered: 1. Descriptive Geometry as a base for several professions. The Portuguese partner teaches the orthogonal double projection method and the axonometric methods. These methods will be crucial within technical drawing applications. As a further application there will be lessons where technical drawing with the help of a computer is taught. And 2. Use of multimedia equipment: The Portuguese partner taught students the use of multimedia equipment within theoretical and practical classes. In these classes some support multimedia equipment is available. Germany offered: 1. how to use elements of experiential education in everyday situations, how to improve class mood and team spirit through the use of such means and: 2. using learning platforms (like MEBIS) in lessons and in order to provide extra learning material.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 87015 Eur

Project Coordinator

Berufliche Oberschule Erding & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Liceo ginnasio statale “Anco Marzio”
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Monserrate
• Knox Academy
• IES Gabriel Alonso de Herrera