“NOT ONE LESS” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“NOT ONE LESS”

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

Title: “NOT ONE LESS”
The project was based on the adoption of the Tinkering methodology in the pre-school, on the introduction of Coding and Robotic activities in the primary school and on the experimentation of CLIL methodology in STEM subjects. The priorities were chosen to promote social inclusion through the enhancement of different learning styles and different intelligences. The project included three schools, two from Italy and one from Spain with the involvement of pupils from the different school levels and teachers who followed the training provided for in the LTTA and built innovative educational paths. It started in 2018 and, due to the pandemic, it ended on February 2021 after the request of an extention. The project provided a solid structure to allow teachers to use new methodologies in teaching by improving the level of knowledge and the level of use of the English language, sharing good educational practices for teaching science subjects. Using very diversified work methodologies, during the project phases, allowed the inclusion of disadvantaged pupils, increasing and developing motivation and interest in learning as well as interpersonal relationships and the growth of self-esteem, as well as achievement of some European key competences such as: Communication in foreign languages, Digital competence, Learning to learn, Social and civic competences. The methodologies used promoted the achievement of the objectives, in fact the students have:
• improved the abstraction capacity that is the ability for creative thinking and problem solving,
• improved communication, logical and digital skills by acquiring new verbal and non-verbal codes.
Attending the different LTTAs, Coding in CLIL, Tinkering and Educational Robotics, teachers gained valuable knowledge of Coding and the role of computational thinking in the teaching / learning of STEM disciplines; they learned the most suitable methodological principles for introducing these disciplines into the curriculum and they planned learning units that were experimented in the schools. Participating in the short term exchange of pupils, allowed them to increase motivation and interest in learning as well as interpersonal relationships and the growth of self-esteem, in order to acquire awareness of European citizenship by collaborating with classmates from different countries, using English as the vehicular language. Due to the Covid19 pandemic, project activities could not be concluded as planned in the application form. The last mobility, concerning the exchange of pupils in Tinkering activities, was not held; however, the partner schools continued to work in a collaborative atmosphere, implementing the planned activities. This project has certainly enriched the educational offer of the schools involved for the acquisition of transversal skills, but above all it has provided teachers and students with those skills of lifelong education that will give their long-term benefits.

Project Website

https://sites.google.com/view/non-uno-di-meno/home

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 52465 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scuola Statale Primaria San Giovanni Bosco & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ESCOLA OCTAVIO PAZ
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE MANZONI – Bovisio Masciago (MB)