Maths for Minis Erasmus Project

Project Title

Maths for Minis

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

MM-Maths for Minis

The background and working context of the project is the fact that Europe ‘s prosperity is based on the economic and technical innovation capacity of its citizens. In order to secure a sufficiently qualified specialist base in mathematics and natural sciences as a prerequisite for Europe’s economic competitiveness for the future, the educational opportunities and resources of young people for the so-called MINT area (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology) must finally become better and earlier be used.
In almost all European countries, there are so far only few successful attempts to motivate individual target groups for the mathematical and scientific area. It is therefore finally necessary to provide more effective teaching materials and teaching methods that are suitable to interest as many target groups as possible in the MINT area (eg girls, certain immigrant groups, disabled children and other socially disadvantaged groups) early on for mathematical phenomena in the long term to bring about a corresponding educational interest.
The aim of this strategic partnership is to strengthen the focus on mathematics in the area of early childhood care, education and development of young people throughout Europe.
The applicant owns exhibition “MiniMathematikum”. The concept of the “MiniMathematikum” has meanwhile been tried and tested for many years. The touring exhibition from the Mathematikum in Gießen has already proven in practice that it gives children between the ages of four and eight years the opportunity to enthusiastically explore mathematical phenomena. It also lends itself as a basis for a discussion on the reorientation of mathematics education. In a two-year program with European partners, we will exhibit and operate the MiniMathematikum in each partner’s country after intensive preparation. Participating partners will systematically monitor the young visitors / classes of the exhibitions and develop insights into what additional conditions must be created to make certain groups more enthusiastic about mathematical phenomena. Each partner will focus on the observation of defined target groups: gender aspects, children with a migrant background, Sinti and Roma, disabled children etc. Visiting the traveling exhibition creates additional incentives for children to engage in non-verbal communication with each other, which educators use as an important tool for integrating children.
The network partners exchange the results and impressions and disseminate them in a variety of ways. Particular importance is attached to the regional training events, because in this way pedagogical specialists can be addressed directly and the use of the results can be directly ensured. The intensive support provided by the IBE for short-term joint staff training events also ensures the emergence of transnational networks.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 94021 Eur

Project Coordinator

Institut für Bildung und Erziehung gGmbH & Country: DE

Project Partners

• CRAMARS SOCIETA COOPERATIVA SOCIALE
• BBS Rinteln
• Association for Roma Community Development SUMNAL
• Zdruzenie za obrazovanie na vozrasni Centar za Dozivotno Ucenje Skopje
• Fundacion Docete Omnes