Four shades of literacy Erasmus Project

Project Title

Four shades of literacy

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: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

The project with the title “Four shades of literacy” was a result of an intercultural dialogue between the participating schools and the whole project helped to deepen and develop our cooperation and partnership. All participating schools were secondary vocational schools preparing their students to work in different companies in Europe. Our common goal was to produce competitive school graduates equipped with sufficient vocational, language and social skills to integrate into the EU labour market successfully. Thanks to this project the participants developed competences and knowledge in the branch of foreign languages, economy, media, ICT and social sphere.

The objectives of the project included 4 topics – media, financial, cultural and social literacy. Participants developed skills and competences in these areas by creating power-point presentations, quizzes, worksheets, questionnaires related to these topics and took part in workshops, discussions and excursions in companies dealing with all four kinds of literacy. As a result, 4 short films came into existence, describing how young people from 4 European countries deal with the specific topics. All project results were presented in the project web-sites of participating schools, face-book and E-twinning. The E-twinning platform was also be used to publish our literacy guide. The project had about 2000 direct participants (students and teachers from four partner schools) as well as 500 indirect participants (local community, other students and pupils, local authorities).

To achieve our objectives we implemented various approaches and introduced non-formal and experimental pedagogical methods. We adapted a “hands on approach” (learning by doing) which made learning more interesting and engaging for participants. Students were be taught how to create an international newspaper, organise a fund raising event, cultural event and workshops on financial literacy. Thanks to visits to different enterprises they got acquainted with their work, met and interviewed their managers/ founders and staff who may be their potential employers in the future. The impact on the project participants and target groups included enhancing their learning and teaching with new methodologies, activities and tools. Thanks to the real life experience students gained new insides into their education and future possibilities, which hopefully increased their confidence. They acquired new skills, developed new attitudes and were more interested in the world around them.

At the international Learning/Teaching Activities (LTA) student presented all the work done on the particular key topics, attended workshops and foreign businesses. They worked collaboratively in international teams adapting personalised learning. The final product is the Literacy Guide a learning platform with educational resources on media, financial, cultural and social literacy, samples of student work, company profiles, videos, photos etc. The project results were evaluated and disseminated as planned in the project.

Long-term benefits of the project include added value to students literacy, the Literacy guide which is avilable to public. Development of useful ICT skills and communication and language competences is another essential long-term benefit. All results and outcomes were used to refresh, update and modify the school curricula to suit the needs of todays students growing up in the European background. This will lead to enhancing transnational cooperation and the dissemination of good practice. Last but not least realisation of learning mobilities, which were commonly validated and recognised, represented an essential long-term benefit.

Project Website

https://twinspace.etwinning.net/70673/pages/page/589534

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 106115,8 Eur

Project Coordinator

Obchodni akademie a Vyssi odborna skola, Pribram I, Na Prikopech 104 & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Lycée Follereau
• 2nd Vocational High School of Heraklion
• Berufsbildende Schule Idar-Oberstein Harald Fissler Schule