Past, present and future – memories and dreams Erasmus Project

Project Title

Past, present and future – memories and dreams

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: Environment and climate change; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

“Past, present and future – memories and dreams” is an interdisciplinary project involving young people and adults, the aim of which is to highlight important aspects of our lives: learning to achieve goals, taking care of yourself and your surroundings, based on cooperation on tolerance and human dignity. I know who I am, what my predispositions are, I know my strengths and weaknesses. I know my learning style and I can obtain information effectively. I am creative, enterprising and well-organized. I can appreciate knowledge and experience to remember and learn from others, dreaming and making their dreams come true. I have friends not only in Europe, I always have time for them. Together and separately, in harmony with nature and ourselves, with respect for tradition and knowledge of modernity, we build our future. This is how the participants of the project describe themselves. To achieve this, we developed the skills to learn and use information and communication technologies, which allow young people to better prepare for the changing reality and equip them with the skills necessary for continuous improvement and acquisition of competences. We shaped ecological culture, we leveled educational disproportions by improving the effectiveness of education and developing key competences among young people, such as:
-Mathematical skills – included the ability to develop and use mathematical thinking to solve problems arising from everyday situations
-Scientific competence included understanding human-driven change and the responsibility of individual citizens.
IT competences covered the skillful and critical use of information technology in work, entertainment and communication.
– “Learning to learn” is the ability to persist in learning, to organize your own learning process
-Social and civic competences – behavior preparing young people for effective and constructive participation in social and professional life and the ability to resolve conflicts when necessary
-Innovation and entrepreneurship is the ability to make ideas come true – creativity, the ability to plan projects and bring them to the intended goals
The methods of achieving goals included learning by discovering – a method of solving problems, learning by researching and developing one’s own creativity – methods based on ICT (Mind Mapping, Design Thinking etc.), Practical student activities, eg laboratory classes, field trips. It was important to overcome language barriers, to realize one’s own identity and the importance of universal values ​​in life, and to get to know the culture of other countries.
Actions:
“I-past, present and future” – childhood now, in the past; family tree of the family, my city, country, homeland
“School is a place to live, here and now” – organization of the physical space of the school
“There is an artist hidden in every human being” – art in its great and more modest form
“There are many roads ahead of us.” Discovering yourself and determining your own paths of development
“I will never stop … learning” – exercises to improve learning skills
“Health is the basis” – promotion of preventive examinations, healthy diet and physical activity
“See the world up close” – in the microworld and … Looking at the surrounding nature and cultural heritage. Conducting monitoring of the natural environment – learning about endangered and invasive species
“The world is drowning” – literally and figuratively; water as… (element, natural environment, place of rest, etc., will we drown in garbage – how to segregate waste and why). Ecological culture – responsibility for the environment
“For the sake of a good climate” – at home, at school, in the natural environment – do not complain, just change – we start with ourselves, others will follow us
“We act!” – concrete actions in the local environment resulting from the analysis of current environmental issues
Dissemination: promotion of the project on Facebook, presentation of the project at the school forum, among partner schools, participation in local initiatives, publication of educational materials (brochures, leaflets) with the logo of the program and the project, summary conference with the participation of partners
Value and usefulness of the project: increasing the key competences of students and teachers, increasing environmental and health awareness of project participants, improving group cooperation skills at all stages of the project implementation, acquiring the skills of planning, deciding and responsible performance of tasks, organization of the school’s physical space – a place for talks, rest during breaks between lessons, enriching the educational base of the school with educational materials made and purchased during the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 155370,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zespol Szkol im. Narodow Zjednoczonej Europy w Polkowicach & Country: PL

Project Partners

• ZEMEDELSKA PROFESIONALNA GIMNAZIA KLIMENT TIMIRYAZEV
• Agrupamento de Escolas Anselmo de Andrade
• GAZIANTEP ANADOLU LISESI
• Colegiul National “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Municipiul Ploiesti, Judetul Prahova