EUROPE 1 to 4: “LEARNING THROUGH NEW METHODOLOGIES” Erasmus Project

Project Title

EUROPE 1 to 4: “LEARNING THROUGH NEW METHODOLOGIES”

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: Research and innovation; Inclusion – equity; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Our project EUROPE 1to4: Learning through New Methodologies arose from the demand of the schools participating in the project to turn our teaching and the traditional methodologies used in the classroom around, and at the same time, cooperate together to further develop some new methodologies already being used. In addition, the choice of schools to participate in the project was based upon their ability to share positively with the other schools. For instance, the Belgian school were able to share kagan’s cooperative methodology, the Romanian school Neuroscience and applying Multiple Intelligence in the classroom and the Spanish school its experience of CLIL methodology and Flipped Classroom. The project was divided into four sections titled: “A Little Bit of Me”, “Numbers, Letters and Arts”, “Nature, Rhythm and Movement” and “Open-minded world: A new vision for Education”. In each section, there were a selection of proposed activities so that they could be worked upon using new methodologies. Furthermore, in each of the sections there was a compulsory final task for each of the schools.

Amongst the activities were:
– The creation and completion of a questionnaire by all teachers regarding the use of new methodologies. With the results, graphs comparing results between countries were compiled.
– The compilation and putting into practice different group cohesion activities with the students.
– The presentation by the students of each school via video using the “Baúl de la Escuela” dynamic.
– The creation of a interactive creative musical map where other town entities (town hall and tourist office) collaborated in its diffusion in various languages so that tourists from other countries can access it. On this map, which is created using an Augmented Reality programme, it is possible to see the town’s various architectural places of interest combined with a performance by the children from the town’s schools. Here, the impact is at its most with eight participating schools (primary, secondary and music school).
– A project called “How Healthy I am” working on multiple intelligences, presented via the webtool Genially.
– Paperless day, where the challenge was to see from the beginning how we would impart our classes without paper, employing important changes in methodology. The methodologies used were diverse and highlighted new use of school spaces and technology.
– A project called “trip around Europe” where the school was Europe and each class represented a different country. The activities and methodologies used were extremely diverse.
– A video where teachers and students talked about their experience and their opinion of the project.

In addition, each of the transnational meetings were very interesting since each contained an element of training (Flipped Classroom, Kagan Cooperative learning, ABN (Algorithm based on numbers), Neuroscience, Whole Brain Teaching, CLIL methodology, …)

The results and the impact obtained are above all reflected as much in the school as in the teachers and the students. The implementation of new methods doesn’t only give rise to the creation of new spaces but also new uses of existing spaces (corridors, playground, streets), new ways of organising classroom space (grouped tables) which has also been received positively by both children and teachers. Students become the protagonist of their own learning and as a result of this change in educational practice, the assessment process is also slowly changing. The use and creation of success criteria, rubrics and self assessment has also been fundamental to this change. Furthermore, our new methodologies and best practices have served as an example to schools in our region, making the impact obtained even greater. The long-term benefits are even more evident given that these acquired methodologies are not only going to continue to be used in the classroom but also new teachers who come to our schools will learn them from their colleagues to also be able to put them into practice.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 58470 Eur

Project Coordinator

CEIP BILINGUE JUAN LORENZO PALMIRENO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• South Harringay Junior School
• Vrije Basisschool De Smalle
• Scoala Gimnaziala “Varlaam Mitropolitul”