Challenge-Engage,Investigate, Act Erasmus Project

Project Title

Challenge-Engage,Investigate, Act

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; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Our European schools have to tackle an imminent pedagogical innovation in our classroom, not only in terms of ICT but new pedagogical approaches and methods that imply a significant change in how we teach in our classrooms. New approaches determine a more active and meaningful learning process that invites students to participate in their learning process and apply their knowledge and skills in real life.
The project′ s methodologies/activities have been very interesting and challenging for all partner schools because all partners were interested in the innovative methods proposed by the project’s objectives. The partners were also in a permanent research to find new methods of teaching-learning skills in an interdisciplinary manner.
We wanted to educate students who will be and are able to work and live in diversity accepting differences of culture, religion, socio-economic status and skills, so that we implemented cooperative working in our activities. . It is known that Education is the key to integrate all these children with a poor economic situation and with a lack of opportunities in our society. This project has been a way to show to all these children that they are part of a community, a society and that they can work for changing their future opportunities. We were strongly convinced and implemented inclusive education in our schools in order to offer an opportunity to everyone.
Our students were Primary school learners between 9 and 12 years old. We were developing similar activities bearing in mind students’ age, skills, abilities (inclusive education). Even though we developed similar activities , results, adaptations needed and products have been different but this is what really interested us: seeing how a similar activity can be developed in different ways depending on students’ characteristics. On other occasions we were using the same ICT tools but the product was different, so teachers had a wide range of ideas to work with ICT tools in the future.

Our main objectives have been:
-Improve: Digital competence.
-Improve : Communicative competence in a foreign language.
-Foster inclusive education.
-Introducing and developing new methodological approaches.
-Applying cooperative work.
-Teacher team work.

Students from all schools have taken an active participation in every activity throughout this project. Special needs students and students with a low social-economical situation have developed the same activities as their classmates but some of them were adapted in level and demands thanks to the fact that ICT allowed teachers to either simplify or adapt the activities to children’s skills. It was really important that those children felt part of the group and see that they can do the same as their classmates. We have implemented inclusive education. That’s why the activities have been developed in cooperative learning-teaching methodologies.
Teachers have applied new technologies and approaches to improve their teaching and lessons. They have planned a set of activities in which their students applied contents taught in class and developed different activities to improve their knowledge in all subjects.
School’s staff has been asked to participate in the activities that children developed. School staff was really worthy because they helped teachers in administrative issues.
We have involved parents and we have asked for their active participation because as members of our educational communities they are really worthy.
Local institutions and schools have been informed about the project, activities and results in order to consider them in future educational actions in town. Other schools in our towns have also been informed about the project and have been invited to our schools to see how the project was being implemented.

The results expected have been :

– Didactics units based on new approaches and cooperative working.
-Spread the lifelong learning thinking in our students and teachers team.
– Spread the cooperative work between our students and teachers team, and between any students or teachers from abroad.

The expected impact this project has had on students is the improvement in students’ learning process integrating cooperative work and social values.
The expected impact this project has had on teachers and schools is introducing new and innovative teaching methods, establishing cooperative work with staff of partner schools, integrating teachers from various subjects involved in this project, strengthening teamwork and integrating ICT in lessons.
The expected impact this project has had on parents is fostering parents participation in school activities and projects.
Our project has had impact and influence in our local community, region and country. Moreover in Europe and at international level.
This project has been the beginning of a long and nice cooperative work between our schools and any new school will be welcomed to join our team in future projects.

Project Website

http://twinspace.etwinning.net/73777/pages/page/1090192

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 104371,34 Eur

Project Coordinator

Escola Mil.lenari & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Scoala Gimnaziala Mihai Eminescu
• 2 SU “Akad. Emiliyan Stanev”
• Aksemseddin Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi
• Utenos Vyturiu progimnazija
• Szkola Podstawowa im. M. Kopernika w Czaslawiu