Maths: Real or Fiction Erasmus Project

Project Title

Maths: Real or Fiction

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

As mathematical competence has become an undispensable issue for personal fulfilment, active citizenship, social inclusion and employability in modern society, there are growing needs for mathematical skills and proficiency in modern society and at the same time difficulties in learning maths and a large number of low achieving students due to the complex nature of maths and its learning complexities, present educational systems needs modern strategies for teaching and learning maths for students especially in elementary schools. These modern strategies should require a high-quality, challenging and accessible teaching and learning environment for learners and the goals of maths teaching should meet students’ mathematical needs of the twenty-first century. With regard to these conditions, students’ mathematics achievement can be increased using modern methods such as drama, games and animations having positive effects on student achievement, attitude and creativity and new multidisciplinary approaches such as STEM, Singapore Maths as they help them analyze, evaulate and interpret the problems via social interaction. Thus, these methods serve multiple dimensions: the students’ arts education, social and emotional development and the support of the teaching of other cognitive subjects like language, history,mathematics. That’s why the project named as “Maths:Real or Fiction “aims to exchange the best innovative and communicative teaching and learning practices on maths education. The project consists of six different partners from three different countries: Spain, Italy and Turkey. Çanakkale Provincial Directorate of National Education from Turkey is the coordinator of the project. There are two transnational short-term training events.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 81525 Eur

Project Coordinator

Canakkale Provincial National Education Directorate & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Associazione Let’s Keep Learning Onlus
• Omer Mart Ortaokulu
• BFS EGITIM DANISMANLIK HIZMETLERI LTD STI
• POLARIS S.R.L.S.
• AIDEJOVEN – ALINAZA INTERNACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LOS JOVENES