BESTeachers, BESTudents Erasmus Project

Project Title

BESTeachers, BESTudents

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: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

When thinking of our school problems we realised that ESL was one of our main problem like in EU priorities.Decreasing ESL rates and getting ready our students for the future life ,future economy were our aims in the project. To reach these aims our teachers must be ready too.Thanks to project TPMs they improved their IT skills and helped the students.We found 5 partners who had the same aims and objectives.Slovakia,Poland and Turkiye had the ESL problem .And Romania and Bulgaria ESL rates were not as bad as our.They would share their good examples.Also all partners have the sameaim to get ready the students for future life and economy. We discussed our main aim, objectives and activities ,then prepared the project.When we reached our aim to decrease ESL rate, we also had reached our other objectives.Now our students are more conscious about future life ,future smart economy and future professions. So They came to school ,joined lessons and studied more. They now use technology more in teaching process.The seminars about using technology and safe internet helped the students how to reach necessary information and use them correctly.
In the Project we had 2 main aims;to decrease the ESL level and develop the teachers’professions. We have reached our objectives with the help of activities(The report is on website)The career days helped students to shape their future professions.They’ve learnt the importanceof education in every part of life.The successful members of the professions are the model for them.National/international activities have helped the students to improve their language skills,to work in a team andtake responsibility and complete on time, to learn/respect other cultures,beliefs,religions,values and life styles.They havelearnt the meaning/ importance of democracy.Now they are more conscious about national/international problems and troubles,and can offer effective solutions.Now they knowwhat steps they should follow when theyhave problems to solve.The LTTs encourage the students to be more entrepreneur.They had chance to learn ,research the region on cultural trips.LTTs showed them the importance of IT and technology,so they are much more into technological development and use it in their life.Free corner activity helped them to develop their social skills to share their ideas withour hurting others.
The TPMs were all completed.The partners had chance to learn ,research, compare the definite subjects on traditional teachingmethods/approaches.We discussed and offered some new methods/approaches on teaching process.Using IT and new applications were introduced and discussed how to be used in teaching process.The participating teachers are now more open-minded to new technologies and use them.TPMs have developed their professional improvement.After the TPMs they shared their experiences with other teachers in the school and local area and also helped them to have new ideas/thoughts on their subject.
The dissemination activities have helped to take attention to the ESL problem and solutions of it.Other schools ,teachers are willing to learn and be part of the EU projects.The local community, students,teachers and families have more knowledge about EU community,beliefs, traditions, values and their life styles.The participant teachers,students and also families are still in touch after the project TPMs and LTTs,they still share their experiences,ideas and plans for future.The teachers are sharing good examples,new methods,approaches in their whatsapp groups,and meeting their students on social media and courage them to speak in English and produce new projects.Also online discussions help us to meet new ideas and complete ourobjectives and tasks.Thecinema day activitiy is a good example of it.The reports of TPMs were shared with other teachers,local desicion makers by the help of teacher meeting.
English,math,literature and science camp activities have made relationship stronger between teachers and students.Also these camps made the teaching process more fun, active and unforgetable.The student-centered learning made the teaching process more effective

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 148870 Eur

Project Coordinator

Isparta Gazi Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Liceul Teoretic Mircea Eliade
• Gimnazia Hristo Botev
• Zespol Szkol Ogolnoksztalcacych nr 3 w Katowicach
• Stredna odborna skola polnohospodarstva a sluzieb na vidieku
• Centre Educatiu Balaguer