Czechoslovak reciprocity in crafts Erasmus Project

Project Title

Czechoslovak reciprocity in crafts

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Strategic partnership “Czechoslovak reciprocity in crafts” was created by a common determination of participated schools. They decided to cooperate in developing vocational education and training in artistic fields by means of unconventionl teaching methods as well as technological procedures in following kinds of design – garment, photography, space, product and advertising. Students of two secondary art schools from Žilina and Jihlava were involved in this project. These institutions educate teenagers aged 15-19 years.
The project was running from 01. 09. 2017 to 31. 08. 2019 with the aim to transfer reciprocally professional knowledge, skills and competences in unconventional artistic techniques. The target group was represented by students of secondary vocational schools.
The main objective of the project was to link the theoretical study in artistic fields with practical work, to adapt and implement training techniques of work into educational process and reciprocally exchange proved procedures between partner schools. The added value of the meeting was developing of information and communication technologies, linguistic and professional competences. Participants of the project received the necessary information about the working environment, working tools, techniques, work procedures and practical work in the field of art and design.
Among the partial aims belonged:
a) Present to each other vocational knowledge, skills and competences of students in selected art oriented branches of study.
b) Help young people enter to the European labour market after graduation.
c) Implement Description of learning units within ECVET into educational process.
d) Compare history, art and cultural development, system of education and vocational training in the area of Czech-Slovak cooperation.
e) Use of English, Slovak and Czech language for communication in the new environment.
f) Create relevant information outputs resulting from project activities.
g) Increase professional qualifications of involved teachers and subsequent use of newly acquired knowledge and skills in the professional education.
h) Spread proved procedures in the field of vocational education between partner schools.

The project covered the following target groups: 8 participants from teaching staff from each school and 24 students from each school (total of 48 students). Four workshops were held for teachers and selected groups of students during the project. Meetings were directed to four areas of vocational education: studio painting, drawing, photography and creating of visual object (artistic processing of fabric and serigraphy). The topic of common output of student groups was selected to capture the most significant feature of their venues. The studios worked on the following selected topics: SPUŠ Jihlava – Artistic rendering of fabric (various textile techniques, serigraphy), SSUŠ Žilina – Art and Design (computer graphics, linocut technique and artistic photography). While working in the studios also special events were running, such as the common language training in English, Czech as well as Slovak language and other cultural and social activities. Each of Czech-Slovak meetings was finished with collective exhibition and opening, where the artworks were presented to other teachers, students and to the public as well. The teaching staff became familiar with selected techniques during the project meetings. They formed the Description of learning units in ECVET for each technique. The students were assessed on the basis of these materials on their last meeting.
The ongoing communication of working teams was the constituent part of the project and it was provided on co-operative created website. The output of the project was production of trilingual dictionary (English – Czech – Slovak) focused on special terminology of art and design. Achieved knowledge and bonded professional contacts became a lasting contribution to everyone who was associated with the project. During the project meetings each participant was provided with the tablet, through which their activities on assigned tasks were documented. Collective movie was created from student film-records. All activities were published in a common project site from which also promotional DVD was produced. Students acquired a new knowledge, skills and competences within the scope of 12 days according to Description of learning units in ECVET. The educational material in the area of selected techniques of approx. 40 pages was created at the same time. Strategic partnership has contributed to both innovation of vocational education and training as well as to making teaching art oriented vocational subjects in a more effectvie way at both schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 71660 Eur

Project Coordinator

Sukromna skola umeleckého priemyslu & Country: SK

Project Partners

• Stredni umeleckoprumyslova skola Jihlava-Helenin, Halkova 42