MAthematics & Science Through Intangible Cultural Heritage Erasmus Project

Project Title

MAthematics & Science Through Intangible Cultural Heritage

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

MASTICH – MAthematics & Science Through Intangible Cultural Heritage, is an one year project, implemented by two Secondary Education Schools in Cyprus and Belgium. Around 100 pupils are involved in the project aged 14 to 16 years. supported by a team of teachers from both schools.

The idea for the project has come as a result of a UNESCO-EU joint project/ workshop “Integrating Intangible Cultural Heritage in School-Based Education” in which both schools had been chosen to participate, among ten schools all over EU, in total. The two schools have utilized and small scale project, of one Lesson Plan, where Mathematics and Science were taught through Intangible Cultural Heritage elements. After evaluating the results, the positive attitude of the pupils towards this approach was noted and the prospect of expanding on this experience, using the knowledge obtained through the training, as well as the experience as a whole, appeared to be the only route to follow. The project aims in realizing 20 more Lesson Plans, supported by audiovisual material, documentations and dynamic worksheets, developed by the pupils and implemented in the classroom by their teachers.

The objectives of MASTICH are to:
– Improve pupils’ understanding and academic achievement in Mathematics and Science
– Help pupils discover the cultural richness of their roots and form their own identity.
– Grow pupils’ respect for different cultures
– Eliminate issues originating from cultural, religious or social differences
– Increase pupils’ soft skills: group work, time management, leadership, creativity, emotional intelligence, flexibility.
– Achieve better linguistic skills, in English
– Enhance the sentiment of belonging in a common European family

The expected outcomes include:
– Twenty Lesson Plans, of teaching Mathematics and Science through ICH.
– Audiovisual material (interviews, excursions, performances) and digital or physical documentations on ICH
– Dynamic GeoGebra worksheets embedded with ICH elements.
– A variety of articles and presentations on diverse ICH elements – “ICH … through My Own Roots”
– A long list of Creative ideas on how to match ICH elements with Mathematical/ Science concepts
Furthermore, the progress achieved on the objectives the project has set is going to be assessed throughout its lifetime and the evaluation results are expected to present a concrete proof of improvement in all related aspects.

The lessons developed during the lifetime of MASTICH, including the GeoGebra Dynamic Worksheets, the Audiovisual supporting material and the lesson plans are expected to be used in teaching for years to come, as they will never “get old” – neither Mathematics nor ICH get old, they are timeless.
They will also be flexible enough to be adapted to meet the educational needs of other grades, as this can easily be done in Mathematics and Science.

The two participating schools are expecting a long lasting positive impact on the school environment, the relations between the students, who are in high percentage coming from a plethora of cultural, religious and social backgrounds and the schools’ image.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 22960 Eur

Project Coordinator

Lykeio Agiou Antoniou & Country: CY

Project Partners

• GO! atheneum Unescoschool Koekelberg