All different, all the same Erasmus Project

Project Title

All different, all the same

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

Our public secondary school in La Unión is near a marginal zone. A high percentage of our students are in risk of social exclusion. The economical crisis has hit harder in all the countries in the project, so there is a high percentage of youth unemployment. All the schools in the project have many students with fewer opportunities.
Our objectives are: to reduce disparities between students from different backgrounds by making education more appealing and interesting; for schools: improve the transition between primary and secondary schools, updating schools, good practices exchange, reducing discrimination, widespread the Erasmus projects among other schools, etc. Objectives for students and teachers:development of social, intercultural and language, skills, European Awareness community;motivation(through the use of ITC), awareness of the importance of social inclusion and equality.
This project has been planned to involve students who are 11 to 12 years old.We wanted schools with previous experience in Erasmus and also schools with little or no experience at all.
Spain, IES María Cegarra Saucedo, coordinator. Secondary, Upper secondary, Vocational Studies. Bilingual and Digital learning program.Wide experience in E-twinning, Comenius, Erasmus + KA 2(as coordinators), Erasmus + KA 1, exchanges.
Spain, CEIP Herrerías: primary school. They have never worked in Erasmus or E-twinning.Bilingual programme. 508 students. 19% are migrants and 19% are Special Educational Needs. 35 teachers.
Italy: I.C. Perugia 3 has 1,225 pupils and 104 teachers. Kindergarten, primary school and secondary school. Different social backgrounds, including immigrant families, gypsy students,special need students (including blind and deaf students). They have some experience in Erasmus and E-twining.
Greece: 1st Gymnasio Volou (Volos). 382 students, 15% are immigrants, 12% are Special Education Needs and a 10% more are in risk of social exclusion. 50 teachers. Some experience with E-twinning, Erasmus and exchanges.
Portugal. Group of Schools of Gavião: Kindergarten, 1st 2nd and 3rd cycles, of CEF (Education and training course).276 students(30 are of Special Education Needs) and 45 teachers. They have participated in some e-Twinning projects, and two Erasmus + KA 1.
The activities are a means to achieve the objectives of the project. There will be a meeting in each of the participating schools. For each meeting the activities will deal with a different type of inclusion or discrimination and ways to promote or avoid them.
-Spain, IES Maria Cegarra Salcedo: Role models. People who have achieved their objectives in life in spite of the difficulties that they may have found.
-Greece: Integration of refugees-migrants. Respect towards other people´s cultures.
-Spain, CEIP Herrerias: Inclusion of people with special needs.
Italy: Gender equality: Great women who made a difference
-Portugal: Preventing discrimination, violence and cyberbullying.
Every school will develop activities before and after the mobilities apart from the ones planned during the meetings.Before meetings there will also be activities on research of the topic, designing presentations, editing videos, creating material to be used in the meetings, exhibitions, e-guide, dissemination, etc.The students will work with e-groups and etwinning.During the meetings, there will be presentations on the subtopic in each country,workshops,formative activities and cultural visits.
Our methodology promotes cooperation and active inclusion of students who are consistently absent from school, students with cultural difference, disadvantaged for socio-economic reasons: we will give them the opportunity to work in an international team ant to feel part of a motivating project.Students will work in mixed nationality groups formed with students with fewer opportunities and less advantaged ones, primary and secondary students.
Some results will be tangible, direct products: adapted games for blind people, website, an international e-guide for inclusion,reports,articles,interviews,videos,leaflets.Some others will be intangible: Europass as recognition and certification, exchange of ideas and good practice, knowledge, dialogue about inclusion, increase of motivation, improvement of communication, social skills, team work, foreign language skills and digital and cultural competences.
Regarding the potential longer term benefits: the students will develop digital competences, the use of English as a foreign language and team work, problem solving skills, research skills, social, civic and intercultural skills,which will prepare them to be successful candidates in the European labour market. Moreover, participation in this project may lead the students to learn other European languages. This project will help also to involve parents and local associations, strengthening collaboration.Another long term effect will be to improve the transition between different stages of education.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 163008 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.E.S. MARÍA CEGARRA SALCEDO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Gavião
• Istituto Comprensivo Perugia 3
• 1 Gymnasio Volou
• CBM CEIP Herrerías