MUSIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Erasmus Project

Project Title

MUSIC AND 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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Creativity and culture; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project Summary

It is paradoxical that in the current era, dominated by the media and information resources, students are unaware of much of the cultural legacy and European traditions (and, in many cases, their own ones). Through “Music and cultural heritage” we will go in depth about traditions and culture of the participating countries. The participants will deepen, using music and other cultural manifestations, about the roots that form the current European cultural framework. This is a project, which allows a tour of the cities, works of art and cultural events that have shaped the character and traditions that, over the centuries, have defined the variety of characters and characteristics of each civilization, and which at the same time are the basis of a common European society. The project is also related to the improvement of the professional development of the teaching staff; Europe provides the ideal framework for lifelong learning, formal and informal, through the exchange of experiences and knowledge.

The participating students in the training mobilities, about 20 per school, are between 14 and 16 years old; however, some activities are aimed at all the students of the centers. The teachers involved teach various subjects (Music, Art, Technology, Literature, …) to give a wide view of cultures and traditions. Among these, we have teachers with great experience in European projects and members of Management Teams at their respective centers, which ensures a good quality in the implementation and management of the project.

The main objectives are:
Student body:
– Develop critical thinking and creativity.
– Know the cultural heritage that shapes the European environment (music, folklore, monuments).
– Improve digital skills.
-Close the reality of the social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity that surrounds us.

Teachers:
– Exchange of good practices and pedagogical strategies (to get innovative and creative dynamics).
– Achieve greater motivation and satisfaction in their daily work.

Institutions:
– Enhance internationalization by generating new synergies.
– Modernize and energize the work environment.

A general level:
– Raise awareness about the EU as a benchmark for learning, and increase awareness of the values it conveys.
– Improve digital skills (introduction of new computer applications in activities).
– Improve linguistic skills and raise awareness of their importance.

The results are achieved through the stated objectives, being of two types: Tangible: they are specified in the didactic schedules of the departments and in the center documents; In addition, each activity will generate a series of audiovisual resources. Intangibles: they affect the integral formation of students and teachers as an active member of the EU (attention to socio-cultural and linguistic diversity, awareness of a common European area of lifelong learning, …).

The expected impact is multiplier: in the short term it will affect the direct participants and, in the medium term, in the organizational and methodological systems of their centers (through innovation and assimilated teaching resources), as well as the greater interest towards languages. In the longer term, it will reach everyone who is interested thanks to the tangible generated, and shared through eTwinning, E + PRP, Blogs, …, which will allow them to endure and be available to the entire European educational community.

Regarding the activities, it is necessary to differentiate between inter-mobility (in the centers) and during the mobilities:

Inter-mobility periods: there are a total of 10 activities throughout the project, whose results will be shared by eTwinning and uploaded to the project Blog: “Musical stereotypes”, “Our places and monuments”, “Music and traditional parties”, ” Our map of folkloric music”, …

Activities during the mobilities: The results of the activities which have been described above, will be presented, debating about them; these and their evaluations will be uploaded to eTwinning. Workshops and visits are developed with the theme of the project.

The methodology will be active. The students will work through projects; through their investigations they will be formed by themselves, producing shared results through new technologies; the students will learn among equals (peer education), from the different projects developed by their counterparts. Each activity will produce a tangible result in the form of interactive audiovisual maps and/or presentations through augmented reality. Through the exhibitions, they will be the ones that transmit their own conclusions (with the guidance of the teaching staff). This reinforces self-learning and collaborative work, seeking an empowerment of self-esteem through work.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 163343 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA “VILLA DE ABARÁN” & Country: ES

Project Partners

• I.I.S.S.”MARCO POLO”
• LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC “SFANTUL PANTELIMON”
• Christian-Ernst-Gymnasium
• High school- Josip Broz Tito Bitola