The inclusive school: we make an escape room Erasmus Project

Project Title

The inclusive school: we make an escape room

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: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

“Inclusive school: we make an escape room” is a project carried out by three European educational centers with many aspects in common but also with great differences. The elaboration of this project is based on a previous needs assessment. The result of this was: there is a need for tools to increase student motivation, reduce school dropout and educate the educational community on web safety to reduce cases of cyber bullying. Under these premises our project has a duration of 24 months, as we consider its objectives to be achievable through constan teamwork.
The objectives it aims to achieve are:
a) Promoting the development of social, civic and intercultural competence
b) Enhancing online security and digital well-being
c) Address discrimination, segregation, racism and bullying.
d) Supporting and evaluating new approaches aimed at reducing inequalities in access and participation in digital technologies in education.
e) Using a gamification approach to education
f) Encouraging dialogue between families-school-local organizations to reduce school drop-out.
g) Raising awareness about the importance of European cultural heritage through education.
h) Improving the teaching and learning of languages ​​and promote the linguistic diversity of the EU.
i) Promoting a European learning area.
This project is aimed at students between 12 and 16 years. “The inclusive school: make an escape room”, is based on the interest of participating schools to motivate their students to take part in the game. Participating students and teachers will be chosen according to their involvement and interest in the project. 96 students and 18 teachers will be mobilized although their scope will be greater through specific training and eTwinning projects.
The activities that are going to be carried out are:
-Creation of new virtual spaces in which students communicate based on values ​​of mutual respect, tolerance and non-discrimination (eTwinning activities, on-line experiences journal …)
–Development of Escape Room, allows students to adopt different roles according to their interests and motivations.
-Contact with local associations, municipalities, families, …
-Interdisciplinary monthly returns.
-Educational community will receive training on the importance of maintaining security on the web to avoid cyber bullying and inclusion in the classroom.
-Creating virtual and formal discussion forums that deal with the issue of school dropout, social inclusion and cyber bullying.
The main lines of work are:
a) Cooperation of internal and external agents with the school in order to transform both the reality of the school and its background.
b) Cooperative and group work.
c) Using of new communication and information technologies in a safe way.
d) Analyzing the risks of the web and the different social networks to avoid cyberbullying.
e) Workingd outside and inside the center, changing roles and choosing activities according to the interests and abilities of the students.
The results of this project will be: increase of student motivation, reduction of school dropout, awareness of the entire educational community about Internet risks and the importance of having tools to prevent cyber bullying. Together with this, the schools will consolidate their Project European School and will strengthen ties with its partners. The participating schools will benefit from the following:
-Exchanging of cultural and teaching experiences. This will enrich the work of teachers of the three countries and will promote the personal growth of our students.
– Values ​​of respect and tolerance will be promoted as well as cooperative work in our students.
-Exchanging of experiences.
The diffusion of the project through different digital platforms, teaching seminars inside and outside of our town for teachers,students and families will consolidate the results of our project.
This will give the students who have a different background. This will allow them to develop values ​​that favor inclusion and tolerance. In addition, this will be their first opportunity to leave their country for many of them. For teachers,the exchange of professional experiences and knowledge of other learning strategies will serve as a starting point for a methodological change that will have a positive effect on students.
We consider that this project is a commitment the construction of an open and innovative school in which we all have a place, thus favoring inclusion and educational quality. All this work will strengthen the model of connected, more dynamic, open, permeable education centers and promoters exchange.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 92730 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES Juan de la Cierva y Codorniu & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Städtisches Engelbert-von-Berg Gymnasium
• Liceo Classico e linguistico carmine sylos