EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS OF MODERN AGE Erasmus Project

Project Title

EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS OF MODERN AGE

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; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

CONTEXT
The aim of the project is to provide the necessary framework for teachers and students to work together, share ideas and good practices in European context and learn how to develop teaching abilities and methods to improve educational system. By providing different lessons based on IT and other sensitive subjects (Literature and religion) improving English language we intend to achieve a number of topic-related objectives as well as objectives related to the intercultural dialogue that the project presupposes:
Therefore, the purpose of this project lies in two apparently different directions. From the one point of view, we intend students to be more involved in their own learning process by using their computer for studies. From another point of view, we wish them to experience what it means to belong to European community, to reveal them different ways of thinking, values and beliefs. The partnership includes 5 schools – IT, RO, PL, TR, LT.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the project we agree on:
1. Develop students learning process so that their results are much better (at least 40% of the target group will improve their learning skills)
2. Developing flexibility to European diversity and flexible thinking to designate the competences to permanently restructure gained experience, find out and discuss multiple solutions, and apply them to real or specific situations. At least 30% of students will improve these skills)
3. Ensuring tolerance to cultural and religious differences, but within mutual attitudes.
4. Acquaintance of complexity and sites between cultural and social classes, institutions, education systems, school rules and traditions, scientific aims, and between human beings despite of the language, nationalities, age, language or ethnicity. (at least 60% of students will broaden their knowledge of other countries identities)
5. Developing the communication English skills in speaking, listening reading and writing.
6. Emphasize the importance of European values from the perspectives of implementing educational policy based on aims and objectives (measured by analysis of research about students and teachers views towards European cultures)
MAIN ACTIVITIES
C1 – November 2019 – IT – Topic: Using IT to create modern lessons; Presentations of countries customs and traditions
C2 – March 2020 – RO – Topic: Using IT tools to create online activities, quizzes; Mathematics
C3 – June 2020 – LT – Topic: Using online tools to create E-books; Literature
C4 – October 2020 – PL – Topic: Digital tools for Religious Studies – creative works using art
C5 – April 2021 – TR – TEACHER TRAINING

NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
20 students (13 – 18 years old) from the 5 partners’ schools selected from the target group of 250. Students come from very various environmental backgrounds and have a variety of ethnic and religious attitudes, making the project interesting. Students will be able to use ICT, English, mathematics skills at appropriate level in order to avoid some misunderstandings.
METHODOLOGY
The project involves 5 main stages: initiation (identification of needs and partners), planning (action plan, methodologies, and resources), implementation (organization of activities before, during and after the TLTA meetings), evaluation (throughout the entire project, in steps, but also at the end of the project), and finalization (reporting, elaboration of impact study, sustainability plan).
A1. Project management: financial and risk management, communication and cooperation plans and strategies, monitoring and evaluation of the project results will be applied timely within the project.
1 TM will be organized at the end of the project.
A2. Implementation of the activities: this stage includes the selection and training courses for the participants.
A3. Each partner schools organize ICT courses which will be attended by students before the TLTA meeting.
A4. Dissemination – this is a constant process that will be implemented within the project and involves both tangible and intangible results at local, regional, national and international level, using media, addressing both school and other institutions.
A5. Tracking and sustainability: At each school level, a team of teachers who became skillful enough will share their experience and teach selected specialists/teachers how to implement the new methods during educational process.
RESULTS AND IMPACT
1 e-book entitled “Smart School – Smart in Heart”, 1 digital artwork entitled “Enjoy European Diversity!” with the new tools.
A set of methodology how to design lesson sequences, educational stories, to make questionnaires.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 121694 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kaltinenai Aleksandras Stulginskis gimnazija & Country: LT

Project Partners

• OZEL CANIK UGUR FEN LISESI
• Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Statale “Pantini-Pudente”
• Liceul Tehnologic Turburea
• Zespol Szkol nr 1, I LO