Passion for learning Erasmus Project

Project Title

Passion for learning

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 : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Access for disadvantaged; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

Overall goal: creating an innovative integrated school educational approach which will improve teaching and learning performance, inclusiveness and equity of pupils at risk of early school leaving through using therapeutic methods into educational activities and ITC tools envisaging expanding the impact at all levels
Specific objectives:
01. Increasing learning performance and correct poor behavior of 125 pupils facing with risk to ESL into partner schools by developing intrapersonal and interpersonal connected with social, civic, intercultural and media-literacy skills in the partner schools through applying of therapy-based educational methods, between March 2020-June 2021
02. Supporting introduction and effective usage of digital technology for 125 pupils target and enhance continuous communication about ESL problem across different school system actors (project partners, teachers, pupils and families, other stakeholders) through developing a common educational platform with multiple functionalities (forums, chats, blog), between March 2020 – September 2021
03. Increasing learning motivation and engagement of 125 pupils facing with the risk of ESL in the partner schools through enriching the learning experiences and reducing disparities by accessing digital technologies, using ITC tools and therapeutic digital content in the classroom, between March 2020-June 2021
04. Supporting teachers from partner organizations to adopt inclusiveness methods, applying more project-based and cooperative/peer-to-peer methods, work into collaborative environment and use digital technologies involving them into teaching-learning activities and practicing on an educational platform, between March 2020-September 2021.
05. Increasing the quality of partner’s leadership through learning and applying PM² Open Project Management Methodology, all project duration
06. Increasing the visibility of the partners and extending the impact of results at regional, national and European level, during the project and after its lifetime through applying an intensive communication/dissemination strategy and provide open access to educational resources.
The major innovation of this project is introducing THERAPEUTIC METHODS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES and not as a separate approach to increase those skills and prevent early school leaving.
The most suitable therapeutic methods considered by project specialists to be included in educational approaches for ESL are: expressive therapy (art therapy, dance therapy/movement therapy, drama therapy, psychodrama, melotherapy, writing and bibliotherapy, photo/video-based therapy), emotion focused therapy, group therapy, color and chromotherapy, game therapy, applied behavioral analysis (ABA), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Occupational Therapy , speech therapy, and others.

The main intellectual outputs will be:
Therapeutic educational activities for ESL inclusiveness. Handbook for teachers.
E-learning platform and interactive therapeutic educational resources.
Other results it will be implementation of activities for a target number of 125 pupils at risk to early school leaving.
During the project implementation all results it will be open to public and shared/promoted through different media and target.

Main impact:
Increased learning performance of the target
improved behavior of the target
Increased in interpersonal and intrapersonal skills of the target
Increased social, civic, intercultural and media-literacy skills of the target
Improved communications about the ESL problem between all school actors (project partners, teachers, pupils and families, other stakeholders)
Improved educational methods, pedagogies and practices of staff regarding ESL phenomena
Improved competencies of trainers and specialists concerning new educational approaches
Increased awareness about the important role of parents in preventing early school leaving
Increased awareness of the cultural/social/economic institution as drivers of knowledge in primary/secondary education
Internationalization of innovative practices;

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 254204 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.18 & Country: RO

Project Partners

• SC EDUFOR SRL
• MENTESE CUMHURIYET ORTAOKULU
• MUGLA IL MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU
• WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU
• CENTRO PER LO SVILUPPO CREATIVO DANILO DOLCI
• Educandato Statale Maria Adelaide
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego w Bialymstoku