MATH4everyone Erasmus Project

Project Title

MATH4everyone

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: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

The knowledge and skills acquired through the education process lie
on the basis of the development of modern society. Thus, the rapid
progression of today’s world needs gaining the same scope of knowledge
and skills in a shorter time and adding brand new ones. This could only happen
by applying new approaches and methods in the education system to
respond to those needs.
Basic knowledge and skills of various complexity are becoming
crucially important for the inclusion of the citizens as active members of the
society. Reports state deficits in literacy, especially of knowledge and skills in
the sphere of maths and natural sciences, which result in serious problems in
human’s development and maturity, such as social issues, social ignorance,
unemployment, social exclusion, segregation, etc.
That is why education is so important for the individual and for society in general. The educational process takes place basically at school
and the school is the institution responsible for students to gain that new
knowledge and skills through the period of their growth. Education needs a
new vision and new teachings methods in order to prevent educational
reasons for dropping out of school, such as school environment and
organization of the learning process.
This project proposal is addressed to enhance students knowledge and skills in mathematics. Some students love math. Other students fear math. MATH4everyone is the place for both.
Based on the analysis made before the start of this project, in the framework of this project, a new interactive teaching method will be developed. Using active and collaborative learning and ICT methodology for learning will lead to enlarge students skills to solve practical problems.
Students will be an active part of the educational process using this new methodology.
Students gained knowledge and skills in maths can be applied for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. A project of this kind is an excellent opportunity for making arguments between minds, criticizing different opinions on some topic, all of it with one goal: achieving excellent skills of maths of students to be used in everyday life.
The people involved in this project (around 25) are experienced in the field of teaching mathematics and ICT skills and they will make great efforts for the success of this project. All of them will be included in completing different assignments and tasks from the project. This project will be carried out by three high schools, one university and one association as project partners.
During the project: a selection of staff involved will be made; quality assurance; budget control and financial reports; dissemination reports; and reports to the National Agency and European Commission. We have 5 intellectual outputs of the project:
1. MATH4everyone online platform.
2. MATH4everyone toolbox and resources.
3. Developing of a teachers guidance materials
4. Open Online lessons
5. A promotional video-Story board,
We have 2 multiplier events in 1 in our country and 1 in Macedonia in order to get excellent promotion on the achievements of the project; 1 short-term joint training event for teachers in Novi Sad, Serbia 1 short-term of groups of students in Turkey, and 4 transnational project meetings (2 in our country, 1 in Macedonia and 1 in Turkey).
After completion of the project, each partner will have specific tasks in the direction of sustainability of the project. Also planning additional activities on further developing the new teaching method and prepare a new project will be made.
Except for the main results of the project that are already mentioned as intellectual outputs, other results are:
• Students to gain a positive attitude towards mathematics. The motivation for learning mathematics is expected to be increased, and this will gain better achievements of the students not only in mathematics but also in other STEM areas.
• Teachers to gain better competence. They will look at the teaching process from the point of view of the students and have a better understanding of it. This is the way they are going to upgrade their teaching skills.
• All of the participants will gain better linguistic and communication skills.
• Through the work on this project, meeting different people and collaborate with them, they will appreciate the differences and become more open and tolerant of the changes that have to occur in the process of education.
We can say that considering the long-term benefits we have a new innovative approach to teaching and learning mathematics; possible implementation of it in the curricular; gained new partnerships and projects to further, enhance the results of this project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 68619 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gimnazija Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj & Country: RS

Project Partners

• Sojuz na istrazhuvachi na Makedonija – SIM Skopje
• Ankara Turk Telekom Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi
• UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU
• SUGS Gimnazija Rade Jovchevski Korchagin