A better future if we are united Erasmus Project

Project Title

A better future if we are united

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; Inclusion – equity; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

This project aims to develop an already existing eTwinning project titled “SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN” . ETwinning was also used in choosing the partners of the project. The 25 pupils (who are special needs pupils, migrants, kids from at risk environments and multi-ethnic families) and the 10 professors who will actively be involved in the program will develop European key-competences 2018. They come from 5 schools from Romania, Poland, Greece, Turkey and Portugal. They will have access to different studying and teaching methods; sharing ideas for the preparation of efficient activities; creation of a basis for strategic partnerships in the future. Our children will communicate with their classmates from other schools and countries; learn each other culture; increase their interest for learning; feel a boost in their confidence and success; reveal their potential and abilities; learn to use web instruments; develop empathy; exchange of good educational practices, both in formal and non-formal education for students, teachers, and in intercultural education by using English language, mutual visits to the countries involved in the project; development of life abilities of students in a multicultural society; improvement of communication competences; creation of new friendships; improvement of TIC competences. This objectives are also found in “Different but united for a better future” project’s objectives and especially in the main objective (combined mobility): the increase of the degree of adjustment and integration of students between 11-16 years old (with special needs, coming from vulnerable families, migrants, and mixed families) to academic and social life, and the decrease of school drop-out rate by increasing the capacity of cross-border cooperation, and the exchange of good practices in schools on: education, culture, mobility, information-communication. These can be quantified at the end of the project’s implementation and even in the following period through students’ results, school’s frequency, their involvement in scholar activities.

Other beneficiaries are students with ages between 11-16 years old, colleagues from different classes of students who are a part of the target group participating in the project activities from every partner school inside the project and who are coming from poor, vulnerable families.

Indirect beneficiaries: parents of the students with special needs, coming from vulnerable families, migrants, and mixed families; local community represented by local counsellors, mayor, or representatives of School Administrations. They will participate at project’s activities, evaluation and dissemination.
In order to achieve our goals we have organised the following: science course and lectures, human rights courses, arts activities, experiments, workshops, games, visits to places of historical importance, learning through examples.

Transnational activities of the project are planned as the following:
C1 running in Romania (14-16 November 2020)
C2 running in Romania (21-27 March 2021)
C3 running in Portugal (25-31 October, 2021)
C4 running in Poland (20-26 March 2022)
C5 running in Turcia (08 – 14 May 2022)
C6 running in Greece (05-11 June 2022)
The project aims the development for each student her/his European key-competences 2018; studying and teaching different methods of education for students with special needs from one to another; sharing ideas for the preparation of efficient activities; creation of a basis for strategic partnerships in the future; our children will: communicate with their classmates from other schools and countries; learn each other culture; increase their interest for learning; feel a boost in their confidence and success; reveal their potential and abilities; learn utilising web instruments; develop empathy; exchange of good educational practices, both in formal and non-formal education for students, teachers, and in intercultural education by using English language, mutual visits to the countries involved in the project; development of life abilities of students in a multicultural society; improvement of communication competences; creation of new friendships; improvement of TIC competences.
The entire project will be disseminated through the internet, through mass media, and at a local level. The project will also have a website which can be verified and read by anyone.
Through this mobility we expect to reach the following:
• A better communication and collaboration between partners
• A better understanding and reaction towards social, linguistic, cultural diversity and towards EU values
• Increased motivation to learn
• Improvement in students’ motivation to involve in class activities and decrease of disruptive behaviour in the class
• Improvement in self esteem and confidence of disadvantaged students, or students with special needs
• Larger knowledge of daily durable habits that lead to a more durable life style

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 151920 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 117 & Country: RO

Project Partners

• PRIVATE SCHOOL THEMISTOKLIS S.A
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão
• Publiczna Szkola Podstawowa Nr 14 Integracyjna im.Jana Pawla II w Radomiu
• Yildirim Beyazit Anadolu Lisesi