A teenager’s vision of Germany and Spain, is it all about sausages and bullfighting? Erasmus Project

Project Title

A teenager’s vision of Germany and Spain, is it all about sausages and bullfighting?

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; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

Our project, “A teenager´s vision of Germany and Spain; Is it all bulls and sausages?” aims to put a positive turn on the stereotypes we have of these two European countries.This will be achieved through an activity program that will be carried out in four school exchanges. The exchanges will take place over the course of two academic years (2019-2021). The program will target the cultural and immaterial heritage of these two regions in particular (Huelva and Kevelaer) and to a certain extent of Germany and Spain.
In a time when European society appears to be fragmenting, school teachers in Europe believe we should expand work in the European Union. We must give our students a global European vision where stereotypes, which do nothing but separate the people, disappear. We must help our students to understand European cultural diversity in order to value it. Promoting a European dimension of education in our centers will prepare students for learning, life, and work in an international context.
Our students come from economically humble families, so we have students at risk of social exclusion, as well as students with educational and immigrant care needs. We strive to expand the involvement of families in the education of their children, as we are convinced of the benefits. Economically speaking, the aforementioned students might find it difficult to be able to participate in this project. Thanks to the Erasmus + program, 16 German and Spanish students will be able to participate in an exchange and work on the objectives of our project. We are convinced of the project’s benefits and the lasting impact it will have on our students and the entire educational community.
The general objectives will revolve around the cultural legacy of Huelva and Kevelaer, cities of southern Spain and the Northwest of Germany respectively, to obtain a general idea of the cultural legacy and the predominant stereotypes of Spain and Germany.
Long-term benefits:
The diffusion and sustainability plan will affect the educational community and our respective partner, and we will include indicators to evaluate said impact.
For the evaluation, in terms of achieving objectives, we intend to provide the project with tools that allow us to assess the degree of achievement and its impact on the educational community. Pending its implementation and development, we hope to achieve the following:
1. Implement new methodologies that are European, inclusive, cooperative, socializing, interactive, technological, that favor the acquisition of key competences and that encourage reflection, self- learning and self-evaluation.
2. Better attend diversity, promoting different rhythms and work styles.
3. Give greater prominence to students and families. Create work teams and, over time, assess the achievement of the objectives and introduce improvement proposals and updates.
4. Also, to encourage the active participation of families in the education of their children and in the school life of the center.
The achievement of these objectives will provide the center with beneficial tools, which will promote enduring positive change. We know that education is the best platform to train citizens of the world. With the help of our program, students will learn how to adapt to the constant changes of the society in which we live and to be responsible, active agents in these transformations. We hope that in our center, education will be utilized as effective tool for social openness. Therefore, we will not discriminate; rather attend to diversity and concern ourselves not only with cognitive development, but also with affective social development.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 35580 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gesamtschule Kevelaer-Weeze & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Instituto Educación Secundaria Estuaria