Active Start in Kindergarten Erasmus Project

Project Title

Active Start in Kindergarten

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; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

Sociologists, educologists, psychologists, and other scientists of the world in recent years have focused on analyzing people of different generations – how do they behave, what values they have, how do they communicate, how do they learn. The research of these scientists also influences the education system. Parental surveys, child observation shows, that old learning methods are not attractive, do not encourage children’s learning motivation, good achievements. Educating children of different generations poses new challenges for teachers and kindergartens. They have to change quickly and adapt to changing children’s needs and parents’ expectations. But often these necessary changes go too slowly and damage the quality of education. Teachers face difficulties in finding new effective learning methods. Kindergarten communities are experiencing difficulties in updating their curriculum. Children do not achieve optimal progress. So, it is necessary to organize international cooperation between kindergartens for solving the problems of searching and implementing active, modern methods. This will help to improve the quality of pre-school education, improve the professional skills of teachers, and promote the dissemination of good practice.

THE AIM OF THE PROJECT: To discover and apply active learning methods into the education process of pre-school children for the higher quality of early education.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To discover, practically test and share active learning methods for developing pre-school children’s competences (socio-emotional, cognitive, health, language and communication, artistic).
2. To develop a methodology, that will gather experience and effective active learning methods from all participants of the project.
3. To encourage collaboration and development of teachers at institutional, national and international levels.
4. To increase the attractiveness, quality and relevance of the educational process to children’s needs and parents’ expectations.

TARGET GROUPS:
1. Pre-school age (2-7 year) children attending kindergarten (about 1000).
2. Teachers and children support specialists of institutions (about 100).
3. Leaders of kindergartens (about 20).

For several kindergarten in different regions is enought difficult to change quickly and maintain a high quality of learning. It is also difficult individually find new, active teaching methods for all the competences of pre-school children. It requires a lot of human and time resources. Therefore, international kindergarten cooperation would help faster and more effectively find active learning methods, test them in practice and develop a methodology with long-term practical benefits. The project will ensure the mobility of teachers for educational purposes, it will promote the quality of work and lifelong learning. The project “Active Start in Kindergarten” will help to find the most effective and best solutions for kindergartens looking for a new, active learning methods for pre-school children.
The kindergartens participating in the project hope to improve the quality of education and to supplement the curriculum with new active methods. This will improve children’s (about 1000) performance, will increase their learning motivation, learning will become attractive and quality. Main project activities (9) should help discover and practice active learning methods for all competences (socio-emotional, cognitive, health, language and communication, artistic). It is likely, that around 250-300 active learning methods will be shared during the project between partners. The project “Active Start in Kindergarten” will promote the creativity, development and cooperation skills of teachers (about 100), leaders (about 20) at institutional, national and international levels. During the project there will be organized 7 international partner meetings. Experiences of the project will allow develop a methodology (1) with long-term practical benefits. Dissemination of project results will ensure the added value of the project – the results will be available to other kindergartens.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 62225 Eur

Project Coordinator

Siauliai lopselis-darzelis “Ziogelis” & Country: LT

Project Partners

• cdg Prolet
• Bergama Doga Koleji
• Istituto Comprensivo Perugia 3
• GRADINITA CU PROGRAM PRELUNGIT RAZA DE SOARE
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Pedome
• 1 Nipiagogeio Voulas