BE MY GUIDE – I WANT TO KNOW YOUR CULTURE Erasmus Project

Project Title

BE MY GUIDE – I WANT TO KNOW YOUR CULTURE

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: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Creativity and culture; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

CONTEXT
We are five European schools which want to make joint efforts to increase our students’ knowledge and interest in subjects connected with the cultural heritage of our countries – Geography, History. Furthermore, in a world affected by globalization in which people have a tendency to look down on their own national heritage, we need our students to go back to their own roots by learning the customs and traditions that have been passed on from one generation to another. We think that if you don’t know your roots, you don’t know where you come from and if you don’t know your foundation, you can never develop. Therefore, we intend to cultivate our students’ patriotic feelings, determining them to look back to their past and their origins, at the same time broadening their horizons to other cultures and their specificities.
PARTICIPANTS
Students – the target group is made up of about 1000 students aged 11-14; 100 students have special education needs. About 150-200 students will be selected as members of the work group (at least 30 / country, but the number may vary according to the size of the target group up to 40). They will be the engine of our project: they will be involved in the training activities before the exchanges, about 100 will participate in the activities during exchanges and will disseminate the information to the other members of the target group after the exchanges.
Accompanying teachers – 2 teachers/country/exchange. One of them will be the coordinator, while the other one will be a History/Geography/Literature/Arts/IT teacher.
OBJECTIVES
The main purpose of the project is to boost the cultural and intercultural awareness of all actors involved in its implementation. However, being specifically aimet at students, we have established the following objectives for them:
OS1. To boost the cultural awareness of at least 80% of students, making them more knowledgeable about the history, geography, literature, customs, traditions, dances, music
OS2. To boost intercultural awareness and competence of all students, making them more knowledgeable about the other European countries, history, geography, literature, customs, traditions, dances, music.
OS3 To improve students’ computer skills by having them use mobile applications and online tools for presentations, activities, assessment, creation of outputs
OS4 To improve students’ transferrable skills – team work, adaptability, organisation, communication, research and analysis
OS5 To improve students’ self-confidence and motivation for learning
At the level of the institutions, our objectives are:
1. To improve the European dimension and international cooperation
2. To motivate teachers
3. To improve cooperation and communication among all school actors
MAIN ACTIVITIES
We intend to organize five exchanges, each hosted by each partner:
1. C1 – The Austrain heritage – hosted by AT in September 2020
2. C2 – The Lithuanian Heritage – hosted by LT in May 2021
3. C3 – The Slovakian Heritage – October 2021
4. C4 – The Turkish Heritage – March 2022
5. C5 – The Polish Heritage – June 2022
RESULTS
Tangible results include: presentations made by students (30), workshop materials, online brochures (5), the final output “The European Heritage”, guest students’ travel journals (80), the eTwinning space, eTwinning forum, photo albums (5), certificates of attendance (112) initial and final assessment forms, mobility documents (agenda, methodology, questionnaires, assessment forms) , Europass mobility documents (112), etc.
IMPACT
The institutions will have the chance to benefit from the good practices acquired and transferred through students and teachers’ participation in the exchanges. They will promote intercultural learning and will open to new models that will benefit the students in the medium and long run, too.
We will develop the European dimension of our schools and will be better trained to manage projects under the Erasmus+ programme – both the experienced schools and the less experienced ones. This project will be the foundation for future cooperation among schools through eTwinning and Erasmus+.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 100128 Eur

Project Coordinator

NMSPoysdorf & Country: AT

Project Partners

• Melahat Sefizade Ortaokulu
• Lietuvos Sporto Universiteto Kedainiu “Ausros” progimnazija
• Niepubliczna Szkola Podstawowa w Ciagowicach
• Zakladna skola,Kudlovska 11,Humenne