Building up our common future – dreaming the world of tomorrow Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building up our common future – dreaming the world of tomorrow

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Our students are living in a world which is changing from day to day. They often feel lost in today’s society and overwhelmed by an overload of information. This may lead to a lack of confidence and trust in institutions, society and even the future.
Our project “building up our common future – dreaming the world of tomorrow” aims at increasing the students’ sense of initiative and responsiveness to social issues and a more active participation in democratic society. We want to raise their awareness of the media as a democratic force, the impact of climate change on our lives and we want them to realize that education plays an important role for all their future decisions. We want to strengthen their hope, motivation and confidence. Furthermore we want to guide them to take responsibility for their future and to cope with the challenges.

We will provide the students with opportunities to acquire and develop key competences for personal development and participation in civic and social life. We are going to provide strategies, good practices, learning materials through a) formal and non-formal learning activities and b) in-presence workshops also based on cooperation with experts and associations.
Our students from Gymnasium Casimirianum in Coburg (Germany), Sint-Jozef Sint-Pieter in Blankenberge (Belgium), Liceo Niccolò Machiavelli in Rome (Italy), Ecole Privée Marie-Consolatrice in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), IES Santiago Rusiñol in Aranjuez (Spain) and Lysingskolan in Ödeshög (Sweden) are facing similar challenges. We want the students to experience and discuss different views on these developments and envision solutions. Let’s learn from each other!

Our project group will be students aged 14-17. These students will learn about different challenges and opportunities of the future from internal professionals and external stakeholders. They will meet people from other European countries to build up their capacity for cross-border cooperation. They will find active ways to cope with the coming issues and to have a more hopeful outlook on their future.

In our projects all schools will deal with special topics:

Sweden: importance of education and how to make a good choice to ensure employment
Italy: art experience and service learning (an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service in order to provide a pragmatic learning experience while meeting social needs)
Spain: the impact of climate change and the consequences of and on lifestyle and consumption habits
Luxembourg: sustainable urban development and active citizenship in the society of tomorrow
Belgium: teaching students to participate in democratic life at school and within the EU
Germany: development of critical thinking and media literacy

The activities and methods during the meetings:
– Workshops related to the topic the school deals with
– Field trips
– Presentations by experts
– Simulations
– Roleplays
– Discussions
– Ceremony with presentation of the results

Activities and methods in between the meeting:
– eTwinning moduls: live chats; video conferencing; forum and blog writing; uploading results of workshops at each school with the Erasmus group
– skype conferences for teachers
– conference days
– discussions
– research on the different topics
– share e.g. articles on the topics
– inform stakeholders, colleagues and parents
– organizing events like European days

Results:
Material results:
– logo
– the Twinspace (webpages, blog, forums, videos, slideshows, integrated web 2.0 tools)
– final gift
– evaluation surveys
– creative object: give a (positive) image of their near future (e.g. creative writing, pictures, videos, photos, paintings)
– posters with infographics of the results of the meeting
– booklet with summary of the project
Immaterial results and long-term effects:
– better relations and bonds among the participants
– improved understanding of other cultures
– understanding one’s own role in a globalized world
– better awareness of the need for cooperation (for students, teachers and the schools in general)
– enhanced critical thinking and media literacy
– awareness of future challenges and possibilities
– an optimistic view on the future
– a belief in their own talents
– awareness and understanding of the European Union and its values
– enhanced key competences; improved intercultural, social and communicative competences and the ability to cooperate
– better cooperation in multinational groups
– better conflict management
– improved foreign language skills
– improved digital skills

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 295912 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnasium Casimirianum & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Lycée Technique Ecole Privée Marie-Consolatrice
• Liceo Statale Niccolò Machiavelli
• IES SANTIAGO RUSIÑOL
• Lysingskolan
• Sint-Jozef Sint-Pieter aso