Compare and analyse the guidance of Dutch and Breton dairy farm Erasmus Project

Project Title

Compare and analyse the guidance of Dutch and Breton dairy farm

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

Form young European farmers; young people aware of European issues, and that have a better knowledge of the reality of Common Agricultural Policy is the main goal of the project. Developing a European culture for our students, our teachers, and also the school is a strong and essential target that corresponds to the schools values.
A project between a Dutch and Breton school is justified by the similarity of our agricultural systems (high number of dairy farms, same climate, farm production intensification).This exchange falls within the necessity to raise their awareness to the challenge of sustainable development. The comparaison of the strategic orientation of dairy farming production between the Netherlands and Brittany will provide concret aspect that must be taken into consideration for agro-ecology, short commercialization circuits, organic farming…
The students are aged from 16 to 18 y.o, their training intends them to become future farmers. The students profiles are the same for the two schools.
During the mobilities organised in the two countries, several activities are proposed in connection with the welcoming school: practical courses with the students of both schools, professionalising visits with both groups, exchanges on technical topics, sharing meals of local food and culinary specialities of their country.
These activities enables to compare the “know hows”, it also allows to reinforce the skills of analysis of professional situations, concrete objectives of the pedagogical course.
The relationship between the students of the schools requires a common language (English or French), that will help them gain in self-confidence and improve their foreign language practice.
Finally, the activities combined to the stay abroad develop the student’s autonomy.
The expected effect of the project is to increase the students’ capacity of deepening common technical subjects with the foreign partner.
This includes that the students need to have a very good knowledge of Dutch and Breton agriculture in order to integrate it in their professional skills and capacity in making decisions.
Assessment of the objectives would be defined through the students work further to the exchange.
As a result to of the project the schools intend to organise individual training courses abroad either in the Netherlands or in Brittany. The number of student volunteering would be a way of evaluating the achievement of our goals. A development of international exchanges (number of foreign partners, number of teachers involved) also constitutes a evaluation criteria.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 44757 Eur

Project Coordinator

LEGTP PAYS DE VILAINE & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Stichting Wellant