Euroland Erasmus Project

Project Title

Euroland

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Euroland has been a project related to Mathematics, Robotics and good practices.

Context
One of the partners was an expert in Manipulative Calculation (using Cuisenaire rods), another partner was an expert in Manipulative Geometry,and the third was an expert in Robotics. So we have shared manipulative workshops in which we are experts in and now we are implementing them in our schools (see the Annual Lesson Plans)

Objectives
The main objectives planned, we have mostly achieved at the end of the project, have been:
1.-Improve basic skills such as Mathematics, Literacy, ICT, foreign language, from sharing practices with European schools, exchanging and implementing new ideas, paying attention to those that were successful to implement them.
2.-Develop and implement innovative practices that promote cooperation, the exchange of experiences and knowledge at the European level.

Activities
To achieve the objective number one related to the students, we prepared 6 different challenges in which they had to think, manipulate and put into practice what they learned through peer learning and knowledge exchange within the 3 partners.

We prepared activities to improve communicative skills in foreign language. We used ICT tools such as text editing applications (free Office), multimedia presentations (Padlet, Canva, Office Impress free), image and sound editing (Gimp, Audacity, Openshot, Paint) Google tools, Genially, to show the results of the activities to the rest of the partners . By using all these ICT tools they have improved their skills.

To achieve goal number two related directly to teachers and indirectly to students, we agreed to implement the innovative practices that our partners shared and explained to us. As each school had already implemented a specific innovative methodology, we helped each other to carry them out successfully in our schools. To ensure that we implemented these practices, they have been written down in our annual lesson plans.

Results

Students
Regarding the improvement of basic foreign language skills, we have achieved our goal. At the beginning of the project, 72.1% of our students had a medium-high level of English. At the end of the project we have achieved 85.4%.

Regarding the improvement of basic Math skills, our starting point was 79.5% of students with a medium-high level of Math. The following year we improved to 84%. Unfortunately, the following year we had the Covid lockdown and the results at the end of the project were 78.7%. So the upward trend was great, but this particular promotion of students had a high percentage of special educational needs and social and economic difficulties. For that reason, during the lockdown, a large number of students were unable to follow the online lessons due to lack of equipment and connectivity. So this objective hasn’t been achieved successfully.

Teachers
Teachers have improved their teaching methods thanks to the exchange of innovative practices. They improved, as well, their ICT skills due to the use of them to carry out all the activities. Proof of that is all the work done uploaded in Twinspace.

School
We have realized about the improvement of the school’s prestige. Thanks to the implementation of the new methodologies, families are more eager to ask for enrollment in our school. On the other hand, families and students have changed and opened their minds to different cultures and ways of life. We have realized about this fact because at the beginning of the project only a few of them were actively involved in it and in the second and third year most of them were.

Long term benefits
As most of the teachers involved in the project have a permanent position at the school, we can ensure that innovative practices will remain in the school’s lesson plans for a long period of time. So the next generations will benefit from the actual project. One of the most important changes that the school has implemented thanks to the exchange of good practices has been the incorporation of a Robotics Workshop using decoding for 3rd Cycle students, one using Lego WeDo for 2nd Cycle and one using Bee Bots for 1st Cycle students. In addition we have created a Geometry Workshop from P3 to 6th Grade.

Project Website

http://www.eurolanderasmus.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 35847,48 Eur

Project Coordinator

Escola pública Mestres Montaña & Country: ES

Project Partners

• SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI I GRADO G.BOVIO
• Scoala Gimnaziala Mihai Eminescu