Everyday life and cultures in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Everyday life and cultures in Europe

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue); ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The idea of the project was to provide students and teachers from Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey and Portugal with an exemplarily and systematically investigation of the diversity of everyday life and cultures in Europe.
The aim of the project was first to enlarge students’ and teachers’ knowledge about these aspects in order to, as a second step, enable students to understand the background to different ways of life and views.
In eight LTTAs and the project work in between the meetings the students gained knowledge in the fields of:
– life in the past and present
– school life and inclusion
– food
– religion
– the world of work
– and an environmental issues, like recycling.
During the mobilities students and teachers engaged in multinational team work activities and excursions dealing with these topics. The investigations that took place during these activities were later evaluated and documented with the help of posters, photos, videos and a common project blog.
Staying in host families provided the students with an even closer insight into everyday life and culture of the hosting country and enhanced their intercultural communication skills.
All participants practiced the usage of ICT tools during the project work and used English as a means of communication which helped to increase their knowledge concerning these aspects.
Overall, by working on this project all participants have rethought national stereotypes and have become more open-minded and tolerant towards diversity, in terms of age, nationality and abilities, and cultural differences. On the other hand, they have also learned to appreciate their own culture, but not only as part of their own national culture, but rather as a part of a European culture.
This way they will value a unified Europe in the future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 162694 Eur

Project Coordinator

Elisabeth-Selbert-Schule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK MESLEKI VE TEKNIK ANADOLU LISESI
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE “CAPONNETTO”
• Zespol Szkol Zawodowych i Licealnych w Zgorzelcu
• Escola Básica e Secundária Quinta das Flores