Foresee the future : curiosity, competence,confidence,creativity Erasmus Project

Project Title

Foresee the future : curiosity, competence,confidence,creativity

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

The project was approved in 2016 after 3 years of work: it was supported by Romania, Italy, France.
Many students from the partnership, aged from 15 to 19, come from deprived backgrounds and are from different cultures.
They study in a tertiary vocational school (in France), in the tourism field of technological high school (Portugal and Italy) or in a general high school before getting to university
(Romania, Turkey and Cyprus). Most of the schools have maturity in project management due to prior European projects.
The project is based on tourism. Its objective is to develop inclusion, tackle early school leaving and promote entrepreneurship.
The high schools involved are located in touristic areas. This field can’t be ignored by the students and it should enable them to open themselves, improve intellectually (cultural and linguistic enrichment, access to new technologies), socially (by meeting people), professionally (team work, initiatives, problem solving, awareness of cultural differences)
These skills can be improved in each of the partner countries. The project dealt with different types of tourism, especially in France and Cyprus:
– Accessible tourism (visitors with reduced mobility or hearing impaired)
– Green tourism
– Gourmet tourism
The team work is essential, either nationally or internationally, to motivate the students, who can develop ICT skills. The students from all the schools have worked together efficiently, especially during mobilities.
The teenagers got more knowledge about their own “region” by preparing quizzes, touristic circuits or by playing the role of a touristic guide.
They created flyers, bilingual booklets; they took part in job interviews and interviewed professionals. Teachers and teenagers have learnt how to make videos.
They learnt how to do a self-assessment by creating google forms.
The Italian team was in charge of the project website lnx.itcgfermi.org/erasmus/ . We can see many photos, read articles and the pupils’ logbooks.
This project enabled to improve linguistic skills, as well as social skills. The participants realized how important it is to be able to speak English, even in their own country.
The project allowed all of us to learn and teach differently, by going out of the classroom.
Our productions (about 80 videos as well as many flyers, booklets, padlets, slideshows) can be seen online on the Twinspace https://twinspace.etwinning.net/25887/home.
According to their skills and tastes, the students could take part in the project at their rhythm, in a relevant way. This innovative way of teaching is stimulating for teachers, students and professionals.
In France, two “firm classes” in management and administration (SAGA) and in customer relations (ACTEO) have contributed to the project.
The partners still communicate and a Portuguese student has opened an Erasmus+ on Facebook
Some students intend to go back to the countries they visited or invite their “penfriends”
More students and teachers than planned at the beginning took part in the project.
The partnership experience, the analysis of the needs, the Twinspace, the Gantt calendar, the frequent contacts, the help of the professionals in tourism, the self-assessment of the activities helped to reach our objectives.
Some colleagues have discovered the Erasmus + programme and are ready for a new project.
The professionals were delighted to help us. Our exchanges were very rich. They could intervene in some of our classes.
In Normandy, an agreement has been signed with the National stud farm “Haras National du Pin”.
In Romania, the high school is thinking about opening a course in tourism. Besides, thanks to this project it is awarded the title of “European school”. Some teenagers would like to work in this field. In Portugal, they would like to reopen the “bar-restaurant” class.
The students have understood the importance of English, they have gained self-confidence and working abroad is less scary than before. The students, some of them suffering from dyslexia, have received certificates or Europass mobility documents.
The host families have warmly welcomed the young students. Adults and teenagers mixed together and they created links, friendships, souvenirs…
We have also been invited by local authorities and the press was here. The schools improved their image by organizing receptions.
Here is a quotation from a Cypriot student, George:
“you were our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, nephews for one week ….we felt safe…you are still by our side even when we are away”
Or from Manuel, an Italian pupil:
“this experience has opened my horizon, my mind and heart”

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 146880 Eur

Project Coordinator

LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL MARECHAL LECLERC & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Kucukyali Rezan Has Anadolu Lisesi
• Istituto Tecnico Commerciale Statale e per Geometri “Enrico Fermi”
• Agrupamento de escolas Gafanha da Nazaré
• Liceul Teoretic “Aurel Lazar”
• LYKEIO APOSTOLOU VARNAVA