Hands On Minds On Erasmus Project

Project Title

Hands On Minds On

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: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Learning environments in which participants share the education-based, innovative ideas were created in the scope of the aim of the Project. 4 Workshops – Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Robotics-were embodied in those learning environments.
Since this project focused on up skilling Holistic Learning, an international education environment was set and cultural interaction was created. For this purpose we worked with overseas partners who have innovative ideas.
The aims of these sharing were to decrease the rate of unsuccess, absenteeism and dropout rate of students of schools in backward areas. Thus, students with research skills, and who were interrogative, forward-looking, creative and interested in science and facts were reintegrated into the society.
Workshops were provided for risky students in the educational performance and for those with increasing performance .
The detrimental effects of digital age was minimized by educating teachers and students in coding in the workshops of our project. The goal of workshop studies to improve the capability of coding and to make it a part of basic education was full-filled.
Studies for providing everybody information, value and skills required at international level and giving children, the young and adults access to sufficient education at all levels was accomplished by conducting workshop training. By practicing on the workshops within summer schools, the persistence of efficient education activities, learning based, collective and permanent learning opportunities and use of free time were targeted.
Project partners were composed of organizations which support their managers and teachers to create high-level skills by taking different educations. By initiating STEM-training at schools, we desired to practice the Project in need of bringing an innovative viewpoint to learning and influencing students’ knowledge and skills positively. Overseas training and dissemination of these training at our schools was the main stage of the studies that aim to enhance the outputs of student success and performance.
We shared out STEM-Lab activities carried out in educational environments for each partner so as to support the improvement of their own education systems. Participations comprises of virtual and overseas mobilities and 5 teaching-learning activities were full-filled completely. At the outset, we made a mobility for introduction, planning, time managing, determining activities. Teachers and students participated in two international mobilities which are on site for the observation of our educational practices. There were overseas mobilities where the good implementation examples of teachers were shared. With those workshops, we aimed to pick up activities which could be participated in classes. Two overseas mobilities for mid-term evaluation with the aim of following the lifecycle of the project, evaluating the studies and identifying the defects were carried out by the partners. Finally, there were virtual meetings for the last meeting of the Project due to the Covid-19 pandemic and reporting as well.
The logo(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hl5pULnEfE3rf1432NwKZoZXF7Vpn1HzNdXbPW44OpA/edit), brochures
( https://twinspace.etwinning.net/81421/home), participants’ studies and outputs in STEM-Lab practice workshops were put our web site (https://handsonmindson.co), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/288703751994891), TwinSpace (https://twinspace.etwinning.net/81421/home) and Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1SRlW4ZrpnKgH6PHayevw/videos) and our schools’ website (https://aksarayaal.meb.k12.tr).
The Project introduction, partner’s communication and studies were shared out by participating in blogs, Google groups, and forums by partners. Robotics projects and products prepared by students on e-twinning training environments were shared and meetings and communion were provided. Extending the project with innovative ideas and turning those ideas into practice were the objectives.
Student groups of the project are on social networks and be aware of all the stages directly by creating Web pages. With authentic course material design contest and STEM-Lab activity-based course, perform video contests we set good examples in training. This knowledge are in use for forming activities, course files, and E-Books.
The introduction, application and international activities of Project were presented at a national official radio channel by broadcasting a live program. The aim of this was to declare how significant Stem-Lab in an education system is to all parts of society and that was fulfilled.
At the end of the Project, a Science Fair on which products of the teamwork of partners were displayed was held. For the sake of fascinating science, awareness of the ability to design was created by learning innovative ideas from the partners. Sharing technological products and scientific processes and manipulative helped everybody understand how important the Stem education is. STEM-Lab samples containing web site and consisting, of course, materials were held out as a joint publication. The multi-dimensional thinking abilities, providing accommodation to technologic improvements were developed by programming and coding with robotics projects.

Project Website

http://handsonmindson.co/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 82539,74 Eur

Project Coordinator

Aksaray Ataturk Anadolu Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Einstein De Lorenzo Potenza
• 1 EPAL KAVALAS
• Adazu vidusskola
• Kauno Simono Daukanto progimnazija