HerE smeLls Like Oscar – an international upskilling program of high school students in the field of film journalism Erasmus Project

Project Title

HerE smeLls Like Oscar – an international upskilling program of high school students in the field of film journalism

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project “Here smells Oskar …” was implemented by the Second High School in Lodz (Poland), with extensive experience in the field of film, in cooperation with Srednja Skola Tina Ujevica in Kutina (Croatia), with many years of journalistic experience.
The project was created in response to the needs of young people associated with the difficulties in continuing education, which are mainly caused by insufficient professional competences.
The aim of the project was to increase the achievements of young people and broaden their knowledge related to film and journalism, so that they will be able to continue learning.
The project was also intended to increase the awareness of the need to develop passions in their free time and to shape the attitude of openness and tolerance towards other cultures among students through active participation in discussions, workshops, group work.
In addition, implementation of the project was also designed to improve the language skills of students and teachers, thanks to which they had the opportunity to exchange experiences and good practices between schools and teachers from partner schools and other institutions from different countries, establishing international contacts, and the possibility of continuing cooperation in the future. Thanks to dissemination activities, with the project and the results developed within it, the persons dealing with matters of school education have also become acquainted, which in turn may affect, among others, shaping the framework of functioning institutions of both formal and informal education.

To implement the above the following activities have been implemented:
– 4 short-term student exchanges (each lasting 5 days), 2 to Croatia and 2 to Poland with a number of activities during exchanges (workshops, lectures, visiting places related to film and journalism, integration activities, etc.);
– 3 international project meetings;
– project conference.

During the project implementation the following results were achieved:
– development of an instructional movie;
– preparation of an instructional report;
– project conference;
– higher level of students’ knowledge in writing about the film;
– better qualifications of young people allowing them to continue learning;
– activating students in their free time thanks to the development of film and journalistic passion;
– strengthening intercultural dialogue;
– better language skills of pupils and teachers;
– international cooperation of schools and teachers;
– strengthening the international dimension of teacher education and teacher work;
– promotion of the Erasmus + program.

Ensuring sustainability of project results is a priority for schools participating in the project. For this purpose , the following actions will be taken :
– access to the dissemination platform of ERASMUS + projects, on which the film and the report prepared during the project implementation were placed
– partners will promote the project as a good practice in the field of training film journalists during the implementation of thematic conferences and information meetings;
– the film and the report will be used by the partners in a wide range, including educational classes and training;
– access to the project archives on the partner schools’ websites will be possible
– articles about the project in the professional press – mentioning the project as a practice, among others, an article will be included in the “Good Practices” bulletin issued by the Lodz Center of Improvement and Practical Education in Łódź;
– during the open days of the Second High School in Łódź a room will be prepared to promote the ERASMUS + program and actions implemented in this project;
– cabinets dedicated to the implemented project were created in partner schools;
– developed tools (film and report) were and will be distributed to other schools (mailing).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 51500 Eur

Project Coordinator

II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Gabriela Narutowicza & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Srednja skola Tina Ujevica, Kutina