Improving the quality of physical education at Primary education level and presenting its relevance and importance for the health and good of the comming generations Erasmus Project

Project Title

Improving the quality of physical education at Primary education level and presenting its relevance and importance for the health and good of the comming generations

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Research and innovation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

The era of the technological boom and rapid globalization directly influenced on the physical development of the younger generations. The students usually spent their time in front of the computer or other electronic devices and starting from early ages they are influenced negatively by these activities.Their physical development, health and their social life and ability for socialization in real time are put in danger.
Thus this project tends to introduce new methods of teaching in physical education as a new way to improve students physical development and socialization.
Therefore, the overall objective of the project is to improve, develop, test and implement new innovative pedagogical approaches in PE teaching process at primary education level, and strengthen cooperation among the Schools but also among the HEI in physical education in Macedonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
During the project the joint research, testing, surveys, studies and analyses were performed;
This project had impact on three levels: it increased the capacity and professionalism to work at EU/international level increase the opportunities for professional development and finally to test and develop new methods and new curricula’s in schools.
At systemic level, this project triggered modernization and reinforced the response of education and training systems to the main challenges of today’s world .
The added value of the project was cooperation among the Western Balkans countries and cooperation with the EU member states, presenting the best practices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 183080 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ss. CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE & Country: MK

Project Partners

• UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
• Bureau for Development of Education
• NATSIONALNA SPORTNA AKADEMIYA VASSIL LEVSKI