INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING Erasmus Project

Project Title

INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Starting from the idea that one of the key competencies of the 21st century is the mathematical competence, the 5 European schools considered necessary to brush up the teaching methods and open doors to educational innovation by taking Math outside the classroom. The fundamental idea to start up the present project was that about 73% of students from all the partner schools find Math boring and impossible to learn. In all partner schools were identified the needs to increase interest, curiosity and knowledge in mathematics, improve the mathematical skills of low achievers and create new materials in teaching math.

Through “INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING” project we intend to raise students’ awareness and interest in learning Mathematics.
Specific Objectives:

-support directly 100 students and 32 teachers to develop innovative cross-curricular materials during 4 international exchanges until 01.09.2019;

-develop mathematical competence for the future to 80% boys and girls from 5 EU countries until 01.09.2020;
-stimulate curiosity and creativity among students from 5 EU schools by connecting mathematics to real life;
-increase interpersonal and intercultural communication competence among 80% participating students from 5 European schools until 01.09.2020;
-improve mathematics assessment and learning using inquiry-based learning.
“INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING” project is addressed to students coming from 5 European countries and the direct target are students from secondary schools, in particular students who are 14- 19 years old.

There are planned 4 short term exchange of pupils (Romania, Italy,Spaın and Macedonıa) and 1Transnationa Meeting inTurkey in the project. The total number of participants who will attend the mobilities is of 100 students and 32 teachers .

The project promotes an innovative approach that will lead to increase students’ interest and motivation in learning Math. The activities are designed to encourage learning by doing, by discovering, thinking skills, creativity, imagination, as well as, English and ICT skills.

The implementation of the project is structured to achieve the project’s aims using the inquiry-based learning method. By tackling students’ curiosity in correlating math with the real world, they will discover by themselves the profound influence that math has on our daily lives.

Four different topics will be approached during the 4 exchanges of groups of pupils: MATH & ART, MATH IS FUN, MATH IN MOTION, and MATH IN SHAPES. Students’ mathematical skills, curiosity and creativity will be developed using a cross-curricular approach. Students will be encouraged to see the connection between Math and other school subjects like Art, Music, History, PE and ICT. Using games, team building activities, fundraising activities, surveys, Erasmus+ day events will significantly contribute to enable students to learn through an international context. All the project’s products will be created by students during the mobilities. During the hosting meetings the partners will attend lessons, will observe and exchange good practices and get more familiarized with European educational systems.

The school curricula will expand in accordance with the feedback and methods exchanged during the meetings.
The following tangible results are expected during the project and on its completion: logo of the project, presentations, a brochure containing poems about Math, a common song, a calendar of the project, photos/ drawings, surveys about “Math in daily life – How Healthy Is Your Lifestyle?”, a travel manual, videos (“Using History to Teach Math”), Geometric toys, bookmarks, leaflets, questionnaires, a booklet of the project and the final DVD of the project.

The intangible results expected are: increasing mathematics competence, improving mathematics assessment, stimulating creativity in teaching and learning math and developing motivation for using cross-curricular materials and inquiry-based learning in the educational process.

“INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING” project will present a validated model of innovative and creative interventions for the development and improvement of teaching and learning Mathematics. This Erasmus+ project offers a wide range of opportunities for self-development for teachers to be updated with the last methods of teaching used in the European Union.

The project team is very positive that the spirit of our international cooperation will be integrated into the school curricula, leading to the internationalisation of the school, even after the EU funding is over.

Project Website

http://mathplus.ro/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 96560,84 Eur

Project Coordinator

LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC TICLENI & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Umberto Pomilio”
• MIT School
• Haci Ayse Ates Anadolu Lisesi
• Sredno uciliste na Grad Skopje Georgi Dimitrov