Kalos Kagathos Erasmus Project

Project Title

Kalos Kagathos

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

The main aim of our project was through international cooperation to develop a vision of a new world based on cooperation, tolerance and a new man – a responsible, sensitive citizen, who takes care of the natural environment and his own comprehensive development, is open to international cooperation, other people’s problems and needs. All activities were designed to develop key competences with the use of practical methods and ICT in cooperation with various educational institutions.
More specific aims of the project included: gaining key competences at high level by using original, practical teaching methods in connection with traditional methods and exchanging experiences in an international environment; raising the level of English language knowledge and skills; expanding students’ and teacher’s digital competences; including in the project persons at risk of leaving school education early; giving all students the possibility to achieve success regardless of their school results; developing critical thinking; developing the students’ sensitivity towards social problems; starting cooperation with regional educational authorities – including them in discussions on the shape of modern education; starting cooperation with educational centres in order to realise project activities and continue activities together after the completion of the project.
The project is addressed to three groups: particularly talented students who look for attractive ways of expanding their knowledge; weak students at risk of leaving the school early; students in danger of social exclusion. The target group consists of teachers as well – they will learn new working methods and use them in practice. There were over 300 people from partner schools taking part in project activities. 96 persons took part in short-term student exchanges. At least 200 participated in local activities.
There were various tasks to realise the project aims. The participants took part in: art workshops, an art festival, demonstration lessons with the use of interesting teaching methods, ICT workshops, a course of discussions on topics connected with social problems and modern education, discussions on education with local and educational authorities in each partner country. They were filed lessons with an ecological perspective and pupils participated in environmental classes in the natural environment as well as discussing the problems of modern world. They took part in partner school Olympics with the participation of the disabled and consided the issues connected with a healthy lifestyle. During each international meeting they took part in activities on the project topics organised in cooperation with various educational institutions. The teachers participated in methodology workshops at each partner school. The participants ran workshops with the use of methods and materials developed within the project for students and teachers beyond partner schools.
The tasks were done with the use of various methods included in the traditional model of teaching: reflexive teaching, method of educational project, webquest, flipped classroom, peer learning inquiry-based learning, field classes lessons on ecology; neurodidactics (brain friendly learning), student centred approach, communicative approach, Task-Based Language Learning.
The particiapnts of the project were be included in open-air activites, will participate in workshops organised in cooperation with various educational institutions, such as: universities, a theatre, educational centres and a dance school. The students will have a role of assistants during various activities and workshops for students and teachers from other schools.
The most important of the foreseen project results inlude: introducing teaching methods learnt during the project in all partner schools; students’ change of attitude towards gaining knowledge; increasing students’ key competences; using ICT widely; expanding the teachers’ methodology skills and knowledge; significant increase of tolerance and sensitivity towards social problems; expanding communication skills, greater ease using English; continuing the cooperation with educational institutions, which will cooperate with us during the project.
All methods and materials developed during the project were introduced into the teaching system of partner schools. In each partner school there were workshops for teachers and students from local schools with the use of methods developed in the project and new solutions introduced in partner schools as well as ICT workshops. Each partner school continued their cooperation with educational/cultural institutions, with we carried out a number of the project activities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 97700 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kungsgårdsskolan & Country: SE

Project Partners

• 3rd General Lyceum of Trikala ‘Odysseas Elytis’
• Osnovna sola Domzale
• Zespol Szkol:Szkola Podstawowa im. gen. Jana Henryka Dabrowskiego i Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Prymasa Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego