Learn how to learn. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Learn how to learn.

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: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Three secondary schools from Poland, Bulgaria and Portugal sought partners through the e twinning platform because they wanted to implement a project aimed at developing their school in terms of introducing innovative techniques and methods of learning and teaching. Partner schools wanted to meet and share experience. Teachers in partner schools noticed the problems of youth in learning and general school fatigue. Students are forced to learn by heart, mainly from textbooks, they do not have good ideas how to learn using, for example, the telephone applications. Young people want the implementation of modern tools and working methods. Teachers also feel the need to develop their competences in the field of youth education methodology towards innovation and modernity. Therefore, each partner prepared and introduced 10 methods / techniques of learning / teaching, which they consider to be valuable and innovative and presented them in the form of exercises and scenarios so that everyone can use them in their school after the end of the project. The methods and tools learned will be of great use in the education of young people in partner schools in the future, because they will be permanently included in the methodology of education of these schools. As part of the project, a catalogue of good and modern practice was created (in paper and online versions), which is an appropriate document of joint work and an invaluable copy for co-workers in schools participating in the project.
The project lasted 17 months. Participants were young people aged 16-18 (including 3 students with fewer opportunities). Students from partner schools, during the project, analyzed and developed innovative methods, tools for learning and teaching. Between meetings, students and teachers implemented their ideas in their local communities, and at the same time, by contacting via various communication platforms (including eTwinning, Facebook), they consulted progress and possible difficulties. During the project implementation period and between meetings, the young people wrote a blog where photos, current information on the progress and activities implemented under the project were published. Participating students developed their skills of taking responsibility for the tasks assigned to them, deepened understanding of such concepts as tolerance and international cooperation. It was also an excellent opportunity to make new international contacts that taught them intercultural dialogue and they definitely improved their language skills. Undoubtedly, international cooperation made young people aware that they are citizens of the European Union and contributed to increasing the sense of international solidarity and understanding how important it is to contact and exchange good practices between communities in different countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 62836 Eur

Project Coordinator

ZSO Augustów & Country: PL

Project Partners

• AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE BARCELOS
• Secondary School Dimitar Blagoev