Literally EUnited! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Literally EUnited!

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

“Literacy can be seen as dependent on instruction, with the corollary that quality of instruction is key. This view emphasizes the developmental nature of literacy — the passage of children through successive stages of literacy, in each of which the reading and writing tasks change qualitatively and the role of the instructor has to change accordingly.”— (Jeanne S. Chall, 1996 as referenced in Snow, 2004) We are six schools in France, Italy, Turket, Poland, Hungary and Greece all facing the same challenges. In our schools, students should be in Stage 3 of Chall’s stages of literacy chart. That is, « Reading is used to learn new ideas, to gain new knowledge, to experience new feelings, to learn new attitudes, generally from one viewpoint. »However we have noticed in our schools, that around 15/20% of our students haven’t acquired this stage by the end and struggle to read beyond the letter, and see the implicit meaning of any type of document.To help our students acquire these skills, we have, according to JS Chall, to develop the reading and study of various types of material, that contain new ideas and values, unfamiliar vocabulary and syntax, and reacting to the text through discussion, answering questions, writing, and reading of increasingly more complex texts. We also know thanks to reports issued by the European Commission that low literacy individuals have more difficult access to the labor market, and lower income. They are also less likely to read (later) to their children, which may slow their own children’s own literacy development. A vicious circle. Parallely to that, we know that in January 2019, the European Commission launched a Digital Education Plan (DEAP)to address the lack of 44% Europeans in basic digital skills whereas 90% of future jobs need them. Our project thus aims at tackling these issues and developing the different types of literate practices among our students. What are literate practises ? The knowledge, skills and strategies needed to respond to print, paper, digital, visual and oral communications. This project aims at helping schools afford implemeting new activities, the different subjects and skills taught at school, and explore new types of activities and projects. go beyond regular school curriculums and help students develop further their literacy skills, in various subjects: arts, linguistics, ICT, mathematics but also environment, in order to help reduce this figure of 15/20 % of students having literacy issues, and belong to the 56% of people who master the basic digital skills. Thanks to the use of innovative ICT tools, peer work and cross disciplinary activities we hope to include and encourage all our students to try new activities, without fear of failure. They will become more self-confident about their own skills, and more comfortable with the time spent at school. Thus, our schools will suffer less from early school leaving, school demotivation but also allow all our students to consider long term schooling, and the importance to carry on their studies as far as possible. Moreover, as our schools are located in rural or semi rural areas, we also believe that this project will help our students to open up to other cultures, and fight their bias. By collaborating with European students and learning about their culture, we will build bridges between our countries and establish a longlasting relationship. Thanks to this project, we will help our students become better achieved European citizens.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 177773 Eur

Project Coordinator

Collège Départemental Elsa Triolet & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Szabó Pál Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Muvészeti Iskola
• Istituto Comprensivo Statale San Giorgio
• GENIKO LYKEIO NEOU SKOPOU
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 30
• Mustafa Kemal Ortaokulu