M.E.T.E.C.& C.W.: Meet Europe through Educational Comics & Creative Writing Erasmus Project

Project Title

M.E.T.E.C.& C.W.: Meet Europe through Educational Comics & Creative Writing

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

“ M.E.T.E.C.& C.W.: Meet Europe through Educational Comics & Creative Writing” will represent a bridge in terms of educational cooperation and exchanging good practices between 6 European organizations in order to enhance the quality of education .
The focus of the project is promoting the acquisition of academic, emotional and social skills and competences of our students by using creative writing techniques and comics creation as an effective way of teaching in classes in order to motivate them to learn, with a particular emphasis on English language
This project is mainly addressed to students facing difficulties (educational, health, emotional, economic, cultural, social) that we want to motivate by providing a meaningful and concrete learning context which will promote acquisition of skills and help reduce disparities in learning outcomes. In this connection it can also be considered an effective tool to limit school failure and consequently to fight against early school leaving. It is also open to students willing to increase their competence in English language, interested in comics’ creation, in digital technologies. This project supports models of inclusive education which not only benefit students with disadvantages but also create an environment in which every student will have the opportunity to be successful.
We have fixed the maximum number of 50 students in each country which will possibly be divided in smaller groups.We intend to create a student-centered, inclusive learning environment and to implement contexts based on Cooperative Learning ,non Formal learning and CLIL methodology to stimulate learning language through creative writing and comics’ creation activities.
We are going to develop topics based on social problems related to young people and that can be connected with literary works under a common language: English. We use comics as an alternative holistic environment to promote aquisition of both educational and emotional skills and competences. Students will develop intercultural understanding and gain new perspectives on their own learning. “Comics” will be an activity based on the assumption of roles and simulation of real life situations and stimulate the use of communication in a foreign language. The creation of comics becomes also a valuable tool to foster relationships because, working in group, students are faced with the problem of the relationship with the others, starting with the respect for diversity and the desire to communicate emotions. The comics’ creation develops into pedagogy because it aims to the increase of individual creativity in the respect of the uniqueness of each one.
The activities to be carried out include: Creating online logo, poster , motto; Creative Workshop on how to build a story and discover of digital tools for comics’ creation; Best photo of the Project; short term exchange of groups of pupils where students will participate in workshops. All the activities will have positive effects on students’ literacy development, academic success and social interaction
We expect all participants and stakeholders will gain knowledge and experience by the project.

Project Website

http://www.cwerasmus.info

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 165940 Eur

Project Coordinator

7th VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF THESSALONIKI & Country: EL

Project Partners

• Istituto Istruzione Secondaria Superiore E. Fermi
• Gymnazium Jana Blahoslava Ivancice, prispevkova organizace
• Aluksne municipality`s secondary school
• Atakent Sehit Selcuk Paker Anadolu Lisesi
• Escola Secundária Campos de Melo, Covilhã