Mathbuster Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mathbuster

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

Project Summary

The partnership consists of five schools from five different EU countries: Croatia, France, Italy, Latvia and Poland, where the students, aged 14-19 years, learn mathematics, ICT and sciences.

The project goal was to improve math and science teaching in order to ensure higher students’ achievements and motivation.
In fact it is a common students’ idea that knowledge gained in Mathematics and Science lessons will not work in the future, we have assured that this statement is wrong as students really benefit from these lessons.
The project break this myth and to stimulate students each student with an understanding of processes, regularities, natural phenomena and mathematical models, so that students understand how a scientist-researcher works and why each of us and society in general need basic knowledge of nature, science and technology. The project encourage students’ interest in linking their future careers to as many students as possible with science-based industries, becoming not only scientists and engineers, but also setting up their business on the basis of science and math, working as project managers, science communication professionals, and in other sciences related professions.
The project renewed and to develop teachers’ methodological teaching skills, first of all increasing the proposal of tasks related to the real life compared to the formal mathematical tasks. The methodological renewal realized by sharing innovative experiences in online contacts, in practical activities and also in collaboration with National Universities and company visiting.

The most important and innovative result of the project is an e-book with problem-solving tasks that are tackled by professionals from different sectors on a daily basis. This e-book, step by step, will lead the students to solve problem exercises. The solution of these problems will require the use of ICT tools, and in some cases, will also be addressed at a multidisciplinary level. The products that created during the project will inspire colleagues in Europe to use the new teaching methods, tools and evaluation, focused on the acquisition of general and specific skills in science.

Students played an active role in the project at all stages of the project as they were involved in project planning and evaluation. Students also took part in a several activities at their own school and abroad. During short-term exchange of groups of pupils students visited University, science center, local internationally well-known companies. Pupils also worked in international team to carry out some tasks, learning and using different knowledge and skills: model 3D objects, improve financial and economic knowledge, play simulation games. Between project visits to schools were implemented various educational activities for pupils in order to arrange the materials for meeting using different ICT tools, to disseminate the experience in school, to create the final results.

The main methodologies used with students are PBL (problem based learning), CLIL, cooperative learning, outdoor learning. Project activities will not disrupt the learning process. Moreover, they will be part of the learning process.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 104299 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kalnciema vidusskola & Country: LV

Project Partners

• EPLEFPA de Poitiers-Venours
• Zespol Szkol Elektronicznych i Licealnych
• Druga gimnazija Varazdin
• ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE STATALE OSCAR ARNULFO ROMERO