Mój mikroregion w makro-Europie. Europejczyk w zrestrukturyzowanej przestrzeni. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mój mikroregion w makro-Europie. Europejczyk w zrestrukturyzowanej przestrzeni.

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

Progressing phenomena leading to the formation of a global information society presents new challenges for education. In order to prepare young people to skillfully use the information they have, to adapt to life in a dynamically changing environment of the knowledge-based economy and open society, the school must develop new educational methods. These tasks have become particularly significant in environments affected by a deep restructuring process. It is in regions where there has been a significant change in the economic and social structure, characterized by progress in the field of computerization, intensification of mutual interaction of various entities, permeation of various resources, young people encounter considerable problems with orientation in their educational and professional development. In order to develop educational methods and tools appropriate for these challenges, we have implemented, together with partner schools, as part of a strategic partnership, the project entitled “My Microregion in Macro- Europe. A Young European in Restructured Space.” The project focused on young people aged 14-19 coming from environments particularly affected by the phenomenon of systemic changes, in which there are many social problems such as unemployment, unequal opportunities, social exclusion, and spatial marginalization. The aim of the project was to develop modern teaching methods and innovative open educational tools. The aim of the educational package based on information technologies prepared during the project is to help students from restructured environments in a disadvantaged social and economic situation, choose their further education and a career path, by recognizing the needs of the labor market on a local and European scale, as well as acquisition of soft skills,language and ICT skills necessary in today’s globalized world. A comparative approach to the issue, exchange of experience and good practices allowed to create a common European educational package, corresponding to the challenges of the modern labor market. The project, whose lasting effects are educational tools and methodologies of educating young people, will significantly improve the quality of education in both formal and informal terms, and will also allow entities using the developed solutions to adapt their methods and methodologies to the diverse educational needs of young people. The above objectives were achieved in the following areas: 1. Understanding the conditions of the local environment from the perspective of historical restructuring processes and contemporary conditions of the labor market. 2. Creating practical educational tools and exchanging good practices. The implementation of the project allowed to improve the quality of education in partner schools by exchanging experience and good practices of teachers from various countries and functioning in different educational systems. The result is a set of common European education methods to help better prepare young people for the challenges ahead, which in today’s world of permeating economic systems, transnational corporations, multicultural societies, and enormous mobility of individuals is a key task. In addition, during the implementation of the project, great emphasis was placed on the independence and initiative of students, who in fact became the main contractors of the project and creators of educational tools that will be used to educate their younger colleagues. The project’s extraordinary advantage was its interdisciplinary nature: a combination of knowledge and skills in the field of language as well as information, economic, sociological, geographical and historical and cultural sciences, which taught participants, students and teachers to be creative, encouraged them to be resourceful, active, flexible and open to changing conditions. The project also contributed to the creation of institutional and professional networks supporting continuous mutual learning.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 126728,68 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zespol Szkol Ogolnoksztalcacych Nr 2 w Krakowie & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Colegiul Tehnic de Arte si Meserii CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI CRAIOVA
• Liceo Scientifico Statale Enrico Fermi
• Rigas 18 vakara (mainu) vidusskola
• IES PABLO NERUDA