Nach den Spuren unserer Persönlichkeiten Erasmus Project

Project Title

Nach den Spuren unserer Persönlichkeiten

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Social dialogue; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

With the development and availability of the Internet information of all kinds are easily accessible. Pupils are able to look up a piece of information but they do not bother to work with the information any further, to prove it, and to put it into context. However, working with information, its processing and interpretation are essential skills nowadays that is demanded by future employers.
The main aim of the project was to arouse the pupils’ interest in famous personalities of nation’s history of all part-taking nationalities. The work of these personalities has touched all nations. The aim was also to make pupils understand what national identity and patriotism are, and to learn about the personalities’ impact in Europe. Another aim of this project was to improve pupils‘ IT, logistics and management skills. The pupils have also improved their work with texts, foreign language, and psychological skills. They have also broadened their intercultural and cultural knowledge and social empathy.
5 partners from different countries took part in this project: 3 secondary schools (LT, TR, BG) and 2 vocational schools (LV. CZ). Every one of these schools has gained experience with project work from previous international projects they took part in. Each of these schools set a project team to work on this project. It was always a team of pupils aged 15-20.
Each short-term exchange of group of pupils had the same structure:
1. theoretical part – getting to know facts about chosen personality (presentation)
2. practical – work with information and travelling to follow the steps of the personality
3. simulation – the pupils tried personally to do what the personality did (teacher- they taught)
The products are following: logo of the project, websites, Moodle, book about the personalities, PowerPoint presentations about the personalities, documentary about travels, travel diary, and calendar. The pupils also got certificates confirming their taking part in this project.
The project influenced all the people who took part in it, the pupils now love EU programs, are more interested in foreign languages, and are more motivated for their studies, and also in travelling and political situation in Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 121500 Eur

Project Coordinator

Obchodni akademie a Stredni odborna skola logisticka, Opava, prispevkova organizace & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• KEDAINIU R. AKADEMIJOS GIMNAZIJA
• Sredno uchilishte Hristo Botev
• MEV KOLEJI OZEL BASINKOY ANADOLU LISESI
• Jekabpils Agrobusiness College