Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht in der Beruflichen Orientierung Erasmus Project

Project Title

Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht in der Beruflichen Orientierung

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Berufskolleg West der Stadt Essen is today located in ESSEN region where AEG and Krupp companies were once available and the big factories run their machine factoires. Today it works with a vocational school name which thirdly sectors are socially and economically dominated. It still has 76 teacers and about 1480 students .

IIS L.ACCIAIUOLI – L. EINAUDI di ORTON is a vocational high school in Ortona region in Italy. It has nearly all the technical units as the applying school. It is a big chance for the region which has an intense industry.

Turkish partner Gümüşhacıköy Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School has vocational education. It has worked densely on Erasmus+ project for years.

The Greek partner is a vocational High school known as 1 EPAL Arta. It has a lot of vocational units as we do have. Its the biggest school of the region.

In the meetings all the needs that the partners stated are:
– Turkish partner , talked about the indifference of the students on science lessons. The biggest reason for the the traditional and compulsory teaching technics of te teachers on these low level students who chose those schools.
– The Greek School stated that there is no problem on interest on science because of attractiveness and the refugee students.
– Italian partner’s students said they need the innovative learning and teaching technics usage to include them to the scientific disciplines.

As the applicant school we came to realise that the wak usage of experiments in science and the strong usage of theoretical methods.
Our purposes:
* The project aims to introduce new approaches in integrated science education of the mutual schools’ education applications , to provide students with skills to make learning easier
* To help students to be interested more in scientific concept and science
* To make science lessons more interesting in vocational education
* To be institutionalized in EU
* To raise EU citizenship ,multilangualism and tolerance
* To ensure Erasmus+ dissemination

Our Objectives:
1. To raise the quality of the science lessons through collaboration in Europe context until the end of the project, integrate the ICT process and new learning methods
2. To raise the graduates rate at the end of the studies and create employment in two years’ time
3. To develop social skills , communicate in European languages , introduce yourselves and join in European programmes.
4. To be an International school
5. To have adequate applications for KA202 projects

To reach the objectives the project team selected these activites:
1- Introduction of education systems of the countries
2- Curriculum of Science lessons
3- Reviewing the competencies of experimenting
4- Observing the technical opportunities
5- Seeing the technological approaches
6- Observing the inclusion of the students
7- Seeing on site of the experiment weigh
8- Observing the initiative level of the students
9- Reviewing the place of the experiments in academical life
10- Other cultural activities

Impact ( for teachers)
Management skills, digital teaching skills, methodogical developments, creativitiy in lessons development, Raising the interest on European partners, raising the vocational respect in work place and national levels will be observed

Impact ( for pupils )
To make them more interested in science lessons, reflect their academical life, see it as a motivating one, be problem solvers, create the reason-result relation, be more international , respect the other cultures and act as appropriate to the Erasmus+ logic are the expected impacts
Assesing the Project:
1- To succeed the objectives and activities
2- Interaction with the project partners
3- Satisfaction of the beneficiaries
4- Selection of the participants and preparaiton
5- Selection of the results and dissemination
Expected Results:
– Raising the quality of education, Raising the value for Erasmus+ programme, Appreciating the studies of the participants.
– Empowering the transnational capacity, improving the educational process
– Applying the innovative factors in educational patterns

Concrete Results:
Certifications gained by the participants: Europass Mobility Certificate, project documents,
Non-Materials :
Language skills; active citizenship, developed social skills
– Workplace and laboratory methods and technics, Experience of the organisation of the activities

Our project includes 7 LTT activities totally. There will be 69 participants ( teachers and students ) and 9 accompanying persons which will last 24 months. There will be 4 partners in total.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 87760 Eur

Project Coordinator

Berufskolleg West der Stadt Essen & Country: DE

Project Partners

• 1 epal arta
• IIS L.ACCIAIUOLI – L. EINAUDI di ORTONA
• Gumushacikoy Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi