New Teaching Methodologies Erasmus Project

Project Title

New Teaching Methodologies

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: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

WORKING GROUP
NTM project has been formed by 6 partners:
– IES Tirso de Molina, Madrid – Spain (coordinator school and new in KA2 projects)
– Koninklijk Atheneum Geraardsbergen – Belgium (most experienced partner in new methodologies implementation)
– Srednja skola Ban Josip Jelacic, Zapresic – Croatia (expert in eTwinning, ICT & Flipped classrooms)
– Escola Básica e Secundária Dr. Angelo Augusto da Silva, Funchal – Portugal (inclusive school with a wide experience in KA229 projects)
– Adolfo Ramanausko – Vanago Gimnazija in Atylus – Lithuania (with a wide community network)
– Munir Tinaztepe Mesleki Ve Teknik Adaolu Lisesi, Istanbul – Turkey (new school with experienced teachers in Erasmus+ and ICT).
PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES
According to main results we may assure that objectives have been achieved:
1. Development of relevant and high-quality skills and competencies through the implementation of new teaching methodologies in the daily routines of all participant schools.
2. Promoting the acquisition of skills and competencies of students and teachers in order to improve students’ results.
3. Supporting schools to tackle early school leaving (ESL) and disadvantage as some participant schools may learn how to deal with high ESL (Spain, Portugal and Turkey) from those which have a low rate of ESL (Croatia, Belgium and Lithuania)
ACTIVITIES
Objective achievement was due to 5 learning, teaching and training activities, however COVID pandemic did not allow to hold last mobility. Madrid (Jan. 19), Zapresic (Apr. 19), Funchal (Nov. 19), Istanbul (short-term joint staff training, Jan. 20) and Alytus (May 20) cancelled due to the pandemic.
Out of 5 activities, 4 were Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils (one not held) of 5-day duration. Their main objective was to present partner good practises. 4 participants per organisation with 2 accompanying teachers.
Last activity was a Short-term joint staff training events held in Istanbul for 5 days. It main goal was to train teachers in Multiple Intelligences and Design Thinking. 2 participant teachers.
In each student mobility a cross curricular topic conducted students activities: Madrid (My town, region or country). Zapresic (European heritage), Funchal (Inclusive schools)
RESULTS:
– Priority 1 & 2 (Development of Relevant and High-Quality Skills and Competences & Promoting the acquisition of skills and competences) have been met according to this students’ criteria:
· Awareness of methodologies implemented;
· Learning increase by working in groups
· Decrease in time spent on mere content explanation.
– Belief that technology has been used to help their learning.
This information implies a transformation from traditional methods into a new model based on the use of New Teaching Methods and ICT in daily activities. All these criteria may confirm Priorities 1 and 2 and their objectives achievement
– Priority 3 and its objectives (Support schools to tackle early school leaving and school failure and disadvantage) have also been performed satisfactorily according to these data:
· Early School leaving rate increased from 16 to 16,5 y.o.
· School failure rate dropped from 10,48% to 6,81% (coordinator country sharply decreased from 22% to 11%).
– Integration of 9 new methodologies in each participant school: project based learning, gamification, video and audio learning, flipped classrooms, ICT, cooperative learning, blended learning, design thinking and multiple intelligences.
– Best good practises and Methodology Information Templates ebook (MITs) were uploaded in project website and twinspace.
– To finish with, more than 3000 people have been involved and/or impacted by the project so we can assess it as a high participation rate.
– Project website: www.ka229ntm.org and twinspace: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/73097/home
PARTICIPANTS
The group of partner schools is very heterogeneous. This was due to a thorough selection, as there were a complementary criteria in which each participant school could help others by being an example of good practices implemented in their own schools.
Students granted -up to COIVD-: 54 final number of participants: 56 (+2)
Teachers granted -up to COVID-: 39, final number of participants 43= (+4)
Participants with fewer oportunities: 17
ASSESSMENT
There has been an initial and a final assessement to know impact of the project in each school. Some intermediate assessment has been made in each mobility over the activities and about the project (students and teachers).
DISSEMINATION
Dissemination plan was designed by all participants and had two main objectives:
1. To comply with Eramus + requirements
2. To disseminate project participation and results within schools, local communities, educational authorities and wider public.
Online tools have been used to disseminate the project results (eTwinning, Erasmus + results…) as well as school resources, newspapers and television, from local to international level

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 136322,36 Eur

Project Coordinator

IES Tirso de Molina & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Escola Básica e Secundária Dr. Ângelo Augusto da Silva
• GO! Atheneum Geraardsbergen
• Alytaus Adolfo Ramanausko – Vanago gimnazija
• Srednja skola Ban Josip Jelacic
• MUNIR TINAZTEPE MESLEKI VE TEKNIK ANADOLU LISESI