On the Road of Exile Erasmus Project

Project Title

On the Road of Exile

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law); EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The project “On the Road of Exile” had as main objective the sensitization of all the participants towards the historical and current migratory movements, the improvement of English language competence and digital competence.

Through different activities, the participants have acquired greater knowledge and awareness about the realities that accompany and derive from this migratory phenomenon, its history and its impact on today’s societies. Thanks to collaborative activities at a European level and to mobilities, students and teachers have improved their English language skills. The nature of most of the activities has enhanced the improvement of the digital skills of the educational community.

In the project, more than 2000 students have benefited directly or indirectly from its realization and among them, about 30 students from each school have had the possibility of participating in the mobilities. A big part of the teachers of the partner schools have been able to participate directly or indirectly in the activities and/or mobilities. In the case of families, we have seen the number of proposals to collaborate in both sending and receiving mobility students grow. We can say that it has been a success for the schools in terms of the participation of the educational communities in it.

The project started with the study of migratory movements themselves to make students aware that these have historically occurred in Europe and worldwide. We have used different techniques to approach the phenomenon, among which collaborative writing, collaborative brainstorming, role-play and drama have stood out. It is worth highlighting the role of Emotional Education activities, which have been one of the critical tools in achieving one of our main objectives: to improve the empathy of the educational community especially towards migration (although it has also helped positively in many other aspects). Other activities of the project have been: collaboration with NGOs to help refugees and charity events in collaboration with these associations.

Among the most outstanding results, especially for the primary schools of the project, there has been a substantial improvement in English language skills that have been seen in the improvement of the results of the school and state examinations. There has also been an increase in digital skills, especially in the independence of students when using new apps to create content and in the management of the proposed platforms. The percentage of students and families more comprehensive with the migration phenomenon has been exponentially increased (in some cases by up to 40% more) and we believe that collaborative activities with NGOs have been the key.

Once completed, the schools have incorporated into their educational projects the realization of emotional education activities such as mentoring programming and charity events as part of their extra activities in collaboration with families. In some cases, the methodologies used in the project have also been incorporated into practice.

The project has not only opened the door to new future collaborations between the partners (eTwining, Erasmus +) but it has also made the centers see the importance of introducing emotional education in their classrooms in order to not only increase the empathy of the community education towards migratory movements, but also its usefulness to work in various fields, including knowing better and managing oneself emotions, controlling impulses, recognizing the emotions of others and establishing healthier relationships, along with motivating oneself.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127200 Eur

Project Coordinator

Escola Rosa Oriol & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Lemin koulukeskus
• Vallbacksskolan
• DIMOTIKO SCHOLEIO NEAS KARYAS
• Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs Regio Schijndel