PLAYING WITH MATHS Erasmus Project

Project Title

PLAYING WITH MATHS

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

According to EduGuide, students who fail at maths or English are at a 75 percent increased risk of becoming a drop out.
Unfortunately, International researches (i.e. OCSE PISA and TIMSS) put in evidence big problems in mathematics and in the basic concepts of science and technology by European students. Mathematics has a clear impact on the mental development and logical processes of children. Number of graduates in mathematics and related disciplines is decreasing and there are poor competencies in areas that request high levels of mathematical skills. The same researches said that the poor attitude towards mathematics and the learning processes linked to the logical thinking, starts already in the first cycle of education, to go on with next studies, because mathematics is not proposed adequatly.
The Project aims to find new and innovative approaches for maths teaching for young students who at this age are curious, exploratory, interrogative and have a rich imagination. To promote their development in this area, there has to be education mediums and we shall give them opportunities to investigate, to fulfill their curiosity and see their mistakes, let them guess and say their ideas. This is possible with maths where the activities lead the child’s curiosity and feelings and develop their brain skills.
We will help the students to see MATHS is everywhere in real life and is related to many subjects like Science, ICT , Drama, Arts and Music. Children will learn by observation, experimentation and discovery and find answers for their world, test new ideas and senses, activate their problem solving skills and reason abilities by playing games.
Partnership brings together schools from Portugal, France , Turkey , Greece and Spain whose target group are students 11-14 and our focus will be on : -FUN MATHS : To show the children that maths is fun we will prepare games and fun mathematics materials , -MATHEMATİCS ARTS : There will be activities carried out using interdisciplinary methods of music, drama, creative drama, theater, drawing in the aim of developing children’s main mathematical skills.-NATURE’S MATHEMATİCS : Maths is the language of the nature and every natural sight can be described with numbers. The shape of the snow, the area of a lake, the weight of a rabbit, the drop speed of a stone, a spiderweb, the hexagon of honeycomb shows us that maths is everywhere. There will be activities prepared to explore maths in the nature. -MATHS ON THE INFORMATICS LİGHTS : Learning atmosphere supported by computers, let the children use interactive software, solve the problems on a line, and learn mistakes by back ups.There will be computer activities to teach maths to children in a fun and enjoyable way , -CULTURAL MATHS GAMES : The project partners will enrich their cultural and maths traditional games and exchange with other partners. There will be maths games exchanging culture and tradition. In the end of the project an eBook will be created, containing all activities, games and events prepared and carried out during the project period, which may be a reference book to schools : -‘MATHEMATICS GAMES ” which will be translated to all languages of partner countries besides English and the eBook forms will be available to be downloaded on the Project Website.
A Kick off meeting is planed after the approval of the Project. 2 teachers from all partner schools will participate to this meeting in Aydın, Turkey. Four LTTs are planned in FR (2 schools) , GR , CR and PT. Teachers will have the chance to use the activities they will have prepared in different schools during the teaching and observation activities we planned. They will see the host school activities, their methods by teaching Mathematics and education in general at the school. They will transfer good experiences.
By the end of the Project, the children will show more attention and interest in mathematical activities and they will easily assimilate basic numerical skills. Through interaction generated by the educational materials and innovative teaching, children will experience different learning situations:
– they will be able to work in a noncompetitive environment based on the child specific needs – the game,
– they will be more open and more interested in other peoples’ culture, accepting the differences as value and not as an obstacle to a united Europe- Develop their own identity consciousness at local, national and European context, manifesting European citizenship from an early age.
Schools participating in the project will establish relations between the leaderships of their assets in order to achieve the project activities and the exchange of experience and managerial solutions. Implementation of new pedagogical strategies and the use of new teaching materials acquired during the project will lead to changes in the curriculum, introducing optional (school curriculum) that will be based on the ideas implemented in this project.

Project Website

https://playingwithmaths.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 155614 Eur

Project Coordinator

College La Charme & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Escola Básica 2º 3º Ciclos Cónego João Jacinto Gonçalves de Andrade
• Collège Albert Camus
• 10th Primary School of Xanthi
• TED Ege Koleji Özel Ortaokulu
• Osnovna skola Matije Petra Katancica Valpovo