Prawdziwie niezależny Truly Independent Erasmus Project

Project Title

Prawdziwie niezależny Truly Independent

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The “Truly Independent” project was dedicated to students at risk of social exclusion. The objectives of the project were based on programs of student self-empowerment in partner schools. The result of cooperation during the project is the exchange of experience and the development of additional teaching materials. The main goal of the project was education for independence and overcoming social passivity among young people. The methods used in the work during the project were based on the practical activity of students (practical classes), activating methods (brainstorming, staging) and methods of independent learning (situational method, case method). Methods of working with teachers included mini lectures and a panel study. Each of the partner schools shared their achievements in the field of self-empowerment by preparing and then implementing the module devoted to the self-empowering activities. Students participating in the project gained competences in the areas of: budget management, work organization, problem solving, group collaboration. At the same time, they developed their language competences, and through international cooperation they learned to use the acquired knowledge abroad. Teachers have gained knowledge about activities that contribute to the development of independence and better preparation for adult life in different countries. In addition, they have increased their language and intercultural competences. Participation in the project increased the effectiveness of education by including intercultural factor in the educational activities. The project involved four partner schools: Youth Educational Center from Radzionków, Alternative Learaning Program from Malta dedicated to work with students with special educational needs and two vocational schools from Turkey and Italy, which educate students that are at risk of social exclusion. At the level of partner schools, support tools for schools were developed to educate young people for independence. Through dissemination activities developed during the project, materials can be used at the regional, national and European level. The final product in the form of guide “Guide to independent life” has been posted on the project website and on the websites of partner schools. “Guide to independent life” consists of materials for students and materials for teachers available in PDF files and videos from the workshops.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 98395 Eur

Project Coordinator

Mlodziezowy Osrodek Wychowawczy & Country: PL

Project Partners

• TURHAN FEYZIOGLU TICARET MESLEK LISESI
• Alternative Learning Programme
• IIS Francesco Orioli