PROGRESSING IN INCLUSION Erasmus Project

Project Title

PROGRESSING IN INCLUSION

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: Social entrepreneurship / social innovation; Disabilities – special needs; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

Through the “Progressing in Inclusion” project, an opportunity is given to a group of students who, due to their special characteristics, tend to be less favored by our educational systems, in particular, and society in general, to feel equal to their peers. This will provide the framework that makes possible for students with special educational needs (ACNEE) take part in a life experience that they would otherwise be unable to achieve. Furthermore, we must mention that we are talking about families that, in many cases, also have a disadvantaged socio-economic situation.

There are about 40 students (between 14 and 19 years old), together with their teachers, who, directly, will have the opportunity to participate in this project, thus being the first recipients of its benefits. The participating schools are:
– “IES Villa de Abarán”, Abarán (Spain).
– “Magistrale Statale G. Parini Institute”, Seregno (Italy).
– “Colegio Sao José de Bairros”, Lousada (Portugal).

These students will be endowed with a series of skills that they could hardly develop otherwise. Some of its objectives, coinciding with the “Europe 2020” strategy, are:
• Greater social insertion.
• Acquisition of social skills.
• Avoid dropping out of school.
• Motivation of the student towards learning.
• Peer learning, promoting collaborative teamwork.
• Learn to cope in a new environment for them.
•Attention to diversity.
• Inclusive education

In addition to it, working together with other colleagues will motivate them to achieve an improvement in their communication skills, their capacity for autonomy and resolution of adverse situations. A comprehensive improvement of student capacities is sought, supporting us in the promotion of European citizenship. As a final goal, all this will lead to a very important objective, which is the improvement of self-esteem, breaking pre-established barriers (for these students it means the possibility of participating in activities that, until now, they only saw colleagues with brilliant academic records develop).

Furthermore, teachers will see some important areas covered in their career as teachers:
• Greater professional development, greater motivation and satisfaction in their daily work.
• Exchange of pedagogical strategies with other teachers.
• Obtaining resources to achieve motivating work dynamics.

The activities take 3 themes as axis: Gastronomy, Recycling and Self-esteem. Mobilities, in themselves, are a source of learning, since students must cope in new situations for them (use of public transport, payment in shops, …), having to adapt to new cities, customs, languages,. .. During the mobilities, activities designed in order to: favor and improve interaction; improve attention, perception, memory and auditory discrimination; promote cooperative work; exercise basic cognitive abilities (perception, memory and discrimination). The activities promote equality and inclusion, attending to Diversity, obtaining better learning achievements and equipping them with skills that help them to better integrate. In addition to the activities during the mobility, others will be carried out in the centers themselves during the two years of the project (they will help to give continuity to the work of the students and will give content to an eTwinning project).

The methodology will be active, the students will get involved taking part in the process of learning and acquiring competences, they will work together with the colleagues from the other centers, improving their communication skills and social skills. At the same time, they will be given autonomy for their development, thus reinforcing this capacity.
Another activity will be the mobility of personnel in which the teachers will take part. This will allow conclusions to be drawn and materials to be developed that will help in working with ACNEEs, being very important to ensure the durability of results over time.

The programmed activities, and the development of the same, suppose an innovative practice in which creativity is given greater relevance; they are an incentive for teachers and students by allowing the exit from the “routine” of day to day.

The expected results and objectives will be obtained both in the short and long term. In the first place, they will fall on the students, who are expected to achieve the objectives indicated above, as well as those indicated for teachers. In the longer term, it will be the centers involved that will benefit from methodological innovation and management with these students. Likewise, through the synergies generated, other centers in the environment will benefit from dissemination meetings. On the other hand, the use of the eTwinning platform will be deepened through Twinspace, providing a new experience for students and teachers that will result in future collaborations.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 102790 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA “VILLA DE ABARÁN” & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Ângulos e Argumentos LDA
• ISTITUTO MAGISTRALE STATALE G. PARINI