Raising Responsible Citizen Erasmus Project

Project Title

Raising Responsible Citizen

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: Social entrepreneurship / social innovation; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Raising Responsible Citizen (RRC) is an Erasmus+ KA229 project carried out by five partner schools: Gymnasio Gennadiou (Greece), Zespol Szkol im. Macieja Rataja (Poland), Agrupamento de Escolas de Benavente (Portugal), Fatsa Cahit Zarifoglu Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey) and Srednja škola Ban Josip Jelačić (Croatia) as the project coordinator. They have been chosen based on previous cooperation in KA1 and eTwinning projects and shared areas of interest: improving the 21st century skills and competences through innovative teaching methods as well as dealing with the issues connected with (cyber)bullying, student depression and early school leaving. Teachers and students have benefited working transnationally on this project by sharing examples of good practices and encouraging students to take active part in their education and be more tolerant and responsible. The project consisted of two types of events – joint staff events (JSEs) with the objective to enhance teaching practice by using innovative student centered methods (problem based, flipped, blended and outdoor, role play, augmented reality games learning) and in this way help students develop both their transversal and soft skills, and student learning events (SLEs) with objectives to help students change their attitudes towards themselves, others and the EU thus becoming responsible and active citizens who will promote European cultural heritage. This has added to the European dimension to partner schools increasing the visibility. Teachers took part in exchanges of good practices enhancing their knowledge on using innovative teaching methods. They presented and adjusted their lesson plans, developed joint ones for planned outdoor learning activities in SLEs, created RRC ebook and dissemination e-magazine, delivered lessons in the teaching assignments in the host schools and participated in job shadowing. Those not travelling were involved in preparation and dissemination activities. In SLEs all students collaborated with their peers from partner schools virtually and those travelling, onsite by participating in planned activities with the following results: project’s logo, European Green Alley (tree planting), quizzes of citizens’ awareness of the emergencies, digital posters about emergency procedures, announcement of a book raising campaign, augmented reality location based game, films of the role play Raising Our Hand For a Democracy For All and the simulation of the future European Parliament, The 2030’s Universal Declaration on Democracy, e-magazines published after SLEs, blog, QR codes as city guides and journals on volunteering. Results are available online on project’s and schools’ websites, social networks and on eTwinning which was used as examples of good practice for Citizenship Education and inspiration to change. These have partly become part of schools’ Curriculums and Annual Plans. Due to the Covid-19 pandemia, our project had to be carried out as a blended learning activity, so the last mobility consisting of two events (SLE and JSE) took place virtually. Polish school was the host of these virtual mobilities that gave all partners new insights in international collaboration in the context of teaching, training and learning. After having bridged all the technological challenges, we managed to meet all the objectives as they were defined by the project proposal. SLE activities took place in the morning every day, whereas JSE activities took place in the afternoon and evening. Students intensively collaborated in Twinspace whereas teachers had workshops and presentations, as well as guest speakers, in Zoom. One great benefit was that more teachers and students could take an active part in these activities. This in turn prepared us for our everyday work due to the new normal.

Project Website

http://erasmus-ka229-rrc.org/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 146563,15 Eur

Project Coordinator

Srednja skola Ban Josip Jelacic & Country: HR

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas de Benavente
• Fatsa Cahit Zarifoglu Anadolu Lisesi
• Zespol Szkol im. Macieja Rataja w Reszlu
• Gymnasio Gennadiou (Secondary School of Gennadi)