Spring and Respect will come back. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Spring and Respect will come back.

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: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Environment and climate change; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

CONTEXT/BACKGROUND The project is thought to promote the awareness of emergency concerning the environment and climate changes. We have observed that many bad behaviors are performed because of 2 important lacks:
1)lack of knowledge about the environmental emergency. We think that the consequences of climate change must be explained in simple words and to as more people as possible(families, local community, large audience public by media). That’s why every activity of the project, is supported by seminars, conferences, workshops, with the presence of expertise, volunteers, local government stakeholders. The teachers will be the first to be trained, they will have methodological training, to be more effective with the long term results of the project. The theoric part will be very inclusive(1°-2°Priority), in fact, students will do their researches and surveys in groups, they will have the opportunity to develop their autonomy in the learning process, as they will be free to choose the specific issue linked with the main topics.
2) lack of real citizenship education. The partner schools community with their pupils will do indoor and outdoor activities to promote active citizenship in an international context.
The students will be trained to be sentries of their environment and culture(1° Priority) to be very strict with adults bad habits. We are sure that, they will be more effective and proactive than the adults because they will be also trained to cooperate and will react against any bad behavior towards the environment.
OBJECTIVES are: Contributing to a better future for our young in a better Europe.
– Using the environment and the cultural heritage to motivate students at other subjects transversely;
-fostering the environment protection as a means of economic advantage and cohesion;
– acting in volunteering groups to protect the environment as a tool to foster social inclusion.
-Working with other European peers will be a motivation to improve communicative skills with foreign languages.
NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTECIPANTS
We are 6 schools, the coordinator is Italy-Istituto Comprensivo F.D’Amico; the other partners are:
Liceul Teoretic Mircea Eliade Scoala Gimnaziala Nr 2 Lupeni –Romania;
Szkola Podstawowa nr 6 w Trzebini-Poland
Siauliu Rajon Kairi Pagrindine Mokykla-Lithuania,
Trikatas Pamatskola-Latvia,
Dimotiko Sxoleio Kalis-Greece.
The target students involved are aged from 7 to 17. The main communication tools will be TIC tools, video conferences, Website, emails.
We will have 3 Short-term joint staff training events (1 the first year and 2 in the second year) that are aimed at the teachers and involved families. The coordinator will venue the first and the last Short-term joint staff training.
The pupils’ exchanges(3 the first year and 3 the second year) will give an international value to their learning experience. Several events will be organized during the exchanges, therefore all the community will be involved. These events will be more attractive because of the international group that will interact with locals to focalize the environmental problem. These pupils exchanges will be attended by 5 students per partner school, accompanied by 2 teachers. The hosting schools will organize classes to include the international working groups, to involve in the experience as more pupils as possible.
The date will be: Short-term joint staff training events 10/2019 Italy-10/2020 Latvia-05/2021 Italy
Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils 12/2019 Poland- 03/2020 Lithonia-05/2020 Romania-10/2020 Latvia-02/2021 Greece-05/2021 Italy
OUR METHODOLOGY will be active, participatory, based on pupils interests, needs, and motivation. The concrete activities will be tailored to include students with special needs or social disadvantages, they will be supported and encouraged by their group.
The flipped classroom,problem-solving, cooperative learning, workshops,game-based learning and digital based learning activities, TIC methodology are the methodological choices to carry on the project.
IMPACT: Our students will have a positive impact towards environment, they will find out different/alternative solutions in a financial – business logic into a life long learning perspective.
THE POTENTIAL longer-term benefits
After the project, the participants will be able to have correct behavior toward the environment, surroundings, and culture. They have changed their “forma mentis”
Respect will imbibe all the actions in the daily routine, our students become more responsible and sensitive towards the environment, that will be seen as a tool for educational and social inclusion. Our students will be involved with attractive activities and will be less inclined to abandon the school(3°Priority). Also the benefits are a potential in life long perspective,all will be able to appreciate the individuality of each person or country and understand that Europe is united in diversity.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 187402 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Comprensivo F.D’Amico & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Szkola Podstawowa nr 6 w Trzebini
• Siauliu rajono Kairiu pagrindine mokykla
• Dimotiko Sholeio Kalis
• Trikatas pamatskola
• Liceul Teoretic Mircea Eliade – Scoala Gimnaziala Nr 2 Lupeni