Surviving Ancient Values of Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Surviving Ancient Values of Europe

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Creativity and culture; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Every single resource handed down to another generation is called “heritage”. The universal cultural & natural values are accepted as the common heritage of all humanity. This project, SAVE – Surviving Ancient Values of Europe (World Heritage List Sites), will work to describe, show & increase awareness in terms of the protection of these sites. We wish to increase our community’s knowledge of our extensive cultural heritage & take responsibility for history & culture.
The project focuses mainly on European citizenship, prevention of xenophobia & democracy & is designed to improve daily communication with foreign peers to motivate students(Ss) to learn foreign languages.
To learn the values that are accepted to UNESCO World Heritage List, to raise awareness of protection of universal heritage, to protect world heritage, to recognise the immediate & distant environment, to familiarize with different cultures & respect them, to contribute to the native & foreign language development & to recognise various teaching techniques & methods, are the determined objectives to be achieved in this project.
Five countries are part of this project: Turkey, Portugal, Greece, Italy & Poland as the coordinator: there will be 5 STEs, according to a carefully planned schedule: “Let’s Introduce Ourselves!”, “Let’s Visit Our Unesco Sites!”, “From Past to Future!”, “Let’s Make a Deal With History!”, “Let’s Sum up Our Common Heritage!”
Each country will be represented by teams of 4 Ss aged 14-18 & 2 accompanying teachers(Ts): STE will give Ss the opportunity to meet face to face & cooperate with their peers in a foreign language, as a natural communication tool; Ts will be allowed to exchange & improve teaching methods & best practices.
Host Ts will be responsible for foreign pupils’ accommodation: host families background will be checked carefully & Ts will be accommodated very close to them, in case any issue arises, so need will be nearby to find solutions.
The partnership between the schools will be based on cooperation, effective communication & shared responsibilities, which are set & stated in the project application. Every school will firstly implement an ERASMUS+ Club with CLIL meetings to improve the Ss’ speaking/writing skills, as well as communicating with their international peers through safe platforms (TwinSpace). Students & teachers who work most actively in these clubs will be the chosen participants of STE.
Before exchanges Ss will meet online & prepare presentations as well as some materials connected with the subtopic of each meeting.
During mobility, Ss will take part in the project workshops, seminars & lectures, & visit important sites. They will work in international groups to make final products connected with the topic of each meeting (posters, debates, exhibitions, Travel Journal, Video report & the project UNESCO MAP).
After each exchange & the project’s ending, Ss will keep their cooperation by means of eTwinning, the project website, the project FB site & social media.
Responsibilities will be in compliance with procedures & timing agreed among each partner country on preparation meetings at an early stage of the project. The Coordinating school will oversee the activities & ensure that they are completed on schedule, that the project objectives are met as planned &, if necessary, to make additional meetings & arrange additional tasks.
This project will promote a positive European attitude as Ss & staff from a variety of cultural backgrounds will come together to explore & discover the traditions, monuments, & customs of each other’s country. A sense of belonging to a wider European family can be cultivated. This intercultural awareness will promote an attitude of internationalization & tolerance, instead of one of isolation & national supremacy.
The participants are expected to acquire new skills & shared experiences. They will become more flexible & adaptable through collaboration with peers from a variety of instructional backgrounds to make them more independent, cooperative, responsible & inquisitive rather than passive learners.
Ts will meet peers from other countries & education systems, exchange ideas & practices, to incorporate them in their existing arsenal of pedagogical methods, & build a network that may pave the ground for the improvement & modernization of curricula.
Participants will have the opportunity to become digitally savvy & improve their communicative competence by using English as Lingua Franca, as English & IT will be essential tools for research, cooperation, & project completion among all stakeholders.
Long-term impact of the project can be achieved by sustained communication among participants & dissemination of activities through all available channels. Activities will be uploaded on the school websites & social media & will be broadcast on local media, so that practitioners from all over the world will gain access to them &, certainly, form new partnerships.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 136710 Eur

Project Coordinator

Liceum Ogólnokształcące św.Marii Magdaleny & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Gymnasio LT Kerasohoriou
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Rio Tinto
• OZEL AKHISAR KOLEJI ANADOLU LISESI
• ISTITUTO ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE BERNALDA FERRANDINA