The world in our hands- we can work it out. Erasmus Project

Project Title

The world in our hands- we can work it out.

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Disabilities – special needs; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The idea came from the Beatles’ song “We Can Work it Out” which means, together, using active methods, we can overcome the problems raised in educating children and children with disabilities. By using these active methods we’ve engaged children easily in the activity and their attention increases. This project taught us social skills which we could be achieved by using active learning methods. The key skills needed were taught in all partner school , we wanted to share our knowledge and together we’ve prepared teaching materials for civic education,materials about active learning methods and games pedagogy. The main aim of teaching staff was developing teaching methods and gaining new knowledge by opportunity to work with such mixed international team. Our aim was to create our students opportunity to learn in informal way during mobilities abroad which caused that our students are motivated for learning foreign languages and gaining multicultural skills but also we aimed to develop students’ basic skills in mathematics and literacy. Thanks to developing these basic skills our students are getting better grades which have brought positive benefits during final school exams. Students have discovered their personal learning style by taking part in lessons which were based on intellectual output about learning styles.We aimed to provide a happy and inclusive, caring and secure environment where pupils have a voice, equality of opportunity and where racial harmony permeates throughout all areas of school life and after can be passed to their daily life. Through this approach, children are learning in a stimulating environment where the cultures and customs of all pupils and their families are reflected and where pupils feel a collective responsibility to maintain it. We also ensured cooperation among teachers and pupils where they develop a sense of their own worth and emerge with enhanced self-esteem and confidence thus exploring their full potential.The objective was to find the ways through which positive reinforcement and praise is given and independence enquiry and initiative are encouraged. Within this partnership we intended to address this specific area of need in which both staff and pupils across the partner schools play a role within the project as it encompasses an inclusive element.We were a team of 7 countries who have been working together at the same subject which interest all participants- active methods. social skills, game pedagogy but above all we want to share our innovative teaching approaches. SP33 is a coordinating school which supported and helped all participating schools to carry out the project. School has previous experience in realizing Comenius so staff shared gained knowledge with all participants. SP34 from Poland has joined us and supported the coordinating school as well as the teaching staff who brought new innovative advanced ICT technologies and they shared them with all. Partners from Finland and Sweden have a big knowledge concerning active learning and group dynamics so they taught us . It helped us to prepare innovative pedagogical materials . Swedish school works with disabled students with autism so they supported us with knowledge how all of us can work and what kinds of methods to use while working students with autism so they supported us with knowledge how all of us can work and what kinds of methods to use while working with such students. Turkish partner works with disabled students – hearing problems so they brought specialism in this issue. Greek, Swedish and Turkish partners have never taken part in such projects so the project enabled them to learn and gain new valuable experience. Poruguese school brought knowledge in multiple intelligence, IT and create egames.Such international team have shared good practise which was essential to create high quality projects’ activities and results. The main are:board games, egames ,ebook ‘ European educational games’, Intellectual Output ,”Active learning by Erasmus + team” publication, publication “Trzy po trzy”,minidictionaires,Cook Book, English , Maths and Mother Tongue Teaching Materials.
IMPACT – Teachers : language skills, mastery of ICT, using new teaching methods, management skills
Students: improved their basic and literacy skills which will be visible in their grades and final exams, Engilsh , ICT skills ,discovered personal learning style.
Project realization led to a raise of school’s status as a learning institution and gained knowledge what enabled us to apply for new European projects in the future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 250379 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa nr 33 im Marii Kownackiej & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Szkola Podstawowa nr 34 im. Aleksandra hr. Fredry
• A’ Dimotiko Scholeio Idaliou
• Vuorentaustan koulu
• 1st Primary school of Thrakomakedones
• specialenheten laholms kommun
• Colégio Astória, SA
• DUYUM ISITME ENGELLILER ORTAOKULU