TO TEACH IS TO LEARN – USING LITERATURE IN A CREATIVE EDUCATION AS A MULTIDIRECTIONAL PATH TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Erasmus Project

Project Title

TO TEACH IS TO LEARN – USING LITERATURE IN A CREATIVE EDUCATION AS A MULTIDIRECTIONAL PATH TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Creativity and culture; Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

“TO TEACH IS TO LEARN – USING LITERATURE IN A CREATIVE EDUCATION AS A MULTIDIRECTIONAL PATH TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT” WAS A KA2 ERASMUS+ PROJECT OF THE THREE PARTICIPANTING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FROM SLOVAKIA, GREECE AND SWEDEN. EACH MEMBER OF THE PARTNERSHIP HAD TAKEN PART IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN PROJECTS BEFORE, YET NONE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT WHERE ‘TO TEACH’ AND ‘TO LEARN’ WOULD BE THAT COMPLEMENTARY. THE PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATOR – THE ONE WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE, FOSTERING JOB SATISFACTION OF TEACHERS, MOTIVATION OF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, AS WELL AS NEWER TEACHERS AND FOSTERING LEARNERS’ ACADEMIC SATISFATION USING NATIONAL AND WORLD LITERATURES TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES MAINLY FOCUSED ON CREATIVE WAYS OF TEACHING (AND LEARNING) SCIENCES. THIS PROJECT ALSO PROMOTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY MEANS OF ORGANIZING CULTURAL PUBLIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACES IN EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES. THE PROJECT USED MARKETING AND EVENT AGENCIES’-LIKE PRACTICE, JUSTIFYING EXPENSES, CANVAS AND BUSINESS PLANS. THE PROJECT RESULTED IN EXCHANGING METHODOLOGIES, GOOD PRACTICES AND THE TANGIBLE DELIVERABLES LIKE SHORT FILMS, SHORT STORIES, DRAMA SCRIPTS, SONGS, OUTPUT MATERIAL, ETC. OVERALL NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANTS REACHED 100 (84 SHORT-TERM EXCHANGES OF GROUPS OF PUPILS, 10 SHORT-TERM JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENTS, 6 ACCOMPANYING PERSONS). OVERALL NUMBER OF THE TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS WAS 4, THE FIRST AND THE LAST ONE TAKING PLACE IN SLOVAKIA, THE MAIN COORDINATOR’S COUNTRY, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD ONE IN GREECE AND SWEDEN. SHORT-TERM JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENTS INCLUDED THE TOPICS THAT DIRECTLY DEALT WITH THE OBJECTIVES THAT NEEDED TO BE COVERED IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY OUT THE PROJECT, LIKE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, DRAMA, ICT TOOLS, AS WELL AS THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE USEFUL IN TEACHERS’ FUTURE CAREERS (SOCIAL INCLUSION, EARLY DROP-OUT, ETC.). THE EXPECTED RESULTS ARE INCREASED INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS, DICOVERING OWN WAYS IN LEARNING, ACQUIRING NEW COMPETENCES INCLUDING BASIC AND TRANSVERSAL SKILLS, ACADEMIC SATISFACION, FOSTERING ATTITUDE TOWARDS CREATIVITY, INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE NATIONAL AND WORLD LITERATURE, SHIFT OF A PARADIGM TOWARDS TEACHING AND EDUCATION BY ACTUALLY BEING DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A TEACHING PROCESS, E.G. PEER TEACHING, INVOLVEMENT ON TEACHING METHODOLOGY WORKSHOPS AND DESIGNING ACTIVITIES FOR OTHER STUDENTS TOGETHER WITH PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AND TEACHERS OF VARIOUS TEACHING SENIORITY. ALL ABOVE MENTIONED GROUPS, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERS WORKED TOGETHER ON DIVERSE OBJECTIVES, NOT NECESSARILY AT THE SAME LEVEL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, HOWEVER ALL OF THEM CONTRIBUTED ON MAKING IMPACT ON PROJECT REALIZATION. TO MAINTAIN PROJECT RESULTS, SCHOOLS WILL STRIVE TO CARRY ON WITH THE ACITIVITIES THAT CAN BE DONE WITH MINIMUM COSTS, REGULARLY USING RESOURCES THEY NORMALLY USE TO KEEP USING INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES ACQUIRED IN THE PROJECT, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 96680 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnázium sv. Edity Steinovej & Country: SK

Project Partners

• Diapolitismiko Gymnasio Evosmou
• Nösnäs gymnasiet