Transferring Our Cultural Heritage To The Next Generations By Peer Learning Erasmus Project

Project Title

Transferring Our Cultural Heritage To The Next Generations By Peer Learning

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: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The project “Transferring Our Cultural Heritage To The Next Generations By Peer Learning” is a School Exchange Partnerships, between Turkey (coordinator), Bulgaria, France, Portugal and Romania, addressed to 100 students from 12th to 17th years old, at least 10 of them being with fewer opportunities, that will benefit from the 5 learning/teaching/training activities within the project.
The motivation of it was given by the fact that we are losing our traditions, as a result of globalization, migration and isolation in a digital world. We were also motivated by the need for students, from different age group, to collaborate in order to prevent bullying and violence in schools, as well as their need in self-satisfaction related to the teaching and learning process.
The priorities of our project are: social and educational value of European cultural heritage; supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences; promoting a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning. We aim at achieving 3 objectives by the end of august 2021: obtain at least 5 handicrafts traditional products; have at least 100 students that have learned about foreign folklore and have at least 20 younger students that have benefited from peer-learning in language and IT learning, as well as in cultural heritage knowledge.
The tangible results will be: 32 educational videos, 1 audio book, in 6 languages, 1 riddles and rhymes book, in 6 languages, 5 folk tales, 5 ballads, 5 fairy tales, 5 local legends, 5 folk songs, 5 folk dances, 5 folk arts or handicrafts, 5 local superstitions, 5 urban legends, 40 PPTs showing different activities, 15 workshops, 5 film projections, 5 reading on roles demonstrations, 5 you tube films showing the folk dances, 1 questionnaire.
The intangible results will be: promoting and teaching traditional handicrafts, cultural heritage exchange, increasing the students’ awareness regarding the importance of ones’ culture and traditions, creating a sense of achievement in students and developing self-confidence via peer-learning, developing cooperative learning, strengthening the relationships between students, increasing the level of tolerance and awareness towards different cultures, developing moral values, improving social and communication skills, discovering different solutions to prevent bullying at school, developing IT, artistic and practical competences, increasing the school visibility and prestige, stimulating the interest towards the Erasmus + program.
The main activities are: organize handicraft workshops and exhibitions; write a fairy tale for children; make a PPT and video “Folktales of my country”; folktales workshops; record folk tales for the audio book; collect a ballad; write the story of a ballad; create a PTT of Folk songs; participate to the festival VENTS DE PAROLES; prepare a folk dance; write 2 issues of the magazine; make a PPT “Famous fairy Tales of my country “; draw figures for fairy tales; find /create Riddle and Rhymes; create a Riddles & Rhymes book for children; find a famous Legend in our Region; create Jokes & Funny stories book; write plays for Puppet theater; organize puppet theater workshop; organize sessions of peer-learning, to teach folktales; read on roles workshops; translation events; make a PPT and video “The stories behind the ballads”; create the video of a famous folk song; create the videos of Folk Dance; folk Dance workshop; make PPTs about Riddle and Rhymes, famous Jokes and Funny stories, Urban Legends, superstitions and “Traditional Folk Arts”.
For the dissemination we will have: 1 web page, 1 face book page, 1 e-Twining, 5 films about the students’ exchanges, 25 articles, 5 PPTs about the participating organizations, 5 dance classes, 1 puppet theater, 2 magazines, 5 exhibitions.
The impact on the long-term development of the partner schools will be given by: a better prepared human resources; more visibility at local, national and European level; a more positive attitude towards the educational system; better experience in implementing European projects; expansion of partners’ network.
The sustainability of the project will be ensured e-Twining, website, face book and the European Project Results Platform, where our products will be published as open didactic resources. Some of the materials created during the project can be useful during classes (literature, English, technologies, music) or clubs organized inside the school, while the intangible results, such as the competences, abilities and attitudes developed through the activities of the project will make students and teacher more aware of the importance of life long learning and more interested in self-growth, participating in future cooperation with foreign schools, on e-twining or in another Erasmus+ projects.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160800 Eur

Project Coordinator

Merkez Çanakkale Anadolu Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• LYCEE POLYVALENT DU VIMEU DE FRIVILLE ESCARBOTIN
• Joan Ekzarh Specialized Language School
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA CRISTIAN BRASOV
• EscolaSecundária/3 Prof. Dr. Flávio F. Pinto Resende