Universal language of art Erasmus Project

Project Title

Universal language of art

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: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Creativity and culture; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Key competences are crucial for long life learning and a quality of our professional and private life. That’s why the main idea is to develop key competences indicated by The Council of the European Union especially: Cultural awareness and expression competence, Digital competence, Multilingual competence but also Entrepreneurship competence, and discover together that art has no border and its message is universal. The idea is also based on the concept of giving the students possibility of free creation. Sir Ken Robinson is the modern education expert and he believes that art is as important as maths. Robinson appeals to all of us to see “our creative capacities for the richness they are” and to help build an educational system that supports rather than undermines creativity.
The project supports a comprehensive development of children. It’s also a chance to realize how important role the art plays in educational systems and that the quality of education depends on culture as well. Furthermore, it is important that by implementing an international project we use English and we know new ICT tools that we use to create results but also in project’s communication and dissemination.

MAIN OBJECTIVES
1. Develop key competences especially cultural awareness and expression competence – discovering the universalism of art’s message.
2. Stimulation and supporting children’s intellectual, social and emotional development notwithstanding their abilities.
3. Imagination and creativity development.
4. Building understanding between nations, cultures and generations.
5. Development of multilingual and digital competence, working in group and problem solving competences.

To achieve the main goals of the project many activities are going to be held. Each school will create a project group and a project instrumental vocal group. The material results will be created during regular meetings and various workshops but also by using eTwinning. In the project there are planned also students’ exchanges, a training session for teachers and realisation of dissemination strategy.

MATERIAL RESULTS
1. CD recording of country songs.
2. Songbook with pictures made by students with songs from CD.
3. Culinary-artistic blog – each school puts recipes.
4. Culinary book in English based on our blog.
5. Music postcard for Christmas – sending a carol.
6. Culinary maps of European countries in a form of puzzles.
7. Music fairy tale – a music theatre play.
8. Calendar with artistic photos made by students with info about our countries, cities, public holidays.
9. Promotional films about our schools.
10. 4 numbers of project magazine – after students’ exchanges.
11. Various works in decoupage technique on Easter.
12. Leaflet “Maths hidden in art” – about the present of Maths in art.
13. Leaflet “Taste the art!” – influence of the art on the human development.
14. A pocket dictionary with basic words in English/Polish/Portugal/Estonian/Italian
15. Creativity increasing lessons – creating a film, translating in English and sharing in Internet.

The project “Universal language of art” is going to be implemented by four elementary / secondary schools from Poland, Portugal, Estonia and Italy. The project is addressed to students (age 12-15) teachers, parents and local communities. It’s going to influence on several hundred people in each country.

PROJECT’S LONG-TERM IMPACT
Local level:
– including artistic activities to the schools’ practise,
– real increase of key competences of teachers and students, especially in cultural awareness and expression and in language skills,
– creativity stimulation in schools,
– more strategic and integrated ICT and open educational resources using,
– real increase of a quality of work in school,
– creating of a dinamic and more professional staff,
– improvement of the image of schools,
– improvement of schools’ activities in local environment,
– adjusting education to the needs of the labour market,
– increasing the interest of the local comunity in art.

Country level:
– promotion of project’s good practise and providing inspiration to teachers /students / parents for further knowing of the universal language of art and its influence on human development.

European level:
– development of international schools’ cooperation,
– knowing European education systems,
– building understanding between nations, cultures and generations,
– good practise exchange by using open educational resources.

Through culture we can discover universal way of understanding and shape our attitude towards openness and respect. Let’s then discover universal way of art! Let it become a part of of our school reality!

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 129008 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa nr 1 w Mosinie & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Istituto Comprensivo Statale di Porcari
• Kohtla-Järve Maleva Põhikool
• Agrupamento de Escolas D. Sancho I