The two main scopes that inspire this project are firstly the inclusive pedagogical models and secondly Emotional Education and Positive Psychology. This project is designed to include, to involve and to enthuse the entire educational community of our strategic partnership and part of a series of statements: - school failure is directly linked to negative experiences of students in the school environment - the main needs of adolescents are the ones of socioemotional nature, and they aim to satisfy them in the group of equals; - cognitive processes (learning, attention, memory, decision making and social behaviour) are profoundly influenced and interconnected with emotional processes; - emotions do not get much attention at school, even though the key to all learning is of emotional nature; - the emotional and social approach is principal for learning and for teaching: learning is inevitably based on emotions; - neuroscience confirms that positive emotions are the real powers to motivation and learning; - formal education should be enriched and inspired - to increase efficiency – by strategies of informal education. Therefore we propose: - to increase the emotional education at school and thereby motivate students in learning and avoid truancy in each partnership schools; - to work properly with emotions, turning them into allies to encourage students in the apprehension of learning and acquiring quality learning. Thus, students who feel apathy towards studying can be stimulated and motivated again under a welcoming environment, as suggested by Turner and Céspedes (2004) and Millan (2008) in Pedagogy of Tenderness; - to teach positive emotions at schools. There are emotions that are part of our DNA (sadness, joy, anger, fear ..) and others that can and should be taught: patience, solidarity, humility, optimism, empathy, compassion ... ; - to motivate towards learning and teaching through the experience of positive emotions of students and teachers; - to transform the school from personal self - realization: developing the strengths of each of us, self-esteem, empathy, teach assertiveness as bullying prevention ...; - to create a strong link between self-expression and joy of learning in group: transform school and classroom into a "place of happiness" individually and collectively, as own point of reference; - to increase multisensory learning; - to develop intrapersonal intelligence; - to encourage teachers and students to creative growth; - to use professional experience provided from each partner institution; - to promote the internationalization of our schools by short term and long term mobility and use of languages granted by the partnership. As a result of LEARNING WITH EMOTION (S) we achieve: At our schools * new positive, motivating and stimulating synergies in each educational community and among them; * increased motivation and enthusiasm of students and teachers towards teaching / learning; * internationalization through short term and long term mobility and use of languages granted by the partnership; * authentic linguistic experience based on real contexts and assertive communication in which our students should develop strategies that contribute to the development of their intra- and interpersonal intelligences alongside with more attractive and effective language learning. In the network, through the project website, available to all teachers who are interested: * quality didactic material with all the innovative activities in different areas created during the two year duration of the project; * board games about "emotional intelligence" and "learning with joy"; * clip - project song on the topic of emotions; * videos and short films; * videos of performances and theatrical improvisation. With this project we accomplish an international impact through the dissemination of results from our schools and a major added value for the educational quality of our school systems. In the five participating schools we can rely on experienced professionals that make a great contribution to educational standard. The final result will be reflective in the training of teachers and students of the partnership schools.
Learning with Emotion(s) arises with the aim of enhancing emotional learning Association with 5 European schools: -IES Isabel de Villena-Valencia, Coordinator School of public education where we offer ESO (secondary education), Baccalaureate and Basic Vocational Training. It is located in a popular neighborhood on the seafront, we have about 500 students and 45 of them are of 22 different nationalities -Athénée Royal de Beaumont-Belgium School of public education located in a rural region. With 350 students, most come from the surrounding villages -Lycée Louis Armand de Eaubonne -France Public school that houses sections of general education and others of professional education. It welcomes more than a thousand students (730 students in general section and 320 in professional) -Gymnázium Lud'ka Pika of Pilsen-Czech Republic Public school that has a varied educational offer. Includes three different programs, eight, six and four years in duration and the bilingual Spanish section -IES Pyrenees-Jaca (Huesca) Plurilingual School (Spanish, French and English) with ESO, Baccalaureate and Middle Years Formative Cycles This project arises in order to improve motivation for learning in our students through emotional competencies and to act against discouragement, absenteeism and school failure. The two main points that inspire this project are firstly Inclusive Pedagogical Models and secondly Emotional Education and Positive Psychology. This project was designed to include, to involve and to fascinate the entire educational community of our strategic partnership and it started having into account the following ideas: - school failure is directly linked to the students´ negative experience in the school environment; - the main adolescents´ needs are the ones of socioemotional nature and tend to be satisfied in a group of equals; - cognitive processes (learning, attention, memory, decision making and social behaviour) are profoundly influenced by and interconnected with emotional processes; - emotions do not get much attention at school, even though the key to all learning is of emotional nature; - the emotional and social approach is crucial for learning and for teaching: learning is inevitably based on emotions; - neuroscience confirms that positive emotions are the real power for motivation and learning; - formal education should be enriched and inspired - to increase efficiency – by strategies of informal education. Therefore we proposed: -To bring emotional education to the foreground in the school understood as a permanent educational process that seeks to enhance emotional development as an indispensable complement in cognitive development. - to motivate towards learning and teaching through the experience of positive emotions of students and teachers. - to increase multisensory learning; - to develop intrapersonal intelligence; - to encourage teachers and students to creative growth; - to use professional experience provided from every partner institution; - to promote internationalization of our schools by short term and long term mobility and the use of languages granted by the partnership. As a result of LEARNING WITH EMOTION (S) we achieved: At our schools * new positive, motivating and stimulating synergies in each educational community and among them; * increased motivation and enthusiasm of students and teachers towards teaching / learning; * internationalization through short term and long term mobility and use of languages granted by the partnership; * authentic linguistic experience based on real contexts and assertive communication in which our students developed strategies that contributed to the development of their intra- and interpersonal intelligences alongside with more attractive and effective language learning. * Accessibility In the net, because our project website is available to all teachers who are interested in it: * quality didactic material with all the innovative activities in different areas created during the two - year duration of the project; * Various board games * clip - project song on the topic of emotions "Emociones Erasmus song" * videos and short films * videos of performances and theatrical improvisation. ...and many more activities and results With this project we accomplished an international impact through the dissemination of results from our schools and a major added value for the educational quality of our school systems. In the five participating schools we can rely on experienced professionals that have made a great contribution to the educational standards. The final result will be reflected in teachers´and students´ training of the partnership schools.