The strategic partnership « Les chemins du bleu en Europe : transversalité des apprentissages et transculturalité des langages » brings together several different European organizations involved in adult education and teacher training in a common desire to - Pool, share and conceive innovative educational practices and exchange experiences in order to acquire key skills grounded on the transversal learning of the blue color as “European social fact”, which languages are structured differently depending on the countries and cultures - Use this cross-cultural cooperation to motivate the implication of learners in a set of moving activities where the approach is plural and the technologies of information and communication are used creatively and rewardingly to build a virtual and collective travelogue, tracing between the partners a “European route of the blue”. The aim of this project is to bring together an European expert group in both teaching and cultural education (organisms specialized in adult and / or kindergarten, high school, university teachers formation as well as cultural associations, cultural centers or adult education centers) in order to - Design, implement, test and pool effective strategies aimed at improving basic skills (literacy, e-skills), directed towards specific target groups of adults, with the help of projects encouraging cross-cultural approaches based on cross-cultural and artistic education built around a theme, - Improve and expand high-quality learning opportunities tailored to adult learners, for example through the use of teaching approaches focused on the learner in order to reach adults including the most disadvantaged ones, - Build tools to help adult teachers and educators manage diverse groups of learners and to make better use of new technologies to optimize and improve their teaching. The approach is cross-cultural: its dominant feature is the education of adults, but the priorities are also to address gaps in the acquisition of basic skills in school education. It therefore also targets public school, allowing the transfer and validation, in schools that are partners of the project, of "good practices" identified in the field of adult education, through teaching methods that encourage multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, from the cultural and artistic contribution and meaningful activities. The goal is also to target the general public, by implementing a wide range of partners in order to trace, from the sharing and implementation of the best educational and pedagogical practices, a European cultural route connecting the various countries around the same theme of the color blue. The expected impact on learners is to create increased motivation and interest for the culture of other countries, to develop knowledge, key skills and personal skills based on creativity and expression, experimentation of different practices promoting creativity, self-confidence, desire to learn, intellectual curiosity, openness to cultural diversity, awareness of the wealth and diversity of the European cultural heritage. Through European cooperation, trainers learn to exchange, share, pool, experiment with new teaching practices related to learning cross-cultural field of the color blue as a social fact and favorable to social cohesion and intercultural dialogue. From this cooperation, the partner organizations will develop new teaching strategies and new tools to use in adult and teachers formations in order to plan future opportunities of teaching modules.
The strategic partnership "The paths of blue in Europe: transversality of learning and transculturality of languages" was based on the collaboration of European organizations differently involved in adult education, including the most disadvantaged or excluded, in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Romania. The objectives focus on the necessity to respond to the needs of learners and the priority of the Erasmus + program to develop basic skills using innovative methods: - implement a pedagogy centered on transversal learning of the blue color as motivation vector, to advance the core competencies of specific adult learner groups, - to relate this pedagogical work with the blue color, symbol of the European Union, and whose languages are articulated differently according to the countries, their patrimonies and their cultures. - use creative methods centered on the adult learner, aiming at the development of his personal competences, the necessary self-confidence to be included in European society and to meet the requirements of the labor market. The ten partners involved in this project are of different typologies: cultural associations and centers, training of trainers organization, popular university, adult training center, study center, school dedicated to the practice of the arts of heritage and culture. crafts, school groups. The approach is cross-sectoral: the results of the project have also helped to address shortcomings in basic skills in school education. The main activities of the project focused on: - management and monitoring of the project, - the implementation of effective strategies for learning, research and practice, by the learner, of the color blue, - the implementation by the trainers of strategies for pooling this work, - Dissemination of the project on the one hand, and its results on the other, locally, nationally and internationally. The results achieved are: - a precise governance scheme for the management of the project, the monitoring of its quality, and a real dynamic within the partnership, - Train the trainer actions and blue cross-curricular learning educational programs, focusing on the development of learners' key competences, - sharing, sharing, writing, translating and publishing these strategies, in 5 languages - Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian - in 2 common online books - "Pedagogy of the blue color in Europe. Transversality and transculturality » - "Chemins du bleu en Europe", illustrating the research carried out by each partner on the blue in its cultural heritage and the paths traced by this color between the countries, - the "Chemins du bleu en Europe" web pages. Transversality of learning and transculturality of languages »of the site www.paysage-patrimoine.eu dedicated to the project in 3 languages (English, French, Italian) - Dissemination activities of the project and its results, relayed in a specific section of the website at the local, regional, national and international levels, through specific events to target the widest audience: exhibitions, performances, theater, conferences, awarding contests, participation in national and international events relayed by the media and social networks. impacts 1) on learners: better mastery of key competences, greater self-confidence, a desire to learn and to be open to cultural diversity 2) on trainers: excellent collaboration between the partner countries, learning opportunities better focused on the individual of each learner, awareness of new training needs, 3) on the partner structures: - a quality local image, with regard to territorial actors, - a wider educational offer - the Erasmus + k1 mobility project "European blue as a banner against the exclusion of adults" selected in 2017. The dissemination of the project and its results continues on a very large scale and in a sustainable manner, thanks to the online publication and in 5 languages of the products. In addition, an application for a label is underway for the constitution of a future "European cultural route of the blue color" connecting a growing number of European countries and outside Europe.