Five schools (German-French-Polish-Romanian-Turkish) are joining forces to turn 130 pupils (13 to 18 years old) into true European citizens, focused on sustainable development.The support for an exercise in Logic (diagnostic - strategy - set up) will involve laying out and fitting out a natural site, taking into account Disabled needs. Several of the partner schools realised that pupils were seeking original projects and recognition. This seemed an ideal common ground for all. .We wanted them to become real actors of this project and encourage transnational interactions. Furthermore, the theme includes scientific, artistic, linguistic, data processing and economic skills and is conducive to rally all students from different classes. The pupils are from different backgrounds, with different levels of proficiency in English and computer skills. The global target is to acquire autonomy, experience teamwork, learn the importance of dialogue and to be open minded to differences.Autonomy: transnational groups will be accompanied by a teacher from one of the five schools, chosen according to his/her skills.The pupils will take part via the available platforms(Moodle, Facebook, internet site). They will make up groups in which little teams from each country will intervene. These will perform given tasks fixed on a precise timetable, enabling them to discover the corresponding target and given delays. They will have all the keys for success at hand. Each move will result in meetings but also in having to face results. This will be time markers when pupils will have to explain their actions (choice of site, diagnostics, strategies, choice of graphics, concrete set ups). We will use them as validation of chosen options and will then envisage together future progress.Collaboration will be primordial in each transnational group's functionning. Each will need everyone's help to advance (establishing common strategies, comparison of constraints....) These exchanges will take place in English, so as to progress in the language but also to realise that that they are capable of working with foreign partners.The end product, being clear and concrete (fitting out natural sites), the pupils will be aware of their targets. We also hope that the interaction they will have outside of the college (associations, local authorities, the press, actual sites) will spur them on.Ideally, the project is to have an impact at different levels. Developping autonomy, encouraging initiative, open mindedness and self confidence. We wish to forge strong links with the assosiations who willensure the perennity of our productions (leaflets in tourist offices, pannels on site). The sites will be visited by local primary schools and thus extend our venture to future generations. they will of course be freely accessible to all publics. The expected results will be our final realisations (internet sites, brochures, exhibitions, pannels, ...) These will be evaluated by the accompanying staff but also by the associations and organisations concerned.Their opinion will be invaluable in the appreciation and bettering of other productions. Our long term plan is to establish bonds between pupils of the partner schools, thus turning their European citizenship into reality. We wish to strengthen the bonds between our schools for future common ventures. The finished products will remain on site and in the various tourist offices.
Our project brings together students from 5 countries (Turkey, Poland, Germany, Romania and France) from 15 to 20 years old. The goal was to study and develop natural sites. For this, we proceeded in several stages. Using a protocol developed by the French partner, we have identified the animal and plant species present on the sites. Each school was able to educate students about the environment and the practice of a scientific method. This work required the collaboration of town halls (Olstyn in Poland for example), competent authorities (Sylvique in Romania for example), local institutions (University of Kocaeli in Turkey for example) and associations (association of hikers in France for example). Various intellectual productions were produced at this time of our project: lexicon (Romania), prospectus (Poland), page etwinning (Germany), calendar (France), page Padlet and logos for all. We then carried out various concrete actions on the various sites: cleaning (Poland and Germany), installation of educational panels (Turkey, France and Romania), pedestrian route route (France and Romania). In partnership with town halls and tourist offices, leaflets with symbols and common layouts were made available to the population. In each school, the group of participants was in their twenties. During the mobilities, each partner brought between 6 and 12 students. These students were volunteers to invest in a European project and their participation was only their goodwill. Our schools have long been part of a citizen and European approach. Through these actions, we promote the learning of autonomy and the initiative of our students. Our students have no particular qualities or difficulties. However, we want everyone to have the chance to progress at their level and to flourish in an original and rewarding way. Three of the partners have already collaborated in the past; they formed an effective and complementary team with the two new partners. This subject has allowed to progress in foreign language and autonomy while exploiting their various specialties (scientists for natural species, linguistic exchanges, artistic panels and logos). Thanks to a precise and feasible schedule and to our monthly meetings on Skype, the different deadlines were respected. The mobilities were the occasion to expose the results and valid the steps. We have all noticed in our students progress in foreign languages and taking initiative. During the mobilities, the different groups of students quickly mixed and everyone found that he was able to communicate. Since then, progress has been visible. Many students stayed in touch via social networks. Everyone was also able to discover new cultures. In addition, students visited and studied natural sites close to home. They discovered the fauna and flora around them. The benefits for our students have been many: open-mindedness to foreign cultures, discovery of nature (local and foreign), use of foreign languages, fostering eco-responsible behavior, taking initiative. For partner cities, the benefit lies in walking routes, exchanges with local primary schools and tourism promotion.