The “Science 4 all” project is focused on exchange of good practice in teaching and learning science and mathematics subjects as well as their coincidence with labour market and entrepreneurship. The project will be dedicated to teachers and students from four lower secondary schools in Poland, France, Estonia and Portugal. We are going to emphasise possibilities of effective learning and working within the European Union, especially for pupils from disadvantaged areas. Students will increase competences and motivation through participation in innovative learning activities, exploring the labour market using maths, science, technology and appropriate use of modern technologies. Implementing cross-curricular and problem-based teaching, integrating new technology into teaching and learning and teaching through innovative pedagogical ways, including labour market requirements will allow teachers to enhance professional skills. Thanks to the project activities, including transnational training, teaching or learning ones, both pupils and teachers will improve social, cultural, intercultural and language skills, know partner countries and Europe better, improve foreign language skills and strengthen intercultural awareness in European dimension. Project activities are linked to defined work tasks, partner meetings and dissemination activities. In the “Science 4 all” project activities can be local or transnational or both. The groups of teachers in each school will analyse, plan and discuss the progress of the project all along the way through tools created for the project management. Local activities will be settled by every partner school according to regional opportunities and with transnational collaboration. The persons responsible for implementation activities on local level are the project school coordinators. Teachers will consult the activities to be carried out and will cooperate within school project team, school staff at school, and with their partners abroad.Partners will organise events or competitions in the field of science, mathematics or labour market, professional development events/workshops for teachers of partner schools and video-conferences between project partners. Teachers will plan and conduct innovative lessons based on good practice in partner schools and recommendations of educational institutions. Thanks to rules of new mathematics contest wide groups of pupils will become motivated to learn this subject. Pupils will also participate in workshops or events organised by educational or science institutions, labour market guidance, counselling and coaching, as well as workshops on “Entrepreneurship and economy”. They will plan and do science experiments. School communities will have the opportunity to see exhibitions on mathematics, science or professions in school halls. Besides the results mentioned above, the following outputs will also be produced:• “Weather stations” built near partner schools and an educational project on weather in partner countries,• Slide presentations introducing the partner schools,• Films “24h of my life in 2 minutes”,• Report “Partnership. Key Findings & Recommendations”,• Mini-dictionary with basic terms in language of the partner schools and languages of some other nations attending to schools,• e-museum on mathematics, science and professions,• Videos “Scientific experiments”,• “Dream story of my life” - a collection of imagined students’ biographies,• Posters about the project,• A collection of puzzles and exercises - digital tasks created with ICT tools and apps, • Online e-magazines.The project will have an overall impact on participating schools, students, teachers, various educational institutions and local communities. Thanks to the project activities students will become more aware of their abilities and the way they can use them after finishing school. Higher professional skills of teachers will widen their knowledge and motivate them to implement new approaches in their practices. Partner schools will get tools and materials which can be successfully integrated into curriculum in order to provide the students with the necessary help while deciding on their future. Local communities will widen their horizons experiencing different cultures and build an understanding of the European development policies.
The “Science 4 all” project was focused on an exchange of good practice in teaching and learning science subjects and mathematics, and its coincidence with the labour market and entrepreneurship. The objectives of the project included enhancing professional skills of partner school teachers, increasing students' competencies and motivation in science, mathematics and entrepreneurship, and improving social, intercultural and language skills in the partner schools. The project was dedicated to teachers and students from four lower secondary schools in Poland, France, Estonia and Portugal. The students were between 12 and 15 years of age. Each of four schools in this project is located in another part of Europe, but every school faces similar problems emerged mostly from diversity in a local area and historical or cultural issues. The project emphasised possibilities of effective learning and working within the European Union, especially for pupils from disadvantaged areas. The partner schools organised a wide range of activities such as events and competitions in the field of science, mathematics and labour market, professional development workshops for teachers of the partner schools, video-conferences and exhibitions in school halls. Teachers planned and conducted innovative lessons based on good practice in partner schools and recommendations of educational institutions. Students did scientific experiments, then made videos which were published on the Internet. They also participated in events organised by educational or science institutions such as science centres, universities, museums and many others. As part of getting to know the labour market were held professional counselling classes and workshops on “Entrepreneurship and economy”, companies and job centres were visited. Implementing cross-curricular and problem-based teaching, integration of new technology and teaching through innovative pedagogical ways, including labour market requirements allowed teachers to enhance professional skills. The results of their work are scenarios of innovative lessons planned and conducted during the project. The eTwinning programme was used to present the project and communicate, including the TwinSpace platform, which became the official website of the project. Besides the activities and results mentioned above, the following outputs were also produced: • “Weather stations” built near partner schools; • educational project on weather in partner countries; • films “24h of my life in 2 minutes”; • report “Partnership. Key Findings & Recommendations”; • slide presentations introducing the partner schools; • rules of a new mathematics contest; • mini-dictionary with basic terms in the language of the partner schools and languages of some other nations attending schools; • e-museum on mathematics, science and professions; • “Dream story of my life” - a collection of imagined students’ biographies; • posters about the project; • online e-magazines; • collection of puzzles and exercises - digital tasks created with ICT tools and apps. Understanding, awareness, tolerance, respect and acceptance of cultural diversities of Europe was possible thanks to personal contacts and collaborative work in multinational teams of students and teachers from four countries. It was achieved not only through the appropriate implementation of the project, but also participation in five international learning, teaching or training activities, in which all participants received the Europass Mobility documents. The project had a high impact on the participating schools, their students, teachers and local communities. Students increased competencies and motivation through participation in innovative learning activities, exploring the labour market using maths, science and technology. They became more confident and aware of their abilities, also the way they can use them after finishing school. Higher professional and language skills of partner schools’ teachers motivated them to implement modern approach in teaching practices. The partner schools improved quality of educational offer, got teaching materials and tools and refined cooperation inside and outside the institution. Throughout experiencing different cultures local communities widened their horizons and understood wealth and significance of the European Union better.