The project 'MMA, or Magic Maths Around, time' has been drawn with a view to upgrading school education as far as maths and languages are concerned. The result of the detailed analysis of the situations at schools and recommendations done both externally and internally - at our schools show that there is a necessity to develop these two skills, which combined constitute an invaluable asset for the future. The objectives are manifold and include, among others: development and reinforcing networks between schools, sharing and confronting teaching ideas, methods and strategies, addressing underachievement in maths, implementing innovative and creative approach to teaching, developing student autonomy, raising awareness of European citizenship, strengthening intercultural dialogue building, increasing interdisciplinary teaching and fostering personal development of all school actors, that means students, teachers and parents. The project can meet all these objectives only in an international environment because only then it deals with maths in such a comprehensive way. It enables cross-cultural communication, motivates students to learn languages, helps bring up conscious Europeans, fights stereotypes and intolerance, makes teachers compare educational systems and share best-practices, adds value to schools' prestige and increases the level of education. The schools involved in the project are 6 schools from different parts of Europe: Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland and Slovenia. Students from these countries are going to deal with maths issues in an interdisciplinary way. The project activities are divided into 6 topics: - Maths in transport - Maths in science - Maths at home - Maths in sport - Maths in the city - Maths in buildings Each country is given a lead in one topic area. Activities are going to take place continuously at schools during the whole project, with intensified results during learning activities. The project is bound to produce a great deal of results which can be divided into three areas: - concerning students -raised awareness of being a European citizen, strengthened European integration, partnership and intercultural dialogue, increased responsibility and cooperation as students will be made responsible for the project, increased motivation behind language learning supported by authentic reasons to learn languages, increased motivation to acquire mathematical skills and improved social skills - concerning teachers - broadened knowledge and experience by means of international practice exchange, improved language competences, increased motivation and freshened outlook on teaching, richened teaching workshops and more innovative approach to teaching - concerning schools - promotion of schools in local surroundings and internationally, developed autonomy of students, broadened thinking horizons of teachers, students and parents, increased awareness and self-confidence of parents toward the future of their children in the united Europe, growth of mutual trust and tolerance Impact will be measured at every stage of the project and on the completion of all its activities. There will be ongoing actions to check the project objectives are obtained and with due care. The project pays significant attention to dissemination activities so as to influence as many people as possible.
The project 'MMA, or Magic Maths Around, time' has been drawn with a view to upgrading school education as far as maths and languages are concerned. The result of the detailed analysis of the situations at schools and recommendations done both externally and internally - at our schools show that there is a necessity to develop these two skills, which constituted an invaluable asset for the future. The objectives were manifold and included, among others: development and reinforcing networks between schools, sharing and confronting teaching ideas, methods and strategies, addressing underachievement in maths, implementing innovative and creative approach to teaching, developing student autonomy, raising awareness of European citizenship, strengthening intercultural dialogue building, increasing interdisciplinary teaching and fostering personal development of all school actors, that means students, teachers and parents. The project met all these objectives in an international environment because only then it dealt with maths in such a comprehensive way. It enabled cross-cultural communication, motivated students to learn languages, helped bring up conscious Europeans, fought with stereotypes and intolerance, made teachers compare educational systems and share best-practices, added value to schools' prestige and increased the level of education. The schools involved in the project were 6 schools from different parts of Europe: Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland and Slovenia. Students from these countries dealt with maths issues in an interdisciplinary way. The project activities were divided into 6 topics: - Maths in transport - Maths in science - Maths at home - Maths in sport - Maths in the city - Maths in buildings Each country was given a lead in one topic area. Activities took place continuously at schools during the whole project, with intensified results during learning activities. The project had a very big impact on the schools, but not only: a) impact at the local level: - better educated at maths and languages students - the total number of all students at schools about 2000 - inculcation of the attitude of tolerance and openess in all students at our schools - about 2000 - as they had direct or indirect contact with parter schools - better command of English - all students 2000 and teachers (the ones who took part in mobilies) - greater motivation for learning English - all 2000 students in parter schools - more interesting curriculum (lessons plans - maths integrated with different subjects) - 6 more innovative and inventive schools - development of the curiosty of the world and exploring it in all students - 2000 - European dimension in 6 participating schools - European contents in language learning in all 6 schools - spread of the positive attitude towards the UE and its benefits in all 6 schools - intensification of interdisciplinary projects in all 6 schools - wider knowledge of education systems in our 6 countries - increased motivation for teachers working on the project - 20 b) impact at the regional level: - increased school prestige (of all 6 schools) in the local area - promotion of Erasmus+ programmes by all 6 participating schools - promotion of interdisciplinary teaching by means of carrying out at least 10 interdisciplinary lessons and/or projects c) impact at the country level: - increased motivation behind language learning - higher level of education and enormous benefits of international cooperation - promotion of interdisciplinary projects d) impact at the International level: - increased cooperation of 6 schools from different countries - promotion of European citizenship - increased international mobility of 98 students and 26 teachers