Context/background of project: We started our project from a challenge put by some of the partners through email and eTwinning platform. We are all experienced and committed preschool teachers. We developed many contacts and held several discussions via email and via Skype to get ideas and make commitments. The initial idea was to promote the improvement of educational practices in preschool education using creative approaches and activities related to nature. These were the three vectors that continue to be present in the final design of the project. We have 7 partners from 6 countries, Portugal (two schools), Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Greece. Objectives of the project: - To promote collaboration between teachers and children in Europe - To learn new tools to improve communication and new skills development - Promoting structured inter-regional and cross-border cooperation - to enhance the quality of preschool education in partner institutions, - to provide better opportunities for children to learn through a creative, holistic and inclusive approach - to provide better opportunities for children to develop new skills such as creativity, curiosity, self-regulation, self-consciousness and interpersonal social skills - to provide better opportunities for teachers and children to develop language and ICT skills. - to provide better opportunities for teachers to share their knowledge, compare their educational approaches, construct new teaching materials, sharing examples of good practice in early childhood education. Number and profile of participants: - Coordinating teachers ( 7 experienced teachers who will be responsible for guiding the process of working with colleagues at national level and monitoring and evaluating the various tasks foreseen in the plan). - Participating preschool teachers (working directly with children) - aprox. 60. - Parents and families In each country, in addition to the coordinator, there will be at least 4 preschool teachers involved, whom will directly participate in the implementation of the project with the children and will contribute to the identification of topics to be addressed, the improvement of educational practices and their evaluation. Description of activities: With the first transnational meeting, an eTwinning project will be organized, and it will be structuring for the development of the whole project. Between the mobilities, the work will be developed in 24 months, divided in 4 thematic modules– water, air, earth, forest. TM1 – in Bulgaria - October 2017 LTT – in Portugal (C1)– February/2018 (as described in part G.1) LTT – in Croatia (C2) – April/2018 (as described in part G.1) TM 2 – in Poland– June 2018 LTT – in Greece (C3)– October/2018 (as described in part G.1) LTT – in Poland (C4) – January/2019 (as described in part G.1) LTT – in Lithuania (C5) – March/2019 (as described in part G.1) LTT – in Bulgaria (C6) – May/2019 (as described in part G.1) TM3 – in Portugal - June 2019 Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: During the first international meeting and during all the short-term staff trainings: - work topics/modules will be planned and discussed; - approaches and pedagogical models in childhood education will be debated; - training workshops will be provided for teachers and parents. - the results of each phase of the project will be presented and evaluated. During the other two international meetings - Will be analysed school situations (of the project outcomes and of the quality of education) with questionnaires for parents, children and teachers and through observation of the context. - The overall development of the project, the fulfilment of the planned tasks and the future actions will be evaluated. Between the mobilities each country need to do the proposed activities and every month will fill the checklist to give feedback to other partners about the activities. A short description of the results and impact envisaged Our results will be: - Development of teacher’s educational skills - Improvement of children learning and skills - Innovative and creative educational practices - Collaborative work between European countries - Records of the developed experiences (in eBook; web sites; eTwinning platform; ...) Impacts: - developing children's skills and motivation for learning, searching, discovering, acquiring key competences, via creative and socio-constructivist way of education. - Improving language skills for both teachers and children - testing innovative educational methods and approaches. - learning more about the central aspects of the early childhood curriculum, methods and practices in the partner countries. - knowing and sharing more innovative educational practices - developing collaborative work - developing digital skills and the use of ICT - engaging teachers and children through cooperation between European countries - developing active participation of children and parents
Context/background of project: We started our project from a challenge set by some of the partners through email and eTwinning platform. We are all experienced and committed preschool teachers. We developed many contacts and held several discussions via email and via Skype to share ideas and make commitments. The initial idea was to promote the improvement of educational practices in preschool education using creative approaches and activities related to nature. These were the three vectors that continue to be present in the final design of the project. We have 7 partners from 6 countries, Portugal (two schools), Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Greece. Goals of the project: - To promote collaboration between teachers and children in Europe - To learn new tools and develop new skills in order to improve communication - To promote structured inter-regional and cross-border cooperation - To enhance the quality of preschool education in partner institutions, - To provide better opportunities for children to learn through a creative, holistic and inclusive approach - To provide better opportunities for children to develop new skills such as creativity, curiosity, self-regulation, self-consciousness and interpersonal social skills - To provide better opportunities for teachers and children to develop language and ICT skills. - To provide better opportunities for teachers to share their knowledge, compare their educational approaches, construct new teaching materials, sharing examples of good practice in early childhood education. Number and profile of participants: - Coordinating teachers ( 7 experienced teachers who will be responsible for guiding the process of working with colleagues at a national level and monitoring and evaluating the various tasks foreseen in the plan). - Participating preschool teachers (working directly with children) - aprox. 60. - Parents and families In each country, in addition to the coordinator, there will be at least 4 preschool teachers involved, whom will directly participate in the implementation of the project with the children and will contribute to the identification of topics to be addressed, the improvement of educational practices and their evaluation. Description of activities: With the first transnational meeting, an eTwinning project will be organized, and it will be structuring for the development of the whole project. Between the mobilities, the work will be developed in 24 months, divided in 4 thematic modules– water, air, earth, forest. TM1 – in Bulgaria - October 2017 LTT – in Portugal (C1)– February 2018 LTT – in Croatia (C4) – June 2018 TM 2 – in Poland– October 2018 LTT – in Greece (C3)– February 2019 LTT – in Lithuania (C5) – Mai 2019 TM3 – in Portugal - July 2019 Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: During the first international meeting and during all the short-term staff trainings: - work topics/modules will be planned and discussed; - approaches and pedagogical models in childhood education will be debated; - training workshops will be provided for teachers and parents. - the results of each phase of the project will be presented and evaluated. During the other two international meetings - School situations will be analysed ( the project outcomes and the quality of education) with questionnaires for parents, children and teachers and through observation of the context. - The overall development of the project, the fulfilment of the planned tasks and the future actions will be evaluated. Between mobilities each country needs to implement the proposed activities and fill the checklist to give feedback on the activitiesto other partners every month Our results will be: - Development of teacher’s educational skills - Improvement of children's learning and skills - Innovative and creative educational practices - Collaborative work between European countries - Records of the developed experiences (in eBook; web sites; eTwinning platform; ...) Impacts: - Developing children's skills and motivation for learning, searching, discovering, acquiring key competences, via creative and socio-constructivist way of education. - Improving language skills for both teachers and children - Testing innovative educational methods and approaches. - Learning more about the central aspects of the early childhood curriculum, methods and practices in the partner countries. - Knowing and sharing more innovative educational practices - Developing collaborative work - Developing digital skills and the use of ICT - Engaging teachers and children through cooperation between European countries - Developing active participation of children and parents