In this project, we will handle culture elements as language, education, customs and traditions, values and attitudes. Art is another element of culture which will be handled separately with its elements of folklore, music, dance and theater. While processing culture and art elements with a student-centered approach, the teachers will get a professional insight on good and innovative practices. Such an effective application becomes possible through sharing knowledge and experience among teachers. At this point, the most important issue is how to share knowledge and experiences which forms the essence of our project. Our initial aim is to create awareness of the cultural,art,knowledge and experience fabric of the 4 partner countries through examination of traditions, feasts ,art,customs and games in these countries. This comparison and analysis of cultural similarities and differences will be of great interest to the students and teachers of all participating countries. The students will explore not only aspects of other cultures but also their own culture including music, arts and crafts, history, culture language, traditional games ,etc. The target gruop of the project is;students,teachers,parents,managers and relevant stakeholders. Cultural exchange of four different countries will only be possible with these kind of strategic partnership projects. C.A.K.E is based on the following principles. All the partners in project will work and share knowledge and experiences with active participation of participants. The experiences and knowledge acquired will be brought together. Thus, in the future we will be able to take steps with more awareness. 3 transnational meetings and 2 Learning-Training-Teaching activities will be held to ensure cooperative work. With active learning together, this project will provide a significant contribution to the development of new ideas via embracing differences and unifying them in creative environments of different countries and cultures. Tangible Results: • “Sharing Day” events will be made • "Sharing Box" for disabled and disadvantaged individuals in partner countries will be created, • The best and innovative practices in classrooms by teachers will be shared in the European dimension of the investigation, • A photo contest for students will be organized to know and introduce cultures, • Partner countries will develop their culture-specific memory and intelligence games, • Partner countries prepare documents that introduce their own famous artists, • Culture-specific models and reproductions of works will be prepared as well as he exhibition of the artists’ works will be opened, • Representations about intercultural communication at schools in partner countries will be held, • Theater plays about different cultures will be performed, • Dance shows from different cultures will be performed, • A music activity including musical elements of different countries will be carried out, • Culinary activities as learning, preparing different cultures cuisines will be done, • A simple and informative video about culture will be prepared, • Sign language will be add to the video for people with hearing impairments, • Web platform for sharing experience will be created. In the long term the project outputs will be a source for all schools and teachers involved in educational settings. All the activities and performances will be promoted during and after the project. To disseminate project outputs and attract the attention of a large number of people, there will be news releases, the press will be invited to the opening of the exhibition, posters and brochures of the video display will be distributed presenting the content of the project. In light of the planned activities and events, the following Intangible Results are expected to be achieved: • Establishing the sharing infrastructure of CAKE (Culture, Art, Knowledge, Experience) at schools, • Continuity of exchange of experiences and good practices among teachers, • Collaborative research, surveys, studies and analyses, • Construction of virtual mobility, • Increasing the interest in learning foreign languages, • Fostering cross-cultural sensitivity, • Enhancing the appreciation for social, linguistic and cultural diversity. • Creating European citizenship identity. • Gaining the ability of recognizing differences and tolerance.
Our project, which aims to improve students' cultural and artistic skills,has created an opportunity to examine and experience the factors affecting the acquisition of basic skills,national and international policies and systems in successful countries.Therefore,the project has contributed to the development of students who cannot reach basic skills,by sharing each common culture,elements of art,knowledge,skills,talents and experiences,it proved that we are all different but also we are the same. Our project enabled teachers to share their experience and knowledge in Europe with our schools In our project,which is based on the principle that the development of culture,art knowledge and skills through sharing and gaining experience occurs especially in primary school age. Language,education,traditions and customs,values and attitudes of each country's culture are discussed.Another element of culture,art, folklore,music,dance,theater,we have shared in the denominator.Teachers,who work on culture and art with a student-centered approach,have had good and innovative practices in the professional sense and these practices have been shared by all partner countries.In this way,a professional exchange and development enriched with the sharing of knowledge and experience among teachers has been achieved.Our teachers have achieved their own development by realizing the international dimension of classroom practices,good and innovative practices in professional learning and sharing knowledge with colleagues.The professional practices they have learned in the field and in the classroom have opened their horizons and they have had opportunities to educate their students well and provide them with new information. We used the e-Twinning portal to create the existence and partnership structure of our project partners.As coordinator of our projects,we published our ideas and received information on the response from the forum.When we shared the details of our project with the project partners,we developed our project by sharing ideas and information.Project partners from Turkey,Italy and Portugal.Age range in all of our schools are 6-15.Following the acceptance of our project partner withdrew from the partnership, citing the intensity of Macedonia and project work has continued with the third countries, including Turkey.A total of 3 international meetings were held.Turkey first and last meetings,Portugal has hosted the second meeting. Each country participated in 3 transnational meetings.2.TPM was held in Portugal between 27-30-04-2018 and the last final meeting was held in Istanbul between 07-10-2019. 2 LTT events occurred;The first LTT was held between 03-09-2018 with 3 teachers and 8 students from the coordinating country.The 2nd LTT was held in Istanbul between 07-13-2019 with 8 teachers from Italy and Portugal. The concrete outputs of our project were sharing day activities in each school,sharing box activities were made for the disabled students who could not participate in mobility,a photo contest was organized among the students to recognize and introduce cultures,memory and intelligence games developed for the cultures of the common countries were developed and each country introduced its famous artists,prepared an album, made glass and ceramic workshops and prepared the project website as the most important concrete output.Local and transnational dissemination activities,sharing social media pages and our website reached more than 2000 people stated in the formThe quality of implementation of the project activities was measured with the pre and post tests conducted by the participating teachers and students. Thanks to our project,our students were able to reflect themselves in real terms Gained mentality with basic human values not based on gender,language,religion,racial discrimination With the development of artistic and cultural skills, students' social skills and indirectly academic competences were improved They developed a positive attitude and interest in learning a foreign language Improved communication skills and understanding of students more effectively In particular,he learned that knowledge increased with sharing Awareness of European citizenship Students developed a spirit of sharing and consensus More socialized due to intercultural interaction Their academic achievement levels and motivation increased and they felt more enthusiasm for the school Thanks to the web-based sharing platform, they have established international friendships with their peers In our teachers; High intercultural sensitivity and enhanced global awareness He learned the best practices of innovative classroom approaches It was shared with activities and meetings and contributed to the updating of teachers' professional development through teaching methods You will be interested in European languages and your language proficiency levels are elevated An environment was created to share knowledge and experience with colleagues.