Context/background of project “Reflective teaching/learning in a modern European digital classroom” project wants to foster young people’s competences and skills through a linguistic, methodological, and educational path that aims at enhancing their learning needs by different activities. Reflective teaching is a personal tool that teachers and students can use to observe and evaluate the way they behave in their classroom. It can be both a private process as well as one that you discuss with others. It is a process where teachers think over their teaching practices, analyzing how the subjects can be taught and how the practice might be improved or changed for better learning outcomes. Reflective thinking helps learners to develop higher-grade thinking skills and competences by prompting learners to relate new knowledge to prior understanding, think in both abstract and conceptual terms, explore the app-world, understand their own thinking and learning strategies, use technology in a proper way, be efficient in problem solving. Due to these reasons, reflection has become a key strategy in teaching/learning process in this project. The objectives: - find out the more interesting typologies of lessons according to teachers' and students' reflections, - promote intercultural dialogue and encourage cooperation through all forms of learning - promote the acquisition of skills and key competences (digital competences, languages) - strengthen the professional and educational profile of teachers. Participants: In the Jste there will be 2 teachers from each country ( 10 people ). In all Ste meetings there will be 2 teachers and 4 students from each country. Except the Italian coordinator school will have in the Ste a not-teaching staff ( 3 accompanying persons and 4 students). The Italian partner school " Mazzei-Sabin" will involve in the Ste a teacher, the vice-principal, and a not teaching staff person specialised in ICT and 2 students. Students will be hosted by families to foster a real integration and exchange of cultural life habits. Therefore the direct involved number of people will be 126 totally. We all agree about the age of students from 15 to 18, including SEN ( special educational needs ) students, Activities: The planned activites are: seminars, workshops, interviews, questionnaires, surveys, ICT presentations, attending lessons, lectures, lab lessons, Methodologies: We really believe that the project will involve pupils in their learning process and helps them to become more open minded and innovative throught digital methodologies in 4 subjects, 2 humanistic History and English, and 2 scientific, ICT and Science . Teachers and students will collaborate to select different methodologies to apply such as: flip teaching, CLIL, cooperative learning, IT time line, debate, formative assessment, google/moodle classroom, learning by doing, project work, constructivism method, etc. Results: - A project logo and acronym; - A project website, - An eTwinning project, - An Erasmus+ Corner inside each partner school, - A Facebook group, - Various lesson plans on the project topics; - Videos; - A YouTube Channel, - Power Point presentations, portfolios, posters, brochures, leaflets, cups, bags; - E-booklets, containing all activities photos . Impact: Throughout sharing and collaborative activities, students will also develop a deep knowledge and respect for the other European cultures, they will acquire personal and human skills and essential competences for personal development and active European citizenship. Long-term benefits The results, experiences and products of our project, such as video, ebook, poster, prezi, multimedial board, will permanently be introduced into the future and in hand of all educational institutions because the website, the eTwinning platform and the Erasmus+ platform , OER – will be open and public, increasing the visibility of the project across Europe and facilitating the access to the project information. All materials produced will be permanently available, even after the project conclusion, in its 6 European languages - Italian, English, Lithuaninan, Latvia, Croatian, Romanian, version of all products so they will offer a real opportunity to learn by using our materials. Moreover, the project “Reflective teaching/learning in a modern European digital classroom” on the Twinspace will go on farther, accepting all European partners who want to develop and deepen our main topic – Reflection.
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