NEW DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION Context and background for the project Teaching techniques and activities have much importance today. Because today is different from yesterday and as teachers, we need to improve ourselves by different ideas and creating motivational atmosphere for our learners.So,the basic aim of our project is to increase the participation of our students in the course and to develop creativity and horizons of our teachers except their routines through this project. The reasons for this project Firstly, learning is not only influenced by cognitive processes but also it is affected by affective processes(It is desired to benefit from the project in terms of motivation.).That is,our students need to be more motivated for lessons to be successful and this shows us how important the concept “motivation” .Secondly, We have got low success rate because our school is in an undeveloped area of the city .By the help of this project,we will try to increase our success with motivating and different acitivities at our lessons.Thirdly,our students have got a narrow vision because of their limited opportunities with their living areas and through the project they will enlargen their visions. Next; in terms of teachers,reviewing and strengthening their professional profile of the teaching profession is intended with this project.Also,the development of innovative applications and implementation of them are tried to practice at European level.Lastly,the most important reason for this project is to develop good study habits for students and to create different learning environment(more including)for teachers. Number and profile of participating organisations Our partnership consists of 6 partners from different countries including primary and secondary schools respectively. Siauliai University Gymnasium has 436 students, 51 teachers and 20 staff workers.It is very modern, open to positive changes and using modern technology in teaching process. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ortaokulu is a small school with 856 students and 47 teachers in Kilis in Turkey. Esperino Gymnasio-Lykeias Taxeis Trikalon is a public secondary education school for working students - over 14 years of age – and also for adults –working and not working- who wish to get the certificate of High school and Lyceum.This institution is good at STEM applications. SOU Gimnazija "Goce Delcev" is a secondary school high school "Goce Delchev" is located in Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia. The school offers the following educational profiles: natural sciences, social sciences and linguistic areas. Scoala Gimnaziala Sfantul Apostol Andrei is a primary school in Buzau, a town in the South –East of Romania. It has joined a lot of Comenius projects on ITC and collaborative project based teaching before. Agrupamento de Escolas Eduardo Gageiro offers secondary school education from 14 to 19 years old. It's an big school, as there are 1600 students. It's located in Sacavem,İn Lisbon-Portugal. Description of activities Five different exchanges were held in each country, each dealing with a different dimension of the matter, i.e: 1st: (Turkey) Sports,English and music in Turkey (short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). 2nd: (Portugal)Robotics and computer programming for science teachers (short-term joint staff training events). 3rd: (Romania) ITC and Mathematics teaching (short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). 4th: (Macedonia)STEM implemantations,natural sciences,social studies and linguistic areas (short-term joint staff training events). 5th: (Lithuania) The final meeting for final report and evaluation in Lithuania (short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). Results and impact attained The project can be a good study of collaboration for innovation and exchange of good practises. We want to develop new and innovative approaches and disseminate the best practises. We would like to increase the success of young people.We want to support teachers to have high quality teaching, deal with complex classroom realities and adopt new methods and tools.Our project that fosters multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches integrates the teaching of basic skills (maths, science and literacy). So, the participants will also cooperate in exchanging and developing teaching methods and materials according to contemporary knowledge such as ITC based lessons,STEM implementations that they will have during our project.This will be done on our website which will provide information about teaching strategies for teachers and other interested people. Thus,we will show educational practice in the adaptation and integration of new teaching strategies of six partner countries. In sum, the project will affect both teachers and students positively: as today’s teachers, we will update ourselves with new teaching techniques and more motivating activities;as a result of this, our students will be more eager to take part in our lessons.
Context and background for the project Teaching techniques and activities are of great importance today. So, the main aim of our project is to increase the participation of our students in the classroom and to broaden the creativity and horizons of our teachers, apart from their routine duties. The reasons for this project Firstly, learning is not only influenced by cognitive processes but also by affective processes (we would like to benefit from the project in terms of motivation), that is, our students need to be more motivated in order to be successful in the lessons, which shows us how important the concept of "motivation" is. Secondly, we have a low success rate because our school is located in an underdeveloped area of the city. With the help of this project, we will try to increase our success by providing motivational and different activities in class. Thirdly, our students have a limited view due to their limited opportunities in their living space, and participating in this project will broaden their view. As for the teachers, this project aims to review and strengthen their professional profiles. It also improves the development of innovative applications and their implementation at the European level. Finally, the most important reason for this project is to develop good learning habits among students and to create a different learning environment (more inclusion) for teachers. Number and profile of participating organizations Our partnership consists of 6 partners from different countries, including primary and secondary schools. Siauliai University Gymnasium has 436 students, 51 teachers, and 20 staff. The school is very modern, open to positive change, and uses modern technologies in teaching. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ortaokulu is a school with 856 students and 47 teachers in Kilis, Turkey. Esperino Gymnasio-Lykeias Taxeis Trikalon is a public secondary school for working students - over 14 years old - and also for adults - working and non-working - who want to graduate from high school and lyceum. This institution is good at STEM. A high school "Goce Delchev" is located in Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia. The school offers the following educational profiles: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Linguistic fields. Scoala Gimnaziala Sfantul Apostol Andrei is a primary school in Buzau, a town in the southeast of Romania. It has already participated in many Comenius projects on ICT and project-based teaching. Agrupamento de Escolas Eduardo Gageiro offers secondary education from 14 to 19 years old. It is a big school as there are 1600 students. It is located in Sacavem, in Lisbon, Portugal. Description of the activities. Five different exchanges took place in each country, each dealing with a different dimension of the theme, viz: 1. (Portugal) Robotics and computer programming for science teachers (Short term joint training events for teachers) . 2. (Lithuania) Sports, English, and Music in Lithuania (Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). 3. (Romania) ICT and mathematics teaching (Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). 4. (Macedonia) STEM implementations, science, social studies, and language areas (Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils). 5. (Greece) Final meeting for the final report and evaluation in Greece (Short-term joint staff training events). Achieved results and impact The project was a good study on collaboration for innovation and the exchange of good practices. We developed new and innovative approaches and disseminated the best practices. We increased young people's success and supported teachers to design high-quality teaching, using new methods and tools dealing with complexities in the classroom. Our project promoted multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches integrated into the teaching of basic skills (math, science, and literacy). Thus, participants collaborated in sharing and developing teaching methods and materials that corresponded to the state of knowledge, such as ICT-based lessons, STEM, which they implemented as part of our project, on our website that provides information on teaching strategies for teachers and other interested parties. Thus, we highlighted pedagogical practices in adapting and integrating new teaching strategies in six partner countries. In summary, the project had a positive impact on both teachers and students: as modern teachers, we updated ourselves with new teaching techniques and more motivating activities, which made our students more eager to participate in class. All best practices are added to the MANUAL OF GOOD PRACTICE (digital version of manual and all results created during this project are published in ERASMUS+ PROJECT RESULTS website https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects_en