Conserving the resources of water on Earth is important to global human welfare, yet this essential resource is at risk from the direct results of unsustainable practices. Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial instruments alone. We need to change the way we think and act. Project partners are from different part of Europe but their understanding to the seriousness of this issue is the same. Within one country it is not possible to see the problem completely, perceive the variety of usage of water and come to the effective solutions for saving the resource. That is why we see necessity to involve project partners from different geographical regions with distinctive economic and social situation but with the united idea in the project to achieve better results. Our project aims are to improve the quality of education on sustainable development in the school educational process and help young people to develop knowledge, skills, values, global awareness and behaviours needed for sustainable development and to learn aspects of water with regard to different areas in people’s lives. To explore similarities and differences of the interaction between man and water in specific environments and compare the influence of water on the national culture in different partner countries in various geographical locations. There are 5 partner schools and we plan 5 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils for 20 coming students and 20 hosts. Each school will provide 2 teachers to accompany them. Participants are students aged from 13-18. Transnational activities are divided into following areas: water-science, water-health, water-art, water-sport, water-nature, water-literature, water-business, water-history and water-everyday life. Each activity will lead our students to concrete results in order to acquire new knowledge, develop different skills and competences and motivate them for sustainable education and development. Through project activities students will develop their life and career skills: social and cross-culture interaction, leadership and responsibility as well as adaptability, self -discipline and self- direction, planning and initiative. An international project will help to raise intercultural competences by working together and communication skills in English as well as ICT skills. Teamwork will provide development of critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. It will improve their ability to analyse facts, collect and compare information, analyse, synthesise, make connections and draw conclusions which will make them more responsible citizens of Europe and the World. There are different types of activities to reach the aims of the project: workshops, exhibitions and presentations of students’ works to display their talents and acquired skills, investigations, research works, performances, experiments, orientation competitions, nature trips and walk tours, theatre sport, sport activities, educational games, conference, data and material collecting activities, flash mob. Methodology: pair work, group work, individual tasks, logical games, puzzles, quizzes, workshops, research work, cross-curriculum teaching approach, presentations, experiments. Results during the project: students will become more aware in aspects of water with regard to different important areas in people’s lives. Relevant, high quality skills and competences that can change the students’ attitude to the water as a resource will be developed. Students will be more aware in environmental and conservation understanding, will learn how to save and use them considering the next generations. Both students and teachers will learn from each other and exchange the good practices. All partner schools will disseminate the results at local, regional, national and European level. The project result: methodological teaching e-materials and adapted good teaching practices “EUROPEAN W.A.T.E.R BOOK” will be disseminated via several means. After every short-term exchanges of groups of pupils, each partner school will disseminate the teaching methods, good practices, methodological approach or adapted/approbated teaching material through the publication, the presentation in mass media or workshops/seminars for other teachers in partner schools and for teachers from other schools in region. The project's results will remain available for others and ready to download. The project partners will make sure that the results are systematically updated by all the parties involved to guarantee the “global” accessibility of the proposed results. E-Twinning platform will establish a continuous access to them and they will be accessible to anyone interested in W.A.T.E.R. project results.
The conservation of water resources on Earth is important for the global well-being of man, but this vital resource is threatened as a direct result of sustainable practices. Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, policy regulation or financial instruments alone. We need to change our thinking and actions. The project partners are from different parts of Europe, but they have the same understanding of the seriousness of this issue. In one country, it is not possible to fully see the problem, perceive the diversity of water use and find effective solutions to save resources. Therefore, we see the need to involve project partners from different geographical regions with different economic and social situations, but with a common idea to achieve better results. The aim of our project was to improve the quality of education on sustainable development in the school education process and to help young people develop the knowledge, skills, values, global awareness and behavior needed for sustainable development and to learn about water aspects in different areas of people's lives. To study the similarities and differences in human-water interactions in a given environment and to compare the impact of water on national culture in different partner countries in different geographical locations. 5 partner schools were involved in the project and we planned 5 short-term student group exchanges for the next 20 students and 20 hosts. Each school provided 2 teachers to accompany them. Participants were students aged 13-18. However, due to the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic, we only implemented 3 mobilities with 10 or 15 students and 4-6 teachers, depending on whether the partner had already organized admission mobility or not. Transnational activities are divided into the following areas: water science, water health, water art, water sports, water nature, water literature, water business, water history and water daily life. Each activity led our students to concrete results in order to acquire new knowledge, develop various skills and competencies and motivate them for sustainable education and development. Through the project activities, students developed their life and career skills: social and intercultural interaction, leadership and responsibility, as well as adaptability, self-discipline and self-direction, planning and initiative. An international project helped to increase intercultural competences by working together and communication skills in English, as well as ICT skills. Teamwork ensured the development of critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. It improved their ability to analyze facts, gather and compare information, analyze, synthesize, communicate and draw conclusions that made them more responsible European and global citizens. To achieve the project's goals, there were various types of activities: workshops, exhibitions and presentations of students' work to showcase their talents and acquired skills, research, research, performances, experiments, orienteering competitions, nature trips and walking tours, theater sports, sports activities, educational games , conference, data and material collection activities, flash. Methodology: pair work, group work, individual tasks, logic games, puzzles, quizzes, seminars, research work, inter-program teaching approach, presentations, experiments. Results during the project: students became more aware of water aspects in relation to various important areas of human life. Appropriate, high-quality skills and competences were developed that can change students' attitudes towards water as a resource. Students became more aware of the understanding of the environment and conservation, learned how to preserve and use them for future generations. Both students and teachers learned from each other and exchanged good practices. All partner schools disseminated the results at local, regional, national and European level. Project result: Methodological e-learning materials and adapted good practice “EUROPEAN W.A.T.E.R BOOK” was disseminated through several means. After each short group exchange, each partner school disseminated teaching methods, good practice, methodological approach or adapted / tested teaching material through publication, media presentation or seminars / workshops for other teachers in the partner schools. and teachers from other schools in the region. The results of the project are available to others and ready for download. The project partners made sure that all stakeholders were systematically updating the results to guarantee the "global" availability of the results offered. The e-Twinning platform provides continuous access to them and is available to anyone interested in W.A.T.E.R. project results.