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Past, present and future - memories and dreams

2018-1-PL01-KA229-0511832018School Exchange Partnershipsfinalized
Countries: PL|BG|PT|TR|RO · Grant: €155,370.25
Environment and climate changeTeaching and learning of foreign languagesIntercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project summary

The "Past, present and future - memories and dreams" is a interdisciplinary project involving young people and adults, whose aim is to highlight the important aspects of our lives: learning to achieve their goals, taking care of themselves and their surroundings, cooperation based on tolerance and human dignity. Iknow who I am, what my predispositions are, I know my strengths and weaknesses. I know my learning style and I can gain information effectively. I am creative, entrepreneurial, well-organised. I can appreciate the knowledge and experience to remember and learn from others, to dream and achieve their dreams. I have friends not only in Europe, I always have time for them. Together and separately, in harmony with nature and with ourselves, with respect for tradition and familiarity with modernness, we build our future. This is how participants of the project will describe themselves. To acquire that we will develop our abilities to learn, to use information and communication technologies, which will allow young people to prepare better for changing reality and equip them with skills essential for the constant improvement and acquirement of competences.To undertake actions aimed at developing ecological culture, equalizing educational disproportions, improving the effectiveness of education, and developing key competences among young people: - Mathematical skills-include the ability to develop and use mathematical thinking in order to solve problems resulting from everyday situations - Competences in the field of science include understanding changes caused by human activity and the responsibility of individual citizens. IT competences include skilful and critical use of information technology at work, entertainment and communication. - "Learning to learn" is the ability to persevere in learning, to organize one's own learning process - Social and civic competences - behaviors that prepare young people for effective and constructive participation in social and professional life, as well as the ability to resolve conflicts when needed. -Innovativeness and entrepreneurship means the ability to put ideas into action - creativity, the ability to plan projects and lead them to achieve planned goals The methods of achieving the goals will include learning by discovering – a problem solving method, learning by researching and developing one’s creativity – methods based on ICT (Questind, Mind Mapping, WebQuest, etc.), practical students’ activities, e.g., lab classes, field trips. It will be important to break language barriers, to realise one’s own identity and the meaning of universal values in life, and to learn about the culture of other countries. Actions: "Me-Past, Present and Future"-childhood now, in the past; family tree of the family, my city, country, homeland "School a place to live, which is going on here and now" - the organization of the physical space of the school "In every person there is a hidden artist."-Art in its grand and more humble form "There are many roads ahead of us". Discovering yourself and determining your own ways of development "I will never stop ... learning."-exercises aiming at the perfection of learning skills "Health is the basis"-promote preventive health examinations, healthy diet, physical activity "See the world in a close up distance"-in a micro world and..Looking at the surrounding nature and cultural heritage.Conducting monitoring of the natural environment-learning about endangered and invasive species "The world is sinking"- literally and figuratively, water as… (element, natural habitat, the place of relax etc.;Will we drown in garbage-how to segregate waste and why. Ecological culture-responsibility for the environment "For the sake of good climate"-at home, school, and in the natural environment-do not complain just change-we start from ourselves that others will follow us "We act!"-specific actions in the local environment resulting from the analysis of current environmental issues Dissemination: promotion of the project on the website, presentation of the project on the school forum, city, among partner schools, participation in local media initiatives, publishing educational materials (brochures, leaflets) bearing the logo of the program and a project, a conference with the participation of specialists in the field of health and environmental protection, a summary conference with the participation of partners Value, usefulness of the project: increase of key competences of students and teachers, increase of ecological and health awareness of project participants, improvement of group cooperation skills at all stages implementation of the project, gaining skills in planning, deciding and responsible performance of tasks,organization of the physical space of the school-a place for talks, rest during breaks between lessons, enriching the educational base of the school with educational materials made and purchased during the project implementation

Final report summary

"Past, present and future - memories and dreams" is an interdisciplinary project involving young people and adults, the aim of which is to highlight important aspects of our lives: learning to achieve goals, taking care of yourself and your surroundings, based on cooperation on tolerance and human dignity. I know who I am, what my predispositions are, I know my strengths and weaknesses. I know my learning style and I can obtain information effectively. I am creative, enterprising and well-organized. I can appreciate knowledge and experience to remember and learn from others, dreaming and making their dreams come true. I have friends not only in Europe, I always have time for them. Together and separately, in harmony with nature and ourselves, with respect for tradition and knowledge of modernity, we build our future. This is how the participants of the project describe themselves. To achieve this, we developed the skills to learn and use information and communication technologies, which allow young people to better prepare for the changing reality and equip them with the skills necessary for continuous improvement and acquisition of competences. We shaped ecological culture, we leveled educational disproportions by improving the effectiveness of education and developing key competences among young people, such as: -Mathematical skills - included the ability to develop and use mathematical thinking to solve problems arising from everyday situations -Scientific competence included understanding human-driven change and the responsibility of individual citizens. IT competences covered the skillful and critical use of information technology in work, entertainment and communication. - "Learning to learn" is the ability to persist in learning, to organize your own learning process -Social and civic competences - behavior preparing young people for effective and constructive participation in social and professional life and the ability to resolve conflicts when necessary -Innovation and entrepreneurship is the ability to make ideas come true - creativity, the ability to plan projects and bring them to the intended goals The methods of achieving goals included learning by discovering - a method of solving problems, learning by researching and developing one's own creativity - methods based on ICT (Mind Mapping, Design Thinking etc.), Practical student activities, eg laboratory classes, field trips. It was important to overcome language barriers, to realize one's own identity and the importance of universal values ​​in life, and to get to know the culture of other countries. Actions: "I-past, present and future" - childhood now, in the past; family tree of the family, my city, country, homeland "School is a place to live, here and now" - organization of the physical space of the school "There is an artist hidden in every human being" - art in its great and more modest form "There are many roads ahead of us." Discovering yourself and determining your own paths of development "I will never stop ... learning" - exercises to improve learning skills "Health is the basis" - promotion of preventive examinations, healthy diet and physical activity "See the world up close" - in the microworld and ... Looking at the surrounding nature and cultural heritage. Conducting monitoring of the natural environment - learning about endangered and invasive species "The world is drowning" - literally and figuratively; water as… (element, natural environment, place of rest, etc., will we drown in garbage - how to segregate waste and why). Ecological culture - responsibility for the environment "For the sake of a good climate" - at home, at school, in the natural environment - do not complain, just change - we start with ourselves, others will follow us "We act!" - concrete actions in the local environment resulting from the analysis of current environmental issues Dissemination: promotion of the project on Facebook, presentation of the project at the school forum, among partner schools, participation in local initiatives, publication of educational materials (brochures, leaflets) with the logo of the program and the project, summary conference with the participation of partners Value and usefulness of the project: increasing the key competences of students and teachers, increasing environmental and health awareness of project participants, improving group cooperation skills at all stages of the project implementation, acquiring the skills of planning, deciding and responsible performance of tasks, organization of the school's physical space - a place for talks, rest during breaks between lessons, enriching the educational base of the school with educational materials made and purchased during the project.

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