Given the cultural diversity of our students, it was necessary to promote their European identity by giving them the opportunity to learn about other realities and cultures different from those of the country in which they reside Bearing in mind that our center at the time of the project request was Faced with a process of more innovative methodological change and given that there are recognized successful actions in other countries, with different teaching practices, the teaching staff was interested in participating in educational cooperation programs that would allow us to enrich our professional training. At the same time, we wanted to achieve: a) Expand the use of methodologies through ICT, in order to offer our students a more meaningful and motivational learning. b) Improve learning actions and tools in a manner consistent with the objectives of the European Strategy 2020. c) The promotion of European values in accordance with article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) d) Establish international contact links with other centers in associated countries, to achieve the internationalization of the center and cause a change of perspective in the educational community.
Our center serves families with a medium-low economic level, 20% of its students require special educational needs and up to 37% require educational compensation, due to difficulties in school insertion, being in an unfavorable situation, derived from social circumstances, economic, cultural, ethnic or personal. In this context, our center undertakes a process of change in our Educational Project, seeking a more innovative inclusive methodological approach, which improves the quality of teaching-learning processes and responds to the current needs of students and society itself. This process of change is integrated into the European Development Plan and is connected to the need for internationalization and training development by teaching staff, aimed at improving organizational, methodological and didactic skills, as well as technological and digital ones. . For this reason, this project was requested and observational learning was proposed in schools spread over various European countries that would allow us intense contact with the centers and the exchange of good practices.