CONTEXT/BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT: In education we as teachers always need to follow new approaches and methodologies for the sake of the improvement of students. In a classroom there are different types of students. Teachers are supposed to have effective teaching methods in order to spark students’ interests and to have them take part in the lesson. In order to raise students' interest, using media-based interactive teaching and learning methods are effective. Furthermore, through these digital methods we want to improve the acceptance and integration of digital media in schools. Innovative ideas will impact the teaching environment positively and enrich classroom learning. "CORE" project have an integrated approach in teaching Science and Technology combined with social and transversal skills. With international cooperation and different contents, learning environments and digital tools integration will get supported. Some research shows that a highly skilled workforce is needed and it is based on science and critical reasoning skills. Modernizing science and technology teaching is a “must” in schools to tackle today’s world and bridge the gap between labor market and qualified workers. Through this project the students have the chance of seeing how Science and Technology can offer solutions to problems in their society. This also broads their horizons, and increases tolerance towards other cultures. OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT: - improving media-based interactive teaching methods; - enhancing teachers’ professional development; - highlightling the relationship between education and technology-driven labor market; - intensifying upbringing of enterprise skills and for career; - adopting innovative and collaborative practices; - building an interest and positive attitude towards science; - improving levels of different skills such as digital skills, and transversal skills; - promoting students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to use technology creatively and purposefully; - improving competence in foreign languages; - promoting an active Euporean citizenship and intercultural understanding, tolerance. NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: We are five different schools from Spain, France, İtaly, and Turkey (two schools) that nearly have the same school level and common issues on the topic. The students, teachers, parents, and school staff of the partner schools will be the participants. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: During the project, we have 5 LTTs planned. Short term exchanges of pupils will help group work, learning new cultures and traditions, showing respect to others, realizing the students’ potential. We will have the chance of exchanging good practices, sharing experiences, and improving innovative teaching. There will be after school wokshops for extra-curricular activities on digital citizenship and cyberbullying. Also, there will be seminars, conferences and trainings for teachers, students and parents. Students and their families will participate in competitions, meetings, celebrations and fairs. METHODOLOGY: at project meetings: presentations, observing lessons, surveys, discussing curriculum and education systems, workshops, implementing and evaluating progress. at student exchanges: presentations, visits to research centers/museums, debates, online discussions, role-plays, workshops, round tables, music, dances, art, sports, picnic, games, group work/pair work, videos, surveys, implementing and evaluating progress. RESULTS AND IMPACT: 1) impact on students: - raising students’ interest in Science and Tecnology subjects; - increasing students’ interest in Science and Technology careers; - preparing them for the challenges of labor market; - promoting communication skills in English by cooperating with peers from Europe. 2) on teachers: - improving the quality of Science and Technology teaching; - creating the international cooperation among teachers; - raising awareness on Erasmus+ Programmes; - improving communication skills in English. 3) on participating institutions: - creating awareness on the importance of education and science teaching; - having more open-minded, tolerant and academic staff and students; - developing synergies and cooperation between education and higher education, research centers and world of work; - promoting European citizenship. LONG TERM BENEFITS: - strengthening the European dimension in the school and community; - building a European network among partners; - continual cooperation with local authorities for future projects.
The Eramus+ CORE project, Critical Original Response to Education, has been a realistic as well as ambitious project to reflect and find modes of action and responses to the new challenges of education in the contemporary world in the field defined by the project's objectives. The project set out to investigate ways to improve the acceptance and integration of innovative, technological and digital media in schools, maintaining an integrated approach in the teaching of Science and Technology combined with social and transversal skills, without forgetting the competence in Languages. The project objectives referred to developing interactive media-based teaching methods; improve the professional development of teachers; highlight the relationship between education and the technology-driven labor market; adopt innovative and collaborative practices; foster an interest in and a positive attitude toward science; improve the levels of different skills, such as digital skills and transversal skills; promote in students the knowledge, understanding and skills to use technology creatively; improve foreign language proficiency; promote active European citizenship and intercultural understanding and tolerance. We are five different schools from Spain, France, İtaly, and Turkey (two schools) that nearly have the same school level and common issues on the topic. The students, teachers, parents, and school staff of the partner schools will be the participants. The students of the different centers have participated in ages between the courses of 4 ESO and 1st and 2nd of High School (15 to 18 years old) All the planned meetings have been held, although the pandemic forced us to delay their realization, the last two have been held during this course. However, we have been able to get more students and teachers to participate in the meetings than those foreseen in the project application. The first meeting was held in Madrid from November 10 to 16, 2019. It was a preparatory meeting of teachers, attended by 20 teachers from different countries. The first meeting with students was held in Pontedera (Italy) with 54 students and 16 teachers from February 9 to 15, 2020, about ten days before the lockdown (9 students and 3 teachers from IES La Arboleda). The second meeting with students took place in Tourcoing (France), with 42 estudents y 13 teachers from November 28 to December 4, 2021 (8 students and 3 teachers from IES La Arboleda). The third meeting with students took place in Mersin (Turkey) from May 15 to 21, 2022, with 44 estudens and 12 teachers, (7 students and 2 teachers from IES La Arboleda). The agendas of the meetings are provided in the annexes. The planned objectives have been achieved to a greater or lesser degree, although they were all interrelated. In the various international meetings they have worked specifically on the proposed objectives. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: The programs carried out in each of the meetings are attached in the annexes. During the project, we had 4 LTTs planned. Short term exchanges of teachers and pupils will help group work, learning new cultures and traditions, showing respect to others, realizing the students’ potential. We will have the chance of exchanging good practices, sharing experiences, and improving innovative teaching. There will be after school wokshops for extra-curricular activities on digital citizenship and others motives METHODOLOGY: At project meetings: presentations, observing lessons, surveys, discussing curriculum and education systems, workshops, implementing and evaluating progress. At student exchanges: presentations, visits to research centers/museums, debates, online discussions, role-plays, workshops, round tables, music, dances, art, sports, picnic, games, group. work/pair work, videos, surveys, implementing and evaluating progress. RESULTS AND IMPACT: 1) impact on students: raising students’ interest in Science and Tecnology subjects; increasing students’ interest in Science and Technology careers; - preparing them for the challenges of labor market; - promoting communication skills in English by cooperating with peers from Europe, promoting European citizenship among students 2) on teachers: improving the quality of Science and Technology teaching; creating the international cooperation among teachers; raising awareness on Erasmus+ Programmes; improving communication skills in English; promoting European citizenship among teachers 3) on participating institutions: creating awareness on the importance of education and science teaching; having more open-minded, tolerant and academic staff and students; developing synergies and cooperation between education and higher education, research centers and world of work; promoting European citizenship; achieve a collaboration network of centers LONG TERM BENEFITS: - strengthening the European dimension in the school and community; building a European network among partners; continual cooperation with local authorities for future projects.