Spaces /Li(EU)x : Responsible mobility incubator is an Erasmus +2019-2022 school exchange partnership involving schools from six European countries : Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy and Portugal. The project was born so as to answer the following statement: the new generation is far more mobile than the previous ones but is it really prepared ? Its aim is to sensitize 12- 19 year old youngsters to the issues of the mobility question in the 21st century either it is a virtual or a real one. The project also aims at sharpening their critical skills so as they become responsible European citizens. In that prospect, the project offers common pedagogical activities based on the discovery of the various kinds of mobility, their advantages, but also the problems or dangers they might trigger off. Those activities revolve around four areas of work: - ecological mobility - reduced mobility - digital mobility - cultural mobility They lead to the production of pedagogical material elaborated by the pupils themselves. Spaces / Li(EU)x also favours the development of a common set of basic and transversal skills such as the practise of French (language used in the project) and of the other languages of the partnership. The focus is also put on group work, autonomy and initiative (project-orienting teaching, responsible involvement of the pupils in various tasks/activities) along with mastering common information and communication technologies (Multimedia productions, virtual classrooms.) Eight transnational meetings gathering the six delegations have been planned so as to implement learning activities centred around the specificities of the hosting school and country. The pupils will also be given the opportunity to experience a cultural immersion with a host family. Finally, the aim is also to ensure the collaborative management of the project by the steering teams. Two pupils will experience a long mobility by integrating a foreign high school: a French pupil will discover Munich and will have to report on the city’s urban development progress as far as green transportation is concerned. Likewise, a German pupil will have to explain to the French youngsters what ecological initiatives, in the field of transportation, are being carried out in Munich. The German kid will then follow an observation course within the Michelin firm. Moreover, Li(EU)x is also a source of innovative practices for teachers through the setting up of a working group reflecting on the experimentation of new pedagogical methods centred around the concept of mobile classes and learning labs. So as to ensure its implementation and its promotion on a large scale, the partnership uses tools that have been made available by Europe such as the e-Twinning platform or the Europass certificate. In addition, its mission is also to expand its network by relying on the expertise of local players and relevant stakeholders to address the problem. In the respect of a quality approach, a regular assessment measures the impact of the project on the target audience such as becoming aware of the ecological, relational, professional issues but also security linked to mobility, the teacher’s and pupils’ motivation for the project, the improvement of the knowledge of European cultures, the strengthening of the partnerships. The final production consists in the conception of a vade-mecum about the good practices in term of mobility: four chapters which resume the four themes of the project : ecological, cultural, digital, reduced . All the produced results will be published on the project’s web site.
Going beyond borders is the philosophy of the Spaces/Li(EU)x project: incubator of intelligent mobility. Decompartmentalisation is envisaged in all its forms, be it geographical borders , transnationality, cultural borders, language borders, class borders through interdisciplinarity, transversality of skills, multi-media production, borders of the virtual world. Li(EU)x. Two capital letters, of course, to emphasise the European dimension. Two capital letters which stand for the exchange of good practices, as the Greek prefix shows. Two brackets and a plural, again, for the paradox of our identity: unity and diversity. Li(EU)x is an Erasmus+ school exchange partnership project that ran from September 2019 to August 2022, between schools in six European countries: - FRANCE, Fénelon, Clermont-Ferrand, project coordinator; - GERMANY, Karlsgymnasium, München; - SPAIN, Mary Ward, San Sebastian; - GREECE, 2nd Gymnasium Kavalas, Kavala; - ITALY, Morgagni Roma; - PORTUGAL, Agrupamento de Escolas de Valongo (enseignement général, professionnel et formation continue), Valongo. Moreover, Li(EU)x has made it possible to develop a common base of basic and transversal skills such as the use of French which is the language of the project and the other languages of the partnership such as collective work, autonomy and initiative -project-based teaching, making pupils responsible for certain tasks like creativity and the mastering of the usual techniques of information and communication (multimedia productions, virtual classrooms, education in ICT, etc.) Transnational meetings between the six delegations took place in order to develop learning activities based on the specificity of the school and the host country, and to ensure the collaborative management of the project by the pilot teams. What is more, two students have had the opportunity to experience long-term study mobility by joining a foreign high school. Li(EU)x has also been a powerful lever for innovative practices for teachers through the setting up of a workshops and team reflection on the experimentation of new pedagogical methods around the concepts of mobile/flexible classrooms and learning labs. As part of a quality approach, the impact of the project on the target has been assessed such as the awareness of the ecological, relational, professional and safety issues related to mobility as well the motivation of students and teachers for the work ,the improvement of foreign language skills, project management and the improvement of knowledge of European cultures... To ensure its implementation and promotion, the partnership has been using the tools made available such as the eTwinning platform or the Europass certificate. All the results produced have been published on the Twinspace of the project.