The project untitled “The joy of exploring cultural heritage with new educational methods” is an answer to the need to enhance the quality of teaching and to build among the students the feeling of belonging to an open for the world community of European citizens ready to explore the great diversity of traditions and historical past. It is also to engender curiosity and the awareness that learning may bring about fun and satisfaction. The project is based on the needs shared by the partner schools and their similar targets.The main objective for the Primary School in Szarów is to prepare at least 75% of graduates in the school year 2020/2021 to leave the school with the awareness of their own regional identity and as the citizens ready to work actively for their own communities and with the authentic openness to other groups and cultures.The expected level of these features, which should be at least satisfactory, will be confirmed with the test pertaining to the students general knowledge on one side and the practical abilities on the other. As far as the partner schools are concerned, their aim is to engender the same feeling of belonging to a wider European community to at least 65% of their school-leavers at at least satisfactory level. The beneficiaries of the projects are the students attending all schools involved in the project within school years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. During this time the students will take part in various activities and projects dedicated to the enhancement of their social and civic competences and particularly shaping the attitude of respect towards their own country and the common European cultural heritage as well. The aspects of great importance will be developing the beneficiaries’ awareness of their own strong sides, but also enhancing their both verbal and non-verbal communication abilities and stimulating their imagination with the use of modern methods of teaching reinforced with information and communication technologies. From each school a group of students will be involved into the mobilities where they will be supported by the members of their staff. The group of teachers involved in the project will be responsible for the activities connected with learning, teaching and organising workshops in each of the schools. The project activities involve, among others, developing the program of all the activities, including detailed lesson plans, conducting lessons of history and form classes dedicated to the issues of intercultural awareness, implementing educational projects within e-Twinning platform and organising mobilities of students in each of the project schools which is essential in case of both sending and receiving institutions for enhancing social and civic competences through international cooperation groups.The methods to be used within the project include WebQuest, mind-maps, multiple intelligences, mobile outdoor games, flipped learning, lecture, brainstorming, and group work. The expected results are the successful adjustment to the life in a multicultural society and the enhancement of social and civic competences for at least 75% of the students attending the project schools in the school years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021; strengthening the quality of the European model of teaching through digital contents and tools for each teacher engaged in the exchange of valuable practice within the staff mobilities, the enhancement of language skills; the development of competences such as openness, tolerance, ability to work in groups, learning from one another, experiential learning, the ability to create a group product, effective communication, responsibility for oneself and others, organisation of working space, and project management through the objectives of all significant parts of the project. Certain elements of the project will be included into educational and didactic programs of the partner schools. The effects of the project within local communities will be observed through its beneficiaries who, due to the social and civic competences acquired and enhanced through the project, will have a real impact on their surroundings. This influence will be increasing alongside the migration process, both in its educational and private forms. The second group of great importance for the effects of the project will be the teachers involved in its implementation. They will effectively contribute to the process of building European identity in subsequent generations of learners. Both of these groups constitute a guarantee of the long-term benefits of the project. Moreover, the long-term effects will be visibly observed both in the national and European dimension due to the multilingual calendar which will be available on the platform promoting Erasmus+, WebQuest, and the mobile outdoor game. Since the access to these publications is not restricted, each viewer will be able to use the program which may as well be an inspiration for developing new ideas.
The aim of the project was to develop awareness of the role of cultural heritage and to open up to other communities and cultures.The concept of the project was based on the idea of an innovative approach to teaching based on digital content and tools. The target group were students and teachers of six partner schools between 2019 and 2022. Preparatory activities were carried out in schools and they included linguistic, cultural, pedagogical with the focus on innovative teaching methods and ICT tools, and in the field of security. The classes were aimed at increasing the participants' readiness to travel. An important role of the classes was also to strengthen the social and civic competences of the participants, and in particular to develop an attitude of respect for their own country and European cultural heritage. An important part of the classes was also the results to be worked out by the participants. There were 6 short-term exchanges of groups of students and 3 short-term training programs for employees. The implementation of the student mobility program in Poland was devoted to cultural education and learning how to create mind maps. The second partner visit took place in Turkey. Educational activities were aimed at obtaining by the students information related to different faiths. A calendar with the most important holidays was created in the task groups using the method of flipped classroom. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the trip to the next partner schools did not take place as planned. An effective remedy was to extend the project implementation period by another year.The project meeting in Lithuania was devoted to popularizing knowledge about history. A mobile field game was developed in task groups, the plot of which was related to the history and monuments of the Lithuanian capital. Another expected product was the creation of the staging of legends related to the selected castles. The leitmotif of the mobility to Romania was getting to know the culinary traditions of the partner countries. The developed products include e-books with traditional dishes. Workshops based on the theory of multiple intelligences were an important element of the meeting, too. The main idea of mobility to Greece was artistic education, including music and dance. The expected product of the project was a recording of a dance arrangement based on regional elements of Greek dances. During the workshop on multiple intelligences, students implemented activities related to the theme of adolescents according to their abilities, skills and talents. The last mobility in Spain was devoted to nature education. Multimedia presentations and videos about the natural wealth of the partner countries introduced students to the subject of the project activities. The main aim of the workshops on the cooperative learning teaching method was to develop a range of interpersonal skills of students. Through integrated activities in the field of music, customs, history, culinary traditions, and the natural environment, students released layers of creativity, creative activities, awareness and cultural expression. During the mobility, they got to know places where you can gain knowledge outside of school. The project promoted active learning and group work. The final product of the project was WebQuest with developed educational materials. The implementation of the teacher mobility program in Poland was devoted to theoretical and practical issues related to tangible and intangible cultural heritage and the ways of using heritage resources in school education. Subsequent workshops familiarized teachers with the innovative WebQuest teaching method. The leitmotif of the mobility to Romania was gaining knowledge and experience as well as sharing one's own work experience. The workshop part allowed to delve into Howard Gardner's concept of multiple intelligences. During the last project meeting in Spain, the participants got to know the organization of the school's work, the Spanish grading system and the specificity of the hosting school facility. Participation in the lessons made it possible to observe new teaching methods, the use of IT tools, and teaching aids. During the cooperative learning workshops, participants learned the principles of collaborative learning in theoretical and practical terms. Participation in the mobilities was an opportunity to learn about good practices abroad, to enrich the workshop with new teaching methods and techniques, and to exchange educational experiences. The results of the project were to broaden teachers' knowledge of modern teaching methods using digital content and tools, to strengthen teachers' educational and social competences, and to develop educational materials for students using the WebQuest method. The implementation of the project also brought long-term benefits, as the obtained information will be incorporated into the didactic and educational plans of the partner schools.