Title: "United by Mythology" Context: The association arises from the need for partner centres to increase the students’ interest in Humanities and Social Sciences studies, in addition to expanding the European and international dimension of the centres. The genesis is in the excellent prior collaboration in eTwinning and strategic partnership projects between two of the partner centres, IES Alfonso VIII (Cuenca, Spain) and Vimmerby Gymnasium (Vimmerby, Sweden). "Heritage Stories" (ID 180519), "United for European Heritage" (ID 181113) and specifically in one of the workshops of the strategic association called "Nordic Mythology" included in the 2018-1-ES01-KA229-050660 project. To implement the central objective of this project focused on the investigation of the Indo-European origin of the European cultural heritage connecting Latin mythology with Nordic mythology, the association invited the Liceo Classico Statale Carlo Botta (Ivrea, Italy), expert in studies of Latin mythology. The intention is that the participants appreciate the social and educational value of the European tradition and culture, which is a heritage that Europeans must preserve and respect. Objectives: This project, among its main objectives, seeks to improve the key competences and linguistic communication in English and Spanish of the participants, since these languages are taught in the three centres, as well as awakening the interest in the study of other European languages, like Swedish and Italian. English and Spanish are used in an integrated way in all the activities of the project. The participation of the teaching staff in this project will motivate the introduction of innovative teaching methods, in search of cooperation, collaboration and teamwork that will help to develop the soft skills in the students, which are necessary for the development of the entrepreneurial spirit in the participants by having to create and present original and innovative products on mythology. This project aims to make sustainable a new activity for partners, which is a long-term mobility for study reasons, laying the necessary foundations and agreements to continue carrying out this activity after the project. The project includes the following learning and training activities: - Three short-term exchanges (5 days) with 10 students (15-18 years), from each educational centre and two accompanying teachers. Two of the meetings would take place during the first year and one during the second year of the project (Year 1: Meetings in Spain and Italy; Year 2: Meeting in Sweden). Each centre will host a meeting. Students benefiting from mobility will have to host a student when the meeting takes place at their centre. - Twelve long-term mobility for students between 15 and 18 years old. In the second year of the project, each centre will send two students to study for two months of the first term at each of the partner centres. These mobilities will coincide in time, thus facilitating that the four coincident students in each centre will be able to develop project activities, designed for them, with the local students. Methodology: The methodology will be active and collaborative making use of the eTwinning platform as the main tool for online work, communication, coordination and dissemination. Follow-up meetings will be organized periodically through videoconferences, in addition to the initial and final ones. This will allow redirecting the situation when the partial results are not as expected. Attentive listening, coordination, agreement, transparency and integration of the contributions of the partners will be the working principles of the project. The expected results are the workshops hold on mythology during the short meetings. Some are born with the idea of remaining in the cultural or complementary life of the centres, such as the international reading club, the creative writing workshops, the creation of a magazine, and the production of products (micro-stories, songs, podcasts, lapbooks, booktuber, etc.). These resources are to be used by the centres’ educational communities, in addition to implanting in the centres the culture of teamwork , the involvement of students in the organization of activities, the improvement of communicative and linguistic skills in English and Spanish, the promotion of learning other languages (Italian and Swedish). Keep the collaboration through the eponymous eTwinning project of the same name. Impact: An increase in the international network of centres, an increase in the number of staff, students and families interested in participating in European projects. Consolidation of collaboration between centres. Stable study agreements between partners to maintain long-term exchanges for students after the project.
Title: United by Mythology Context: The association arose to increase the interest of students in the studies of Humanities and Social Sciences, and expand the European dimension of the schools. The genesis was in the collaboration between the schools, IES Alfonso VIII (Spain) and Vimmerby Gymnasium (Sweden) in the eTwinning projects: “Stories of Heritage” (ID 180519), “United by European Heritage” (ID 181113) and, specifically, in the homonymous project 2018-1-ES01-KA229-050660, whose workshop“Norse mythology” was the source of inspiration. To achieve the central objective, investigate the common Indo-European origin of the European people through the comparison of Roman and Norse mythologies and their customs, the association invited to the Liceo Classico Carlo Botta (Italy) to participate, so that the participants discovered the social value and educational of European tradition and culture a heritage worth preserving. The specific objectives have been: to improve the participants’ key competences, to communicate in English and Spanish, and awaken interest in other languages, Swedish and Italian; encourage teachers to change the teaching method including cooperation and teamwork to develop in students the soft skills; and finally, that the centers began long-term mobility duration for study reasons. COVID19 forced us to request a 12-month extension. Mobility activities began in 2021-22 academic year after the opening of mobility restrictions: - Two short-term exchanges (6-7 days) with twenty 15/18 years old students from Vimmerby Gymnasium to the coordinating center and vice versa, accompanied by three and four teachers to discover the links between Norse and Roman mythology. The meeting, “United by mythology” in Spain, March 6 to 11, 2022; and “United by mythology II” in Sweden March 27 to April 2, 2022. Liceo Carlo Botta could not participate due to the restrictive measures, which due to COVDID19, its Direction imposed; Its participation in both meetings was online. - A short-term mobility (5 days) with a group of fourteen 15-18 years old students from the Liceo Carlo Botta of Ivrea to the coordinating center, accompanied by two teachers to deep into Roman and Nordic myths and their customs. This meeting, “United by mythology” in Spain, took place from January 23 to 27, 2023. - Nine long-term mobilities for students, 16-18 years old, distributed as follows: a) IES Alfonso VIII sent 3 students to Liceo Carlo Botta and 1 to Vimmerby Gymnasium from 09/12/22 to 11/10/22. b) Liceo Carlo Botta sent 2 students to IES Alfonso VIII and 2 to Vimmerby Gymnasium from 09/12/22 to 11/10/22. c) Vimmerby Gymnasium sent 1 student to IES Alfonso VIII from 09/09/22 to 11/07/22. - In 2020-21 academic year, virtual activities were held: an International Reading Club and the magazine “Mitomanía”. The methodology has been based on the principle of collaboration used the platform eTwinning until 2022-23 that was integrated into the European Education Platform School stopping working for months. Other tools have been used to communicate and work: Zoom and Meet, exclusive email for the project and WhatsApp. Periodic monitoring meetings were organized. The adoption of agreements by consensus and the integration of contributions from partners guided them. For activities with students, research methods, learning by discovery and projects were the most used. The results have been: 30 workshops on mythology, 25 editions of the international reading club with its own shared material, 2 issues of the magazine Mitomania (60 pages, ISNN 2952-0053), 3 creative writing workshops, writing, photography and design contests, 3 cultural activity programs for meetings and long-term student mobilities, an eTwinning project of the same name (https://twinspace.etwinning.net/140711/home), student leadership in the organization of activities, participants have improved their use of English and Spanish, some of them have started Italian and Swedish courses, three learning recognition agreements have been drawn up between partner centers for long-term students. Expected long-term benefits; increase the European dimension of the schools by consolidating the relationship between former partners and expanding the network with the Italian school; "Increase the number of participants interested in other European projects, create stable study agreements between partners for long-term mobilities and highlight humanistic studies. Motivations for the new Erasmus accreditation.