We are 5 European schools that want to participate in our efforts to increase students' knowledge and interests - Geography, History - on issues related to the cultural heritage of our country. Moreover, in a world where globalization tends to ignore their national heritage, we need our students to return to their roots, knowing the traditions and traditions passed down from generation to generation. Our opinion is that if you do not know your roots, you do not know your foundation, and if you do not know your foundation, you will never be successful. For this reason, we want our students to develop their patriotic feelings, to look at their backgrounds and origins, and at the same time to open their horizons to other cultures and features. Each school participating in this preparatory activity will have at least 30 students and will work in groups on these topics. During exchanges, they will organize events with guests, make presentations, guide cultural visits, and create assessment forms for guests to see how effective their business is. After the exchanges, they will select and adjust the materials in the brochure titled “European cultural heritage”, which will be one of the outputs of the project, under the coordination of their teachers. The main objective of the project is increasing the cultural and the intercultural awareness of all actors participating in its implementation. However, especially for students, we have set the following goals for them: OS1. To increase the cultural awareness of at least 80% of students and to make them more knowledgeable about history, geography, literature, tradition, tradition, dance and music. OS2. To increase intercultural awareness and competence of all students, to make them more knowledgeable about other European countries, history, geography, literature, traditions, traditions, dances, music. OS3 Improve students' ICT skills by enabling them to use mobile apps and online tools to create presentations, events, reviews, outputs OS4 Developing transferable skills of students - communication, research and analysis, teamwork, adaptability, organization OS5 Increasing students' motivation for learning and self-confidence C1 - Spanish Heritage (IT, Feb 2021) - Spanish students will organize activities for participants under the supervision of teachers. They create materials, make presentations, organize events, and evaluate participants based on what they offer them. Following the same methodology, we will organize the following: C2 - Bulgrian Heritage C3 - The Porteguese Heritage C4 - Turkish Heritage C5 - The Polish Heritage Students - the target group consists of approximately 1000 students, aged 12 to 14, 100 of whom are in need of special education. 150-200 of them will be selected as members of the working group (at least 30 / country, but the number may vary up to 40 depending on the size of the target group). Teachers - their role is to collaborate the project and implement activities at all stages. English teachers will assist students in translating materials, Geography and History teachers will provide students with information selection, material preparation, presentations about their interests, etc. Common tasks - implementation of the project activities according to the application form, dissemination, evaluation and monitoring, participation in online meetings, selection and preparation of participants, organization of a stock exchange, preparation of practical arrangements, evaluation of the meeting, creation of the "European Heritage" online output, students' country blogs creation, contribution to the first and last survey, collection and interpretation of evaluation data, reporting to coordinators and NAs 2. Special missions ES- coordinator - creates management documents - the implementation, dissemination, monitoring and evaluation plans; final output forms the final version of the impact and assessment report; Accommodates C1 - BG - creates and updates the project website; Hosting C2 - PT - Creates and manages eTwinning space; C3 servers - TR - designs the project logo, creates and manages Instagram account; Hosting C4 - PL - Creates and manages Facebook page; Hosting C5 The project is expected to have a long-term impact on all interested parties: - students become more responsible and motivated to learn. After working as a workshop organizer during exchanges, they will more appreciate their teachers' efforts. They will develop self-confidence and motivation to improve school performance and participation in school activities. - teachers will think their work works, so they will have a sense of satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment as they see that the students they have prepared are more autonomous and also well informed of the subjects they teach. - school management will benefit from the positive atmosphere created among teachers, students and parents. Institutions will benefit from good practices acquired and transferred t
Although we initially started this project 5 European educational centers, due to the global pandemic derived from COVID-19, we are 4 schools that continue with this project, extending the duration for another year. In a globalized world that tends to ignore the national cultural heritage, we need our students to recover their roots, knowing the traditions that have been passed from generation to generation. The main objective of the project was to make our students aware of their own cultural and intercultural heritage. However, we also set ourselves other more specific objectives to be able to achieve them more effectively: OS1. To increase the cultural awareness of at least 80% of students and to make them more knowledgeable about history, geography, literature, tradition, tradition, dance and music. OS2. To increase intercultural awareness and competence of all students, to make them more knowledgeable about other European countries, history, geography, literature, traditions, traditions, dances, music. OS3 Improve students' ICT skills by enabling them to use mobile apps and online tools to create presentations, events, reviews, outputs OS4 Developing transferable skills of students - communication, research and analysis, teamwork, adaptability, organization OS5 Increasing students' motivation for learning and self-confidence Following the same methodology, we designed and organized this project in 3 phases: -Activities before the mobilities: our students worked in groups to investigate geographical, historical and cultural aspects of their own country, making presentations with different computer applications and exposing through video calls and online meetings to participating students from other countries. -During the mobilities, activities, presentations and guided tours were organized, as well as evaluation activities. -Activities after the exchanges, through which the students strengthened the knowledge and experiences acquired and presented the rest of the classmates and other members of the educational community. The topics were: C1: Spanish cultural heritage C2: Bulgarian cultural heritage* C3: Turkish cultural heritage C4: Portuguese cultural heritage Participants: Students: approx. 100 students, aged between 12 and 14 years, have participated, although many more have been involved, indirectly. For example, in the host schools students from other educational levels have also participated, either participating in welcomes, in dances, in decoration of the Center, etc. *’0* Teachers: teachers from different specialties have been involved, whose participation has been very varied: Physics Ed., for traditional games; Ed. Musical, for songs and dances; Mathematics and Language; Plastic Arts, Sciences, English specialist teachers, bilingual teachers and native speaking assistants, who have helped students translate their productions into English, as well as prepare English-speaking presentations. Tasks to be carried out: they were organized by distributing them among the different partners, although some of them were common to all: -Common tasks: implementation of the different activities according to the programmed project, dissemination, evaluation, monitoring and participation in online activities, as well as in video call meetings held throughout the project; section and preparation of the participants to the different mobilities, organization of the activities to be carried out when they have been hosts, search for accommodation and places to dine for the participants during the mobility, collaboration in the creation and uploading to PADLET of the materials and activities carried out by the students. Collection and reporting of evaluation reports to the coordinating partner and their respective National Agencies. The project is expected to have both a short and long-term positive impact on all participants: -In our students, who we hope will acquire greater motivation for learning aspects related to Social Sciences and English speaking; that they know how to appreciate all the work and support in their activities from their teachers; that they acquire greater self-esteem and motivation to participate in school activities; to increase their autonomy and development in their school and personal activities. -In our teachers, that they also benefit from a positive atmosphere created as a result of common participation with families and their students; That your motivation and love for your profession be reinforced by making contact with professors from other European countries, learning from each other about good practices, activities, methodologies, etc.