The project "Regional Education in Common European Culture and Education" was created thanks to the cooperation of 6 technical high schools from Poland, France, Romania, Portugal, Croatia and Turkey. The coordinator is a school from Poland. The topic is related to the development of cultural, social, language and IT competences for raising awareness of the role of education through culture in the modern world. The idea is about a deeper look at regional education, creative exploration of close spaces and preparation of educational materials extending the core curriculum in humanities (native languages, history, English, knowledge of culture and art) to include regional education. We think that our idea is worth developing for vocational schools as well as for general ones. The main goals also include: - developing an attitude of respect for the cultural heritage of your region while being open to the cultural value of the inhabitants of other regions and European nations - deepening ties with the region of its young inhabitants - developing a sense of responsibility for cultivating tradition and promoting the achievements of previous generations - improving the quality of humanities education in 6 institutions, including by incorporating interdisciplinarity We will focus on activities: 1. Exploring and discovering 6 regions: Silesia in Poland, Nouvelle Acquitaine in France, Central Croatia in Croatia, Buzau Region in Romania, Alentejo in Portugal, Aegean Region in Turkey 2. Practical activities 3. Exchange of good practices School partners in the area of task implementation are most often museums, local authorities, and community centers. During the 2 years we have planned: - 1 short-term joint staff training event in Poland with a seminar - 5 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in 5 partner schools and 100 mobility of students aged 14-20 and 65 for teachers. Students with fewer educational opportunities will participate in the activities. Topics of 6 international meetings include the above activities and are focused around: 1. Creative Learning about Regional Education 2. Traditional Costumes and Accessories 3. Regional Dances and Music 4. Old Professions and Fassions, Forgotten Objects 5. Traditional and Regional Food 6. Rituals at Birth, Wedding, Funeral Our methodology include: - organization of trips, conversations with educators, cultural experts, local artists and craftsmen - participation in creative workshops: learning regional dances, songs, cooking traditional dishes - searching for information from various sources - creating themed posters; filming movies, interviews, lesson plans - conferences and seminars on regional education, exhibitions of work, local events, meetings with representatives of educational and educational authorities of cities that we want to interest in the topic of introducing regional education to teaching - learn the teaching methodology of other partner countries, observe learning methods, manage activities and larger projects, manage groups of students during mobilities abroad, develop cohesive strategies to overcome school issues, have an enhanced role in their school and a good image. The results will be prepared in 6 national languages and in English. We create innovation by expanding the didactic base: e-Book "REG", scenarios of regional education lessons, exhibitions of works created during the workshops, e-dictionary in 7 languages, e-Twinning project website, themed posters, project website with materials in 6 national and English languages, films on the channel YouTube. Thanks to the project, participants will integrate with the local community, develop the system of values, a sense of life certainty and security. They will learn to function in their own environment, as well as to be truly open to other communities and cultures. They will acquire knowledge about the world and its role in it. We want them to notice problems and ways of solving them, be able to organize work (individually, in a group), express their own opinions and discuss, express themselves in various forms. The main task of regional education is to enrich the curriculum content with new elements of knowledge, which ultimately contribute to learning about your own cultural heritage. Long-term impact of the project is expected. By the end of the project, nearly 5.000 students, teachers and local stakeholders, authorities in partner countries will be given chance to remember our ancient values and be more aware of taking action about safeguarding the cultural heritages of Europe. The innovation will be possible to be used by teachers from 6 countries and Europe interested in the subject of teaching regional education, as well as teachers of culture, English, leading interest groups. The materials will be available on the project website, Project Results Platform Erasmus +, in Twinspace, on the school websites. We have planned various channels for project dissemination and promotion.
The project "Regional education in common culture and European education" was created through the cooperation of 6 technical schools from Poland, France, Romania, Portugal, Croatia and Turkiye. The coordinator of activities was the school from Poland. The theme included the development of cultural, social, linguistic and IT competencies for awareness of the role of education through culture in the modern world. The idea was to take a deeper look at regional education, creative exploration of close spaces, and to prepare educational materials to expand the core curriculum of humanities subjects (mother tongues, history, English, knowledge of culture and art, geography) to include regional education. Our project idea turned out to be worth implementing. The activities were accompanied by enthusiasm and creative atmosphere. The main goals of the project included: - forming an attitude of respect for the cultural heritage of their region while opening up to the cultural values of the inhabitants of other regions and European nations - deepening the bond with the region of its young residents - developing a sense of responsibility by cultivating traditions and promoting the achievements of previous generations - improving the quality of humanities education at 6 institutions, including by incorporating interdisciplinarity We focused on activities: 1. visiting and discovering 6 regions: Silesia in Poland, Nouvelle Acquitaine in France, Central Croatia in Croatia, Buzau Region in Romania, Alentejo in Portugal, Aegean Region in Turkey 2. practical activities (workshops on regional culture: cooking, dancing, singing, customs, learning about objects and ancient professions). 3. exchange of good practices among partner schools and local institutions (museums, cultural centers, local companies, City Offices). During 27 months we held numerous local meetings with regionalism educators and representatives of educational, social and educational institutions and: 1 short-term joint staff training event in Poland with a seminar and 5 short-term exchanges of student groups in 5 partner schools . The activities involved students with fewer educational opportunities, e.g., students from Ukraine (Poland), Mozambique and Cape Verde (Portugal). The topics of the 6 international meetings were as follows: 1. Creative learning about regional education 2. Traditional and regional food 3. Rituals at births, weddings, funerals 4. Traditional costumes and accessories 5. Regional dances and music 6. Old professions and passions, forgotten objects. Methodology included: - participation in creative workshops: learning regional dances, songs, cooking traditional dishes or exhibitions of works by local artists, - search and selection of information from various sources, - creation of regional education dictionaries, lesson plans, conducting interviews, - conferences and seminars on regional education, local events, meetings with representatives of educational authorities of 6 cities we wanted to interest in the subject of regional education, - learning about the teaching methodology of other partner countries, observing learning methods, learning how to manage small and larger projects, The results were prepared in 6 national languages and in English: 1. e-Book "REG" with lesson plans, dictionaries of regional education terms, photo collages, descriptions of thematic activities, 2. exhibitions of works created during the workshops, 3. project website with presentations, videos, evaluation results. Thanks to the project, the participants integrated into the local community, met and visited instutututions carrying out educational, cultural and social activities. An important result of the project is to develop among students the value and role of education through cultural activities. Thanks to joint local and international activities, students opened up to new topics, touched on the tangible and intangible culture of their region, had the opportunity to identify with the richness of the culture of their regions and those of the partner schools. The project also enabled them to acquire openness to other communities and cultures and become more active citizens of their neighborhoods, cities and European society. The participants of the project expressed themselves in various forms and activities, e.g. through dancing, singing, creating works, speeches, working in small and large groups, and activities using IT tools. Our goal was also to sensitize young people to the need to preserve regional culture. Our results are available on the project website: http://www.reg-project.com/, the Erasmus + Project Results Platform, the coordinating school's website www.klenczar.pl, and have been sent in e-book or printed form to local educational institutions and authorities. The printed version of the REG e-book is being used in extra-curricular classes, by English language teachers and regional education teachers.