Description

Summery as download (eng. / ger.)

Download summery (09/2017)

Topics

• Interculturality
• Social exclusion
• Stereotypes
• Integration of refugees
• Quality improvement in schools

Preschool teachers need trained reflective observation and acting abilities

• Personal examination / confrontation;
• Practical experience.

Innovative part of the project

• Knowledge transfer between schools and preschools of different countries;
• Learning effect of the students leads to better learning in the case of children;
• Willingness of our Europe should be transmitted by the teachers to the students and furthermore to the children.

Expected results for students

• Analysis of the profession in preschools (professionalisation);
• Increased intellectual and social values;
• Awareness of one’s own living and working environment (elementary pedagogy, life in one’s own country, social net and support, problems / background of clients);
• Practical experience;
• Reflective practice in the systems of other countries;
• “Peer Learning” in the whole project;
• European networking, also for the following students;
• Students’ learning portfolios of their learning experience,

Expected results for (pre-)school teachers

• Knowledge transfer about lesson planning;
• Improved quality management, also by using digital media (eTwinning, Typeform etc.);
• More cooperation with (pre)schools in foreign countries;
• More internships for students in foreign countries;
• Professional documentary film and conceptual manual for the above-mentioned topics;
• Website with specialised articles (brochure on topics in different countries).

Persons with an indirect benefit

• 200 visitors
• Conference with speeches of external persons, politicians, experts, (pre)schools etc.; each country sends 4 persons.

Students attending

• Students in upper classes

Project management

• The activities will be prepared by teachers and students together.
• Each partner is responsible for one’s own public relations.

Transnational meetings

1. SW + UK (each 2 pers.) to GE (11/2017)
2. GE + UK (each 2 pers.) to GE (08/2018)
3. GE + SW (each 2 pers.) to SW (~06/2019)

Work shadowing

1. SW + UK (each 3 students, 1 (pre)school teacher + 1 teacher) to GE, teachers 2 days/ students 5 days
2. GE + UK (each 3 St., 1 (pre)school teacher + 1 teacher) to SW, teachers 2 days/ students 5 days
3. GE + SW (each 3 Stud., 1 (pre)school teacher + 1 teacher) to UK, teachers 2 days/ students 5 days

Dates

• 22. – 26. May 2018                   UK to GE        students and teachers        was not possible
• 11. – 15. June 2018                  GE to UK        students and teachers        finished
• 24. – 28. September 2018       SW to GE       students and teachers
• 22. – 26. October 2018            GE to SW       students and teachers
• 18. – 25. March 2019               UK to SW       students and teachers
•                                                    SW to UK       students and teachers

Communication

• E-Mail, Skype
• www.doodle.com (appointments)
• www.wordpress.com (project illustration)
• www.etwinning.net (virtual class room)
• www.typeform.com (evaluations)
• www.youtube.com (publication of the film)

Performance measurement

• The students and (pre)schools teachers fill in digital evaluations of each work package. Self-assessment questionnaires on:
  • Interculturality
  • Social exclusion
  • Stereotypes
  • Integration of refugees
• “Likes” in youtube for the documentary.

During lessons

• Personal confrontation with one’s own education and society, as well as with the education and the society of the other two countries.
• Producing a documentary on the life of a preschool teacher compared to both other countries, accompanied by a conceptional manual of using this film.
• The everyday life topics will be integrated into the lessons.
• Relations to the other European countries will be created during the lessons.
• Understanding with other people will be treated as a core competence.
• International language skills will be improved in the lessons.

Responsibility for dissemination activities

All partners; eTwinning and WordPress will be prepared by Germany.

Project outputs with European added value

• Documentary
• Manual for the film
• Learning portfolios of the students, especially of work shadowing
• Teaching material for the lessons
• Evaluations/ assessments