In this age of individualization we think it is
necessary to raise students' awareness of the importance to reach out to
others. The countries of the participating schools are different in the way
governments can take care of their citizens. We can learn by experiencing these
differences during exchanges.
We notice that more and more NGOs
(non-governmental organization) are funded. There is a responsibility for
everybody toward community to make contributions as good citizens. For instance
doing volunteering work in different fields and fundraising activities.
All schools feel the necessity of increasing
student awareness and to stimulate them, to become more active and responsible
citizens in this issue and making Voluntary Non-profit Work Placement a part of
the school’s curriculum.
During the first teachers-training we will make
a roadmap for headmasters and schoolboards how to implement this. As the
schools involved in the project have different experiences, we think we can
learn from each other to obtain a sustainable situation in each school
considering charity.
For example:
-In the Netherlands, students do voluntary
service during their school period and every year there are different
fundraising activities;
-The school in Turkey is the oldest existing NGO of the country;
-The school in Turkey is the oldest existing NGO of the country;
-Spain is highly experienced with students in
need;
-Sweden is a very experienced country
concerning fundraising activities for people in need worldwide, but very little
experienced in fundraising activities run by local schools themselves;
-France has no experience with Comenius/Erasmus
partnerships, hopes to benefit from this project by learning from good
practices. But the students are experienced in entrepeneurship, so this can be
seen as a contribution in our project;
-Germany is already involved with NGOs,
particularly through the all-day classes. They have close contact with CARITAS
and the Youth Centre belonging to Caritas. They are responsible for the
activity programme the students have after lunch – before the afternoon classes
start.
The school-policy is that every person has
talents and also the talent to help and that by using these talents life will
be richer. We will seek collaboration with local, national and international
NGOs but we also want to create a new NGO run by European students in all
participating countries, encouraging entrepreneurship and solidarity.
A part of the project is based upon the
question how to increase the learning outcomes of our students. We will use
students interest of the internet by introducing elements of e-Learning into
the curriculum of selected subjects, using the social networks, providing the
e-Twinning projects that motivate the learning of foreign languages, using
innovative tools for presentation and communication.
One of the partners is highly experienced with
ICT, being able to create lessons for iPad/ laptop/ computer. Since schools are
thinking more and more about starting iPad education for all students, it is
necessary that teachers are educated first. So during teachers-trainings we
will learn to use e-Twinning, learn about e-Learning, to create digital lessons
for Internationalization and Voluntary Service.
So the partnership will also be based upon
exchange of good practice.
Communication will be in English, during
transnational meetings and virtually by the use of ICT- means. We feel the need
to increase competence in foreign languages and in digital skills, as well for
students as for teachers. To offer more perspective in a European context.
We strongly think that not only virtually, but
also meetings in real life, during transnational exchanges are necessary, to
bring good sustainable outcomes. Because we experienced that
virtual-communication didn’t bring the expected results. This due to different
schedules in school, different holiday-periods and problems with ICT platforms
and hardware.
Objectives:
• To make a road map for implementation of
voluntary non-profit work placement in the schools curriculum.
• To increase ICT skills of teachers to enable
them to start iPad/laptop education and create their own lessons during teacher
trainings about NGOs
• To increase competences in foreign languages
for teachers
• To give the participating students an
opportunity to interact and cooperate with NGOs locally.
• To take part in voluntary services during
every exchange.
• To make students aware of social and cultural
diversities and similarities in different lifestyles and life conditions.
• To make students aware of the importance and
the responsibility of being part of the European society.
• To make students exchange and collaborate
ideas and experiences in order to get to know each other as global citizens
with ICT and transnational exchanges as tools
• To increase students positive motivation of
learning English as a foreign language
• To increase ICT skills of the students
• Increase sense of initiatives and social
entrepreneurship by funding an NGO