Practices

Thematic Field: Maths, Science and Technology
Connecting Europe through mathematics developing new teaching
strategies –friends 4 numbers
Comenius Multilateral School Partnership
Countries involved:
PT, SE, ES, GR, IT, TR
Key words: Teacher education, ICT, Diversifying teaching
Description:
The project was started in response to concerns across Europe regarding the falling
interest among children in mathematics. It aimed at improving teacher
competences and increasing their awareness of pupils’ needs and difficulties in
learning maths.
The partners analysed the teaching methods used by each of the participating schools
and made teachers more aware of their pupils’ expectations. The project developed
new teaching practices different learning materials, including a multilingual
dictionary of mathematical terms, a selection of virtual learning resources and a
selection of articles related to teaching maths and promoted pedagogical innovation
among all the teachers.
During the project, all the teaching staff was engaged in pedagogical innovation.
The involvement in this project also fostered the use of the new technologies and of
different European languages and thus increased the feeling of belonging to the
European community.
Award:
EST star project
Duration:
2009 – 2011
Webpage:
http://xtec.cat/centres/a8005072/index.html
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2009-1-ES1-
COM06-09878
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