Practices

Heidi's Education Adventure
Comenius Multilateral School Partnership
Countries involved:
TR, IT, PL, RO, SK
Key words: Disadvantaged groups, Transition from primary to secondary,
Involvement of parents
Description:
Thematic Field: ESL
The countries involved had similar cultures and common problems. The project
focuses on primary school children and problems during transition periods in the
education path. It dealt with the culture of students coming from suburbs to city
centres for high school education since pupils in suburbs had many problems when
they went to city centre in order to go on with their education and they were sent
there without taking any precaution.
Therefore, the aim of this project was to find solutions to their problems by involving
parents, pupils, teachers, local and school managements, public
organizations, the association of school and family membership in the process.
Through questionnaires, home visits, exchange of students it was possible to get firsthand
information about the issues and real problems.
Furthermore, the project carried out an evaluation based on the data collected and a
play was presented to the students to help them to identify pupil's problems and
their expectations. A seminar was prepared for all related institutions. At the end, a
bulletin and brochure were designed as products and were promoted on the website
as well.
Thanks to this project, intercultural dialogue was promoted and solutions identified.
All the countries prepared a CD/DVD to introduce their own culture, traditional plays
and dances.
Duration:
2008-2010
Webpage:
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2008-1-TR1-
COM06-02126
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