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EDUCATE TO INNOVATE

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-RO01-KA229-049245
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 89,327.3 EUR

EDUCATE TO INNOVATE

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When we wrote the application, we took into account, on the one hand, the very dynamic socio-economic context in which we live, which requires active measures to stimulate innovation and which is closely associated with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects most of which students are not interested today or they are afraid of, considering them too heavy and unsatisfactory. We also considered Art, which can be a valuable asset for entrepreneurs. Then we set out, on the one hand, to train some teachers to be able to adapt their teaching/learning process so as to change the misperception that students have for Science, Math, and Technology and that can show students what wonderful benefits these disciplines bring in the long run. We also considered the global movement to integrate art and design into the innovation equation, as a necessary condition for economic growth, a movement to which the EDINN project partners also joined. In addition, all aspects of communication, tolerance, overcoming prejudices, and acceptance of cultural diversity are ingredients of success in companies of the future, therefore, we aimed to develop these skills to students and teachers who were directly involved in the project and who could live the experience of living and studying (even for a short time) in a multicultural and intercultural environment.At the start of the project, the Polish partner withdrew, because of their school organizational reasons.The specific objectives of this project were: O1. to improve knowledge, abilities, and competencies of working in the formal/ non-formal frame for 50 teachers (different subjects) from Romania, Portugal, Italy, Finland, and the Czech Republic, to share good practices on entrepreneurial mindset through STEAM. O2. to improve the attractiveness of Math and sciences for 300 students of 9th and 10th degree, from the partner countries by promoting collaborative learning and critical thinking and by increasing self-esteem and reduce early school leaving by 2% in the next two years. O3. to increase the capacity of the schools to offer quality education to all students, including those coming from disadvantaged groups or minorities, and to develop behavior based on the understanding of values, respect, and tolerance towards other cultures.The activities that have taken place; Project activities:- Project management activities- Informative, promotional, and advertising activities- Staff training event for teachers of a different subject from partner countries. - Short-term exchange of groups of pupils, a course on STEAM - an innovative approach, in Portugal- Short-term exchange of groups of pupils, a course on The science behind the Art - in Italy and relating activities- Virtual short-term mobility organized by the Czech partner in accordance with the other partners (evaluating, monitoring, adjusting) - Festival of innovationDissemination activitiesSustainability activitiesImplementation Methodology: teamwork, peer-to-peer education, brainstorming, workshop-sites, documentation, practical activities, visits, discussions, role play, team building Results, and impact - Potential long term benefits:Project's results and its expected longer-term benefits.Pupils:- increase motivation to study Math and Sciences as well Art widening the palette of choices for students to the labor marketplace. - develop entrepreneurial skills- improved school results- increase of self-confidence/motivation to perform, learn and think critically/independentlyTeacher -Development of:- professional skills/competences- linguistic abilities- new approach and good practices to be implemented in the school- pedagogical competencies by comparing the system, practices, politics, educational systems with those in partner countriesSchools:- an open-minded attitude towards Europe- diminishing school failures of students, through increased motivation and perfecting relationships between students, and between students and teachersThe impact of the project reaches beyond the beneficiary institution, to spread the entrepreneurship mindset and foster the improvement of the ability of students to turn ideas into actions, as well as to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem in partner countries. Transfer of best practices empowers teachers as change agents, by offering them a set of lesson plans that invites entrepreneurial learning and facilitates the change trajectory.Families/other stakeholders:- educating pupils to be aware and responsible citizens, and to build positive relations- favoring school integration with territory/local communityRegional, national and European impact:- promotion of national/international common values, such as respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, inclusive education- creating a European area of education/training for attainment of the Lisbon strategy's objectives.

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