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NEVER TOO LATE FOR EUROPEAN SYNERGY Grundtvig project 2013-07-10 |
Partners
Maltepe Kiz Teknik ve Meslek
Lisesi TR-Turkey
DESMOS GR-Greece
Association E-SENIORS FR-France
INICIATIVAS DE PROYECTOS DE FORMACION ES-Spain
IZI
Ltd trading as Easy School of Languages Malta
D1 Summary
N2L84ES
(Never too late for European Synergy)
Most adults
are not aware of Life Long Learning (LLL). Our target audience is the large
number of adults who have left school early or who have never had the
opportunity to receive formal education (as in the case of many migrants,
refugees, Travellers, marginalised
people, and people with disabilities) and are "seniors or ageing
population". Opportunities for Life Long Learning and especially for
European Synergy should be facilitated. The core idea of the project is to
teach adults critical analysis thus improving their quality of life and their
life styles. All resources available to the project partners will be considered
throughout the project in order to facilitate learning for the target group
(TG). This step will be in conjunction with teaching spoken English so that
adults can improve their self confidence. Cultural sensitivity of the TG will
ensure a greater connection to the national citizenship platform through a
European (E) multi dimensional platform. Finalizing the project it is expected
to exhibit all the project outcomes [such as E-Learning Web Platform (E-LWP),
Multilingual Users Guide (MUG), (E-LWP) Questionnaires, Online Visual Artistic
Catalogue (OVAC), Multilingual Pocket Illustrated Glossary of Artistic
Terminology (IMPIGAT), Documentary Film (DF) (consisting of 11 different Short
Audio-Video (SAV)s) created by the adults) at a
conference hall of a prison, in order to include the disadvantaged adults in
prisons through LLL.. This way the project's final outcome will portray an
increase in European consciousness achieved through a unique E Synergy. As a
result the number of the adults who will present our catch phrase
"N2L84ES!" will be detected as one of the performance criteria of our
project.
D3 Project objectives and strategy
In addition
to the following specific objectives of the Grundtvig
programme (to respond to the educational challenge of
an ageing population in Europe and to help provide adults with pathways to
improve their knowledge and competence)
are the
following concrete objectives (emphasizing the subjects/problem we intend to
address):
1)To
develop a creative approach to learning that enhances quality of life for adult
target group (TG)s,
2)To
discover & develop the target groups' inherent natural abilities and
interests through art, ICT & English language and to use these skills for
enterprise and commerce,
3)to
develop creative project products (such as (E-LWP),(MUG),(E-LWPQ)s,(OVAC),(IMPIGAT),(DF)(consisting
of 11 different (SAV)s),
3)To
build confidence & self-esteem in the TG,
4)To
encourage the use of ICT for communication among all project participants in
line with our goal of (ES),
5)To
enable the TG to respond to challenges in society in an innovative &
non-formal way,
6)To
combine the use of art, English &ICT to enable learning by doing &
actively participating,
7)To
enhance personal relationships by breaking the stereotypical barriers that
differentiate TG from others,
8)To make
the TG prove themselves that it is N2L8 for LLL&especially
4 ES by creating innovative project outcomes,
9)To
teach adults analysing & synthesizing their life
styles in order to enhance the standards of their life quality,
10)To learn how to learn,
11)To use all various types of facilities available inside the
curriculum of the partners through out the project
for the aim of increasing creativity,
12)To use the advantage of cooperation with volunteers (if
possible).
The
objective of our project is to use a creative, pedagogical and didactic
approach to learning which will incorporate the use of ICT with art, drama,
music and language. Each partner is
skilled in these areas to enable easy access and learning for the target group.
Strengthening participants self-confidence and
promoting their personal fulfilment will be gained by
helping them to develop social, civic and cultural competencies. The
development of social media tools will enable participating countries to
effectively communicate with each other by uploading blogs, photos, work logs
etc. This will enhance the learning experience as well as further fulfilling
our goal of ES.This is further developed by each TG
actively participating in all aspects of the project from brainstorming to
presenting the final products.
D4 Results and outcome
Meeting in Malta
(by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow):
[...] Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
[...] Something remains for us to do or dare;
Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear;
[...] For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
F Project implementation
But why, you ask me, should this tale be told
To men grown old, or who are growing old?
It is too late! Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
F1 Distribution of tasks
TR
Realizing procedure of the NAs for the application of the project
Management&control of the project using ICT tools such as internet/computer/Iphone/Ipad/external
portable hard drives (within the bounds of possibility)
Design&implement plans to guarantee project success&quality
Accomplish its own activities as a project partner
Gather all partner contributions to build up final products
Ensuring the coordination among the partners of the project including activities,mobilities&products
ALL
1)Preparing Meeting Material,(PNAF) along with(PA)
2)Fullfilling (N2L84ES)
3)Outline of updated F.1.
4)Recording Plan of 4(SAV)s by each partners' contribution to produce the
final(DF)
The scenario of the 4(SAV)s will be created amonghaiku style of teaching
English,short rhymes,short artistic piece of art/drama/creative writing/music,English-teaching
with ICT-karaoke/-scrabble,local sounds,background music and project-symbolic
poem recitation by the adult learners&staff enhancing Fun&Learn activities"
5)Preparing
*Minutes of meetings outlining the actions for each partner by the host country
*Certificate of Attendance including the"Workshop Modules" for each
participant attending the mobility prepared by the host country so that it
will enhance the progress of our (FRW)
6)Plan to develop by partners as per objectives
7)Interim Report(IR) completion
8)Finalizing & sending (IR)&Final Report to NAs in cooperation with
all project partners
9)Updated Project Lifecycle Plan for 2014-15
10)Online video Presentation of final video product contribution to be included
in(OVAC) by the partners
11)Exhibition of CD (OVAC)
12)Plan,Updating & promoting Products
13)(DF) Finalization Workshop combining 4 (SAV)s
14)Plan for Final Presentation ( Deadline for venue selection = Dec 15 2013
)
15)Distrubution of Tasks Schedule for the (FRW) in TR?
16)Realizing Prison Show & (FRW)
17)Renewal of (PNAF) along with (PA) TBA?
18)Promotion of contacts with local institutions&media
19)Maintenance of permanent communication among partners
20)Evaluation&dissemination of project activities & their impact
21)Detecting the no of adults presenting our catchphrase
22)Cooperation with volunteers.
F2 Cooperation and communication
The
following cooperation & communication cycle will be provided among the
institutions using common project language English:
-Regular
project work cooperation will be shared homogeneously among the relevant
partners according to the pathway as stated in both part F.1. DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS&part C.X.4.DESCRIPTION OF PARTNER NO.X
-Regular
correspondence among the institutions consisting of invitation letters or
required documents for the following meeting
-Project
meetings containing workshops & conference calls (especially for the ones
who is absent during the meeting may be acquainted of the workshops by this
way) (A conference call had been realized with representatives from BG, and PL
during the (pv) in Turkey on skype)
-Newsletters
and wallnewspapers prepared by each host country
before/after each meeting will be circulated via photos or web-page links of
their own institution among the whole partners (a wall newspaper has already
been created by the coordinator organisation's adult
learners before the (pv))
-Technologic
equipment such as mobile phones, iphones,ipads
and faxes will be useful for the efficient progress of the non-stop
communication among the partners
-ICT skills
& transfer of innovative practices will be enhanced among the partners such
as e-mail chain, facebook , institutions' own web pages and (E-LWP)
A sample
section from the email-chain among the whole partners as an evidence and
guarantee of non-stop communication showing that all partners have already been
actively involved in the implementation and evaluation of project activities:
"From: Maltepe Kız Teknik ve Meslek Lisessi
(n2l8@hotmail.com)
Sent:
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:07:08 AM
To:
multikultura@wp.pl; info@sommercamp.at; yana2712@gmail.com;
markkonick@gmail.com; sinelynch@yahoo.com; iovinorosangela@gmail.com;
desmosgr@gmail.com; gky2001@hotmail.com
Dear
partners from Austria,Bulgaria
and Poland,
You know we
(as representatives of Turkey, Ireland, France and Italy) are now making
workshops in order to fullfill our application form.And we would be very happy if u can be online with skype or msn so that we can finalize the details our
proposed project. Timing for online connection is between 15:00 and 16:00
(Turkey timing) today (11.01.2012).
Kind
regards
Maltepe Kız Teknik ve Meslek Lisesi
"N2L8"
Grundtvig Learning Partnerships
Draft
Project Management Team
on behalf
of Headmistress
Hatice Dürdane Ekmekçibaşı
Yalı M. Rıhtım Cad. No:27 Maltepe/ İSTANBUL"
F3 Participants involvement
Each
project team members of the partner institutions (both relevant
pupil/learner/trainee and staff) will cooperate both among themselves and the
whole partners as follows:
During
planning
-Panning a
pathway in order to reach as many European adults (within the context of vulnerable
social groups & in marginal social contexts, in particular older people
& those who have left education without basic qualifications) while
creating the project's relevant products as a result of the pre-planned
pedagogical & didactic approach
-Feasibility
meetings for the whole project lifecycle both at the beginning of the project's
approval and before each meeting
-Preperation of the required documents before hosting
project partners at their institutions for project meetings
-Planning a
work task for creating the required project products (such as E-Learning Web
Platform(E-LWP),Multilingual Users Guide(MUG),(E-LWP) Questionnaires (E-LWPQ)s,Online Visual Artistic Catalogue(OVAC),Multilingual
Pocket Illustrated Glossary of Artistic Terminology(IMPIGAT),Documentary Film
(DF) (consisting of 11 different Short Audio-Video(SAV)s) created by the
adults)
-Research
for the cultural, historical, geographical, physical, traditional and European
life styles of each partner in order to enhance the European face and lingual
skills especially in English
-Keeping in
touch via the stated cooperation and communication cycle in part F.1. from the beginning to the end of the project lifecycle
-Pre plan
pathway for the innovation of the relevant project's pedagogical or management
issues for producing the relevant project outcomes
-Brainstorm
for the the schedule & the exact curriculum of
the 3 quarters in order to arrange them according to the academic calendar and
available facilities of the partner institutions
During
Implementation
-Consistent
contribution & cooperation while performing the products (stated in D.4. ), the tasks (stated in part F.1.) and the work programme (stated in G.2.)
-Cooperation
with volunteers (if available)
During
evaluation
-Taking
active role while evaluating the project meetings and annual workshops via
minutes, midterm, final and other promised reports as stated in part
"D.4.Results and Outcomes"
-Being able
to discover "all adults may have a second chance education if they desire
it by heart" by the help of evaluating their self-performance after the
project lifecycle
F4 Integration into outgoing activities
The project
will be integrated into both the learning activities of the participating
learner in each of the participating organisations
& the ongoing activities of the participating organisations
following the steps below:
1)Enhancement of basic foreign language (especially English) learning alongside the
running of adult education curricula as a tool for realizing the main pedagogical
and management issues of the project,
2)Usage of
the N2L84ES products as a reference for the adult learners (including the large
number of adults who have left school early or who have never had the
opportunity to receive a school education (as in the case of many migrants,
refugees, disabled or poor individuals) and are "seniors or ageing
population") running curricula,
3)Integration
of artistic, lingual and digital ICT project issues into Foreign Lanuage,Arts, Graphics & Design, Handicrafts, Music, ICT
departments of the relevant institutions providing a common meeting platform
for the adult and teenager members of partners,
4)Implementation of e-learning (will ensure all partners can avail of online learning in
their home countries),
5)Running
online courses in conjunction with each organisations'
own schedule,
6)Using digital,artistic & linguistic skills in each organisation to achieve project objectives,
7)Develop
learners' existing skills by using new ICT based pedagogical methods such as
(E-LWP),(MUG),(E-LWPQ)s,(OVAC),(MPIGAT),(DF) (consisting of 11 (SAV)s),
8)Creation
of project products cooperating with the relevant European staff (will ensure
future European adult learners benefit from this project),
9)Using
different technology and artistic methods (will ensure learning is open to all
target group),
10)Making
the adult learners of the project partner institutions actively involved
through each step of the project lifecycle inserting the project activities
alongside the regular running curricila of partners,
11)Implementation of project activities throughout the
"European Union Club" activities of the relevant coordinator high
school (will enhance the cooperation among adults and teenagers/children),
12)Involvement of the innovative pedagogical and management
issues of the project through the regular running adult education curricula of
the partner institutions.
F5 Evaluation
Following
evaluation steps will be followed covering the aspects such as follow-up of
progress made and partnership performance,satisfaction
of participants and other target groups out of the institution adult members
(such as prisoners), attainment of objectives, measurement of the relevant
impact and European added value
During the
Project:
1st step:The host organisation
will assemble minutes and actions to be performed by partners before each
meeting. This will ensure even
distribution of tasks and that they are completed within a certain timeframe.
2nd step
will be consisted of:
-Evaluation
of questionnaires for (E-LWP),
-Evaluation
Report of the analysis on results from (E-LWPQ)s
(modify and improve as appropriate),
-Interim
evaluation report (will enable partners to assess project to date and ensure
they are achieving their objectives and tasks),
-2nd
Evaluation Report of the analysis on results from (E-LWPQ)s
(modify and improve as appropriate),
-Product
Progress Report (PPR) prepared by bilateral cooperation of Bulgaria and Italy,
-Final
(PPR) showing the progress on e-learning courses,(OVAC),(MPIGAT),(DF)
(consisting of 11 (SAV)s),
*Evaluation
Report for Prison Show including the Feedback of Project Products,
*Local
Coverage Report about Final Dissemination,
-Final
report for NA (A final evaluation of the project will be completed at the final
meeting comparing minutes from meetings, objectives and task completion &
certificates with workshop modules),
-Feedback
through Facebook, blogs and website on project
products.
After the
Project Completion:
3rd step:
-Evaluation
of the performance of the products (such as (E-LWP),(MUG),(E-LWPQ)s,(OVAC),(MPIGAT),(DF)
(consisting of 11 (SAV)s) will showcase the work produced as the products
record of the work over two years).
4th
step:
-Evaluation
of the potential development of project products (may be used by future
learners and teachers to facilitate lifelong learning for a Transfer of
Innovation (TOI) project).
5th step
-Evaluation
report observing the feedbacks of N2L84ES products from the target pilot
prisoners in Poland as a future guide for all European instutions
volunteering to work with adults in prison throughout the potential future Grundtvig partnership project proposals (the number of the
adults who will present our catch phrase "N2L84ES!" will be detected as one of
the performance criteria of our project).
F6 Dissemination and use of results
All the
partners will disseminate and use the results, experiences and, where
applicable, products of the partnership with
a)wall papers, the
newspapers, internet web pages of the relevant partner institutions.(We have
already disseminated our Preparatory Visit at the following links:
1)http://maltepekml.k12.tr/IcerikDetay/235/Maltepe-Kiz-Teknik-ve-Meslek-Lisesi-AB-Projeler-Kulubu-2011-2012-Aktiviteleri. aspx
2)http://www.anadolugazetesi.com.tr/haber/220-maltepe-kiz-meslekten-yeni-bir-ab-projesi
3)http://www.okullarinsesi.com/news_detail.php?id=3534
4)http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=167921846647288&set=a.110597662379707.12755.100002884228109&type=1&theater
5)http://maltepekml.k12.tr/IcerikDetay/241/Basinda-Biz.aspx)
b)Invitations of
Local Authorities and communities to the Project meetings (Head of Maltepe Town Education Center (Mr
Faik Kaptan) has already
been invited to our Preparatory Visit whose photo may be seen from the above
links in a)),
c)Dissemination of
created draft project products in Greece Meeting,
d)Final Show in
prison,
e)Using the power of
media,
f)Developing an
online European network among the Project News Links directing each one to
other links.
As a result
dissemination and usage of the results, experiences and, where applicable,
products of the partnership wil have been realized in
the participating organisations, in the local
communities and in the wider lifelong learning community.
G2 Work programme
