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Promoting social, historical and cultural values, MOSAIC brings EU pupils together through intercultural dialogue based on study of historic and cultural inheritance, and intercultural dialogue brings to fostering European identity and active citizenship. In the project participate schools from 9 countries – St. Anna Instituut, Belgium (Eeklo), 2ο Πειραματικό Γυμνάσιο Αθηνών, Greece (Athens), OMO Scholengroep Bergen op Zoom e.o, Holland (Bergen op Zoom), Istituto Tecnico Commerciale e Linguistico Statale “Marco Polo”, Italy (Bari), Istituto Superiore Artistico “A. Passaglia”, Italy, (Lucca), Escola EB 2,3 João Afonso de Aveiro, Portugal (Aveiro), Instituto de Educación Secundaria “Jerónimo Zurita”, Spain (Zaragosa), Darlington Education Village Federation, UK (Darlington) and the coordinator is Lyceum Artis, Bulgaria (Sofia).
Through "The 7 Wonders of our city" (cultural-historic monuments, chosen by the each school) pupils introduce their identity (culture, history, social life) to the partners and respectively – learn about theirs. All this happens via challenging race (solving and following cultural riddles) in search of clues hidden throughout the 7 Wonders - pieces of the mosaic which is finally to be arranged and artistically interpreted. Visiting each of the seven monuments of cultural and historic inheritance in our city the students make pictures of them which would be exhibited in special expositions in their own cities and will introduce the rich history and the beauties of our city throughout Europe.
Education through personal merge in diversity/similarity of EU cultural-historic inheritance brings for building up pupils' character and team-work habit, development of key competences, competitiveness and motivation. Introducing the eternal values through the idea of 7 Wonders, MOSAIC helps pupils enjoy better life as active European citizens.
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- Subjects: Art, Citizenship, Classical Languages (Latin & Greek), Cross Curricular, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Informatics / ICT, Media Education, Politics, Religion, Social Studies / Sociology, Technology
- Languages: EN
- Pupil's age: 10 - 18
- Tools to be used: e-mail, Forum, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes, ...), Web publishing
- Aims: 1. Active involvement stimulated by cultural inheritance and its messages.
2. Development of key competences and LLL continuum, artistic and... read more1. Active involvement stimulated by cultural inheritance and its messages.
2. Development of key competences and LLL continuum, artistic and innovative thinking.
3. Personal development through cultural education and character education through historic ideals - elaboration of model for goal setting and meeting challenges.
4. Focus on teamwork, social relations, active citizenship and intercultural understanding.
5. Strengthening of intercultural education and its contribution to social integration through awareness of our own ‘ego’ in the context of national identity and EU integration.
6. International collaboration, so that to “build up unified spiritual Europe over the geographical one”. hide
- Work process: 1. Use of cultural-historic inheritance in educational context for development of ethical and steady valuable system.
2. Mastering and improvement of... read more1. Use of cultural-historic inheritance in educational context for development of ethical and steady valuable system.
2. Mastering and improvement of key competences, inc. fundamental and transversal ones - social and civic competences, cultural awareness and learning to learn.
3. Building up motivation for continuous self-refinement and LLL continuum.
4. Ability to live in a complex cultural environment - tolerance for cultural and linguistic diversity and fight against stereotypes, xenophobia and prejudices.
5. Active EU citizenship through study of national cultures and history.
6. Use of cultural inheritance for improvement of European orientation and dimension in education: awareness of the positive contribution of EU in promoting social and cultural integration; series of best practices for after-project activities.
7. Essential use of ITC and arts in education.
8. Attracting attention and support of parents, community and decision-makers.
Approach: Synergy between education, art and innovative thinking to understand how cultural-historic inheritance shapes EU conscience; Personal discovery and team-work; Reinforcement of social issues related to EU and national identity; Intensive use of ITC. The novel approach will be developed on implementation of MOSAIC into school curricula; joint activities in arts, languages, (art) history, culture, etc.; production of artistic project materials and exhibitions.
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- Expected results: The project promotes awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe and brings for tolerance and need... read moreThe project promotes awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe and brings for tolerance and need to oppose xenophobia, prejudices and racism. It enhances European dimension of education by joint co-operation activities between EU schools, ensuring European added value through:
a) Incorporation of new topics with national and EU dimension in the school programs. Starting from local cultural inheritance and national identity, MOSAIC fosters intense EU cooperation and active involvement of pupils.
b) New perspective on cultural-historic inheritance as character building value system - MOSAIC encourages pupils to care about their national inheritance and to play a role in shaping common EU future.
c) Atmosphere of international competition and cooperation through study of cultural inheritance. Paying the due respect for the national education, cultural and linguistic diversity, MOSAIC gives pupils a chance to indulge in intercultural dialogue and to open minds to novelties and challenges.
d) Well-balanced project activities incorporated into teaching programs which become more refine through the use of art and culture, ITC and foreign languages, interdisciplinary education, peer-education and communication.
e) Creation of international teams bringing for new friendships and trust, growing motivation and sustainability of MOSAIC. hide
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