ACT FOR ENVIRONMENT!

"<< Background >>We applied to this project to give an environmental education to students so that their knowledge prepare them to lead the world toward a healthier, cleaner and more sustainable environment. ""Act for Environment"" was a student-oriented and hands-on project that tackled environmental issues, raised the pupils’ awareness and taught them that protecting environment had to start at an individual level before having a positive impact on the community Through this partnership, we also aimed to make our schools greener by engaging all the members of the school communities. The main idea for this project came out also considering these aspects:> the need of collaborative initiative in exchanging good practice and educational tools for schools to increase motivation of pupils for learning and achieving good results> the need of collaboration in Europe facing the significant environmental changes in future> providing opportunities for disadvantaged pupils and also setting new challenges for highly motivated pupils> the importance of building young people´s personal skills as ability of intercultural communication, teamwork and fluency in foreign language.<< Objectives >>The “AFE” project wanted to promote the exchange of good practices and cooperation in the field of education. Teachers/educators had different levels of knowledge and experiences on the project subject, as their training capacities were different. We made efforts to combine these experiences into a common expertise so as to implement new and innovative teaching methodologies. Furthermore, the project helped to improve essential ICT skills and develop the use of digital tools among teachers / educators as well as students. Then, it raised pupil’s motivation for thinking in a global way . It motivated the pupils to get involved actively in the social life of the community. Finally, we wanted to promote the Integrated Learning of Content and Language (ILCL) in the area of Education for environmental issues and give both students and teachers an opportunity to communicate in a foreign language. << Implementation >>We organized 4 LTTA in each partner school. We had 2 short-term joint staff Events in France (February 2023) and Romania (May 2024) and 2 Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils during the project in Italy ( May 2023) and Turkey (October 2023) for 5 days.The LLTs were planned to involve pupils in different kinds of activities related to the topic (4 pupils /2 teachers).This project went through etwinning and Erasmus cooperation between the partners' schools. << Results >>The following results were implemented during the “AFE” project - each school made is own dissemination plan : Internet - Social networks - press releases - - each school implemented an evaluation plan : questionnaires, surveys, statistics- 4 transnational partners involved in the activity.- Meetings and visits to key stakeholders- Information meetings : on line meetings - A shared website - Padlets- Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, school websites, local websites...) - e-Handbook (WEB2.0 Tools - 3R)- An innovative curriculum- Creation of the project logo.- ECO-Mascot- Greenvision music Contest- e-Magazine/ e-Booklet- Multilingual e-Green dictionary- 8 Newsletters in 2 years- Brochures-Video shoots and sharing on Youtube- Open door days / End of year party / bazaars where the AFE project was promoted - Etwinning activities - Films for special events : Earth day - Water day ... - Safe Internet Day productions - a Google drive account was created to collaborate"