321-I Love Maths

"Starting from the idea that one of the key competencies of the 21st century is the mathematical competence, the 4 European schools considered necessary to brush up the teaching methods and open doors to educational innovation by taking Math outside the classroom. The fundamental idea to start up the present project was that about 73% of students from all the partner schools find Math boring and impossible to learn. In all partner schools were identified the needs to increase interest, curiosity and knowledge in mathematics, improve the mathematical skills of low achievers and create new materials in teaching math.Through ""I LOVE MATHS"" project we intend to raise students’ awareness andinterest in learning Mathematics.Specific Objectives:-support directly 100 students and 40 teachers to develop innovative cross-curricular materialsduring 4 international exchanges until 01.09.2021;-develop mathematical competence for the future to 80% boys and girls from 4 EU countries until01.09.2020;-stimulate curiosity and creativity among students from 4 EU schools by connecting mathematics to real life;-increase interpersonal and intercultural communication competence among 80% participatingstudents from 4 European schools until 01.09.2021;-improve mathematics assessment and learning using inquiry-based learning.""INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING” project is addressed to students coming from 4 Europeancountries and the direct target are students from secondary schools, in particular students who are11- 13 years old.There are planned 4 short term exchange of pupils (Romania, Greece, Turkey and Poland) The total number of participants who will attend themobilities is of 100 students and 40 teachers .The project promotes an innovative approach that will lead to increase students’ interest andmotivation in learning Math. The activities are designed to encourage learning by doing, bydiscovering, thinking skills, creativity, imagination, as well as, English and ICT skills.The implementation of the project is structured to achieve the project’s aims using the inquiry-basedlearning method. By tackling students’ curiosity in correlating math with the real world, they willdiscover by themselves the profound influence that math has on our daily lives.Four different topics will be approached during the 4 exchanges of groups of pupils: MATH & ART,MATH IS FUN, MATH IN MOTION, and MATH IN SHAPES. Students’ mathematical skills, curiosityand creativity will be developed using a cross-curricular approach. Students will be encouraged tosee the connection between Math and other school subjects like Art, Music, History, PE and ICT.Using games, team building activities, fundraising activities, surveys, Erasmus+ day events willsignificantly contribute to enable students to learn through an international context. All the project’sproducts will be created by students during the mobilities. During the hosting meetings the partnerswill attend lessons, will observe and exchange good practices and get more familiarized withEuropean educational systems.The school curricula will expand in accordance with the feedback and methods exchanged during themeetings.The following tangible results are expected during the project and on its completion: logo of theproject, presentations, a brochure containing poems about Math, a common song, a calendar of theproject, photos/ drawings, surveys about “Math in daily life - How Healthy Is Your Lifestyle?”, a travelmanual, videos (“Using History to Teach Math”), Geometric toys, bookmarks, leaflets,questionnaires, a booklet of the project and the final DVD of the project.The intangible results expected are: increasing mathematics competence, improving mathematicsassessment, stimulating creativity in teaching and learning math and developing motivation for usingcross-curricular materials and inquiry-based learning in the educational process.""INNOVATIVE MATHS TEACHING"" project will present a validated model of innovative and creativeinterventions for the development and improvement of teaching and learning Mathematics. ThisErasmus+ project offers a wide range of opportunities for self-development for teachers to beupdated with the last methods of teaching used in the European Union.The project team is very positive that the spirit of our international cooperation will be integrated intothe school curricula, leading to the internationalisation of the school, even after the EU funding isover."