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Cooperation among schools
Part four – Best practises from schools (at international level)
Realized by MIHAI MADALINA – TEACHER AT SCHOOL NO.4 – RM. VALCEAMARANDICI TATIANA – TEACHER AT “C.N. MIRCEA CEL BATRAN”-RM. VALCEA
SCHOOL NR.4 RM. VALCEA COLLEGE “JOSEPH DELTEIL” ROMANIA LIMOUX - FRANCE
SOCRATES – COMENIUS 1
“WATER-THE GOLD OF TOMORROW”
2004-2006
THIS PROJECT WAS REALISED WITH THE HELP OF A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. - BUCHAREST
PARTICIPANTS
• 22 FRENCH STUDENTS FROM 13 TO 14 YEARS OLD;• 22 ROMANIAN STUDENTS FROM 13 TO 14 YEARS
OLD;• 16 TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL FROM
ROMANIA AND FRANCE - GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHISICS, ENGLISH, FRENCH, MATHEMATICS AREAS;
• THE LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS;• PARENTS;• LANGUAGES USED – FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
OBJECTIVES • TO INCREASE THE MOTIVATION OF THE TARGET GROUP
CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER RESOURCES IN OUR LIFE AND FOR FUTURE;
• TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MANAGE AND TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT;
• TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ AND TEACHERS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND CAPACITY TO WORK IN A TEAM;
• TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ CAPACITY TO USE IT – TOOLS AND TO SYNTHETIZE THE INFORMATION;
• TO MAKE CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OTHER SUBJECTS (BIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, PHISICS, MATHEMATICS);
• TO IMPROVE TEACHERS’ CAPACITY TO LEARN AND TO USE MODERN PEDAGOGICAL METHODS;
• TO PROMOTE FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE THE CIVIC ATTITUDE IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
• PUPILS HAD TO DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO RIVERS: THE OLT RIVER (ROMANIA) AND THE AUDE RIVER (FRANCE).
• THESE RIVERS ARE USED DIFFERENTTLY • THE AUDE RIVER - FOR SPORT ACTIVITIES, FOR HYDROELECTRICITY
AND TOURIST ACTIVITIES;• THE OLT RIVER - FOR HYDROELECTRICITY AND HYDROTHERAPY; • THERE WERE 7 WORK TEAMS AND THEY HAD 7 THEMS FOR
RESEARCH: – 1. THE CYCLE OF WATER;– 2. SUBSOIL WATERS;– 3. WATER TREATMENT WORN;– 4.USE OF WATER AND CONSUMPTION;– 5. POLLUTION;– 6. THE EUROPEAN LEGISLATION;– 7. A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AUDE AND THE OLT.
THE FINAL PRODUCTS
• WEB-SITE – http://echangeroumanie.free.fr• 2 EXHIBITIONS WITH POSTERS REALISED BY THE ROMANIAN
AND FRENCH STUDENTS;• BROCHURES IN ROMANIAN,ENGLISH AND FRENCH WHICH
WERE DISTRIBUTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL;• A MODEL WITH THE CYCLE OF WATER (THE FRENCH
STUDENTS);• A MODEL WITH THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATIONS
WHICH ARE IN VALCEA DISTRICT (THE ROMANIAN STUDENTS);
• QUESTIONNAIRES ABOUT WATER CONSUMPTION.
CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROCH EXAMPLES OF THE TASKS
• THE PRESENTATION OF THE CYCLE OF WATER AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR LIFE (GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY);
• THE PRESENTATION OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL( GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, DRAWING);
• THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL (THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM IN BUCHAREST – 2007, DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUMS);
• DIFFERENT ARTICLES WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY MAGAZINES;
• THE QUESTIONAIRE WAS DISTRIBUTED AT 100 STUDENTS (MATHEMATICS);
COMMUNICATION
• WE HAD 2 VISITS OF DOCUMENTATION – • THE FIRST WAS IN 2005 IN FRANCE AND THE SECOND
VISIT WAS IN 2006 IN ROMANIA;• DURING THE FIRST VISIT THE STUDENTS AND THE
TEACHERS DISCUSSED OVER THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PROJECT;
• AT THE END OF THE SECOND VISIT, THE BOTH PARTENERS WERE INVOLVED IN ORGANISING THE EXHIBITION IN ROMANIA;
• BETWEEN THESE VISITS THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE VIA E-MAIL, OR USING THE TELEPHONE.
HOW ACHIEVEDTHE EXHIBITION
• THE POSTERS WERE REALISED BY EACH WORK TEAM ;• THEY HAD TO COLLECT THEIR MATERIALS – PHOTOS,
TEXTS, DRAWINGS, PICTURES AND PUT THEM ON BIG CARDBOARDS;
• EACH TEAM HAD TO REALISE 2 POSTERS – THEIR POSTER AND THEIR CORRESPONDENTS TEAM POSTER;
• THE MATERIALS WERE SENT BY POST AND THEY WROTE THEIR INSTRUCTIONS ( HOW TO STICK THEM ) ON PAPERS.
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STRENGTH POINTS
• BOTH ROMANIAN AND FRENCH TEACHERS HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE 1991;
• UNTIL 2004 THEY HAD DEVELOPPED 5 CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND 1 SOCRATES - COMENIUS PROJECT – “EUROPAMI” – 2001-2003;
• THE TEACHERS HAD THE SUPPORT OF THEIR MANAGERS, PARENTS, COMMUNITIES;
• STUDENTS HAD ABBILITIES IN USING FRENCH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES AND THEY COULD USE THE IT – TOOLS;
• THEIR DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT WATER;
WEAKNESS POINTS
• THE ROMANIAN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAD TO WORK
DURING THEIR SPARE TIME, EVEN IN WEEK-ENDS AND
HOLIDAYS;
• THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE BY E-MAIL AND THE
STUDENTS DIDN’T ANSWER ALWAYS IN TIME;