GENERAL EVALUATION REPORT Joint activity report 2006-2009

19th – 24th April 2009

The question of evaluation was:“How do you intend to evaluate the progress of the project and its impact on the participating pupils and teachers, the participating institutions and, where relevant, on the local community?”

Evaluation Impact on participants1. Through use of various approaches such as: self-assessment questionnaires, questionnaires with target group (students, teachers, parents) and open-microphone meetings.2. Evaluation of attitudes by observation and self-evaluation. (SAM-scale, Scale for Attitude Measure)3. Regular meetings of participating teachers

4. Teachers-parents meetings

5.Yearly evaluation meeting with all participating schools on items as reaching the aims, ICT-skills, participation of the partners, dissemination,...

1.Reflection, awareness, adoption,...

2. Reflection on the attitudes and improvement

3. Teachers reflect on:Where are we now?How do we know? (We collect data)What are we going to do next?

4. Parents feel involved in the project and can be critical friends.

5. Reflection, awareness, adoption of the participating schools.

Through the following evaluation you will find out that we evaluated in a more than proper way:

How did we reach our goals?The goal We reached it through:Our Project “European Citizenship” is aimed at developing an attitude of active European Citizenship within the school and exchanging culture and heritage, attitudes and values in

Comenius day (Mol 2007) Workshops about Citizenship.Com Day WS 1.Knowledge Com Day WS 3.Role play about prejudices Com Day WS 6.Solidarity and justice.

order to compare participating countries.

Questionnaires about the EU in each schoolProject work in all schoolsParticipation in the action against corruption ‘Clear Poland’Visiting Europe Direct Centre during project meeting, headmaster study visit and student exchange in SlovakiaExchangesKnowledge gained during the lessons on different subjects

We’ll find out how the cross-curriculum goal “education for the citizenship“ is reached in the participating countries as well as what it means for the students.

Questionnaire about subjects dealing with ”Citizenship and European Citizenship Education “

We’ll promote willingness to avoid prejudice within the E.U., increase tolerance, encourage democratic values and improve the communication skills and foreign language. The students will be able to develop specific skills of project management. Besides that, teachers will get involved in cross-curricular work. The project will contribute to sharing ideas and priorities, good practice and experience as well as a greater interest to active and social citizenship.

Pupil exchangesCreating ppt presentations, web pages, DVDs, videos, cds…Communication on the regular basisCom Day Work shops in EnglishCom Day WS 4.Command of the languageCom Day WS A discussion with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishWeb pages written in mother tongue, as well as in EnglishCommunication through the exchanges ,questionnaires,Presentations and instructions given in English

We developed a three-year-scheme. Activities such as CD-presentations, questionnaires and surveys, meetings with politicians, debates, Skype-contacts will be an inseparable part of our work. During student exchanges we intend to analyze, compare and perfect our work. We also want to visit the European Parliament and meet Members of the Parliament.

Student exchanges 2007-2008Mol-Senica, Mol-Castano Primo, Mol-SosnowiecCastano Primo-Sosnowiec, Senica-Sosnowiec Student exchanges 2008-2009Mol-Senica, Mol-Castano PrimoSkype contact:Mol: ruschrob Italy: lucia.buratti2 Razlog: sayanova9988 Senica: jankovychova.a Sosnowiec: lo5.sosnowiec

Visits of the European Parliament in October 2008 and April 2009 with meetings with members of the participating countries:Belgium: Ivo BelletBulgaria: Raeva BilyanaItaly: Patrizia ToiaPoland: Małgorzata Handzlik Slovakia: Monika Benova

The results of the project will be disseminated. A booklet describing the content and methods of national and European Citizenship at school, CDs, a school website are supposed to show the necessity of such a project. We are sure the project will be of great importance for the students and the teachers.

CD-Rom: Presentation of the school, city and countryCD-Rom with memory pictures of exchanges and project meetingsComenius on the website of the schoolThe activities bookletThe booklet with projects of independent learning.

Concrete aims We reached these through:Finding out the current knowledge about the E.U. and the participating countries.

Questionnaires and Workshops on the Comeniusday in Mol (2007) and during exchanges (2007-2009)Communication on the regular basisPresentations of schools, town, countries, …Com Day WS 1.Knowledge Com Day WS Economic immigrationCom Day WS 5.”To get to know each other”Com Day WS Economic immigrationCom day WS A typical dishActivities done during exchangesVisits of the area during all exchanges, project meetings, and headmaster study visitsQuestionnaires about the EU

To create and try out the methods convenient to be used at learning process to reach the aim.

Questionnaires, workshops, Projects of Independent LearningCom day Workshops about Citizenship.Com Day WS 1, 2,3,5,6,8,9 and 10Questionnaires about the EU in

each schoolProject work in all schoolsParticipation in the action against corruption ‘Clear Poland’Visiting Europe Direct Centre during project meeting, headmaster study visit and student exchange in SlovakiaExchangesKnowledge gained during the ILM lessons on different subjects

To find out if there is the cross-curriculum goal –“ Education for the citizenship“ in various types of secondary schools( general, vocational, technical ) and how other countries reach the goal.

Workshops, Projects of Independent LearningQuestionnaire about Subjects dealing with ”Citizenship and European Citizenship Education “

To find out what does “to be a citizen and European citizens “mean for the students

Workshops, Projects of Independent LearningQuestionnaire about Subjects dealing with ”Citizenship and European Citizenship Education “

To create the moral background of the European citizen.

Com Day WS Democracy in practice Com Day WS A chat with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishRole plays and projects, held at different subjects in all schoolsMeeting student parliament /the local advisor body of the Town Hall in Senica during the exchange with BelgiumOrganising voting for the member of Municipal Youth Council in Sosnowiec

To involve schools and other participants into cooperation.

QuestionnairesThe associated partners

To improve the communication skills in local and foreign languages.

Exchanges + ILM-projects

To promote willingness to avoid prejudice within the E.U.

Pupil exchangesCreating PPt presentations, web pages, DVDs, videos, CDs…Communication on the regular basisCom Day Work shops in EnglishCom Day WS 4.Command of the language

Com Day WS A discussion with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishWeb pages written in mother tongue, as well as in EnglishCommunication through the exchanges ,questionnaires,Presentations and instructions given in English

To find out benefits of being a European citizen

Com day WS 3,5,6,8,9 and 12

The intercultural awareness will also be stimulated by student meetings and exchanges through which students will take part in the daily life of young people in the participating countries.

Student exchanges.Questionnaire 2 and 3

e-mail penpals Senica- Sosnowiec, Senica –Mol for students 12,13 years old

Concrete aims for students We reached these through

To develop an attitude of active European Citizenship within the school and community.

Com day Workshops about Citizenship.Com Day WS 1, 2,3,5,6,8,9 and 10Questionnaires about the EU in each schoolProject work in all schoolsParticipation in the action against corruption ‘Clear Poland’Visiting Europe Direct Centre during project meeting, headmaster study visit and student exchange in SlovakiaExchangesKnowledge gained during the lessons on different subjects

To exchange culture and heritage, attitudes and values in order to compare and contrast participating countries.

Com Day WS 1.Knowledge Com Day WS Economic immigrationCom Day WS 5.”To get to know each other”Com Day WS Economic immigrationCom day WS A typical dishCom day WS 4,5,9,10 and 12Activities done during exchangesParticipation of the Bulgarian school in a national contestOpen lessons in Poland,

Participation in Olympiad of Geography in SlovakiaRegional folkdances and music concert of the school in BulgariaMy town and my country in painting in Senica, SlovakiaVisits of the area during all exchanges, project meetings, and headmaster study visitsQuestionnaires about the EUGeographical features of the areas, countries…presented on the web pages and PowerPoint presentations

To create more confidence in the use of new technology for contacts, research and presentation and to encourage them to work independently.

Contact in pupil exchanges through the computerCom Day WS 1.Knowledge on computerWorking with digital camera, video camera, computerCreating PPt presentations, web pages, DVDs, videos, CDs…Emails and using software related to computer systems

To increase tolerance and encourage democratic values.

Com day WS 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9 and 11Com Day WS Democracy in practice Com Day WS A chat with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishRole plays and projects, held at different subjects in all schoolsMeeting student parliament /the local advisor body of the Town Hall in Senica during the exchange with BelgiumOrganising voting for the member of Municipal Youth Council in Sosnowiec

To develop specific skills of project management.

Preparation of the project meetings and head teacher study visits

Preparation of the pupil exchangesTo improve language skills. Pupil exchanges

Creating PPt presentations, web pages, DVDs, videos, CDs…

Communication on the regular basisCom Day Work shops in EnglishCom Day WS 4.Command of the languageCom Day WS A discussion with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishWeb pages written in mother tongue, as well as in EnglishCommunication through the exchanges ,questionnaires,Presentations and instructions given in English

To bring the students into cooperation with local authorities and associations.

Preparation pupil exchanges

Meetings at town halls during exchanges and project meetings

To gain a better knowledge about the topics involved in the project.

Comenius day + pupil exchanges

To be a good host as well as a guest Pupil exchanges

Project meetings: pupils were hosted in host families

To learn more about: making reports, research work, gathering materials.

Reports of the pupil exchanges, the reports of the questionnaires,…

Concrete aims for teachers We reached these throughTo scope the content in each subject dealing with the topic

Preparation of the Comenius day and the questionnaires

To specify the upbringing details which we want to reach

Preparation of the Comenius day, the questionnaires and the pupil exchanges

To scope the area of collaboration in cross- curriculum work

Preparation of the Comenius day , the pupil exchanges and the project meetings.

Create the methods to reach the goal.

A. Projects of independent learning B. Questionnaires.

1. To find out what does “to be a citizen and European citizen “mean for the students

2. To find out benefits of being a European citizen

3. To raise the awareness of national and European citizenship.

To exchange and improve methodological skills.

Projects of independent learning and questionnaires

To get actively involved in cross-curricular work.

Preparation of the Comenius day, the questionnaires, the pupil exchanges and the ILM-projects.

To obtain better IT skills, technological culture as well as become more fluent in foreign languages.

Comenius day + pupil exchanges

Contact in pupil exchanges through the computerCom Day WS 1.Knowledge on computerWorking with digital camera, video camera, computerCreating PPt presentations, web pages, DVDs, videos, CDs…Emails and using software related to computer systems

To band teachers for Europe. The whole project and especially the contacts between the teachers in pupil exchanges and the project meetings in Mol and head teacher study visits ( October 2006)and Razlog (April 2007)Sosnowiec ( October 2007),Castano Primo( April 2008) , Senica ( November 2008), Mol ( April 2009)

To disseminate the results of the project.

The Comenius forum on the school website, school magazine, articles in the Press, local TV,

Parents and teachers meetingsTo encourage students to reach their aims.

Pupil exchanges and the workshops on the Comenius day

Concrete aims on the school and local community.

We reached these trough:

To identify shared problems, ideas and priorities through the exchange of knowledge, good practice and experience.

Meetings at the Town Hall in Castano Primo, Mol, Senica, Razlog during the project meetings and pupils exchanges

To generate a greater interest to active citizenship and social inclusion.

Meetings at the Town Hall in Castano Primo, Mol, Senica, Razlog during the project meetings and

pupils exchangesTo show that European partnership and collaboration have positive effect on schools and local communities.

Through the dissemination of the project in the media

To raise the interest of non-participating teachers and students.

Presentation of the results for all members of the school

To increase the open-mindedness towards new approaches.

Com Day WS Democracy in practice Com Day WS A chat with a Flemish Euro-Parliamentarian in EnglishRole plays and projects, held at different subjects in all schoolsMeeting student parliament /the local advisor body of the Town Hall in Senica during the exchange with BelgiumOrganising voting for the member of Municipal Youth Council in SosnowiecPresentation of the results for all members of the school

To raise the awareness of national and European citizenship.

Through the questionnaire “What do young people mean by ‘European Citizenship’?”

Through projects of independent learning.

Which activities do you intend to carry out in the course of the project?

We carried out through:

First year: 1.We make a CD-presentation of each school, city, region and country with extra attention for the mother tongue and English language and put it on the website of the school so that each school can load it down to get to know each other.

December 2006

2007

2.To elaborate the common questionnaires and methods for research through questionnaires we try to find out:

2006 - 2007

A. the present status of citizenship education in different types of secondary education (general,

2007-2008We did some questionnaires in

technical, vocational) in each involved country and to map the differences in the participating countries/institutions

general, technical and vocational schools each school in its own city.

B. if there are subjects dealing with the citizenship and European citizenship education

March 2007

C. what students know and think about it.

March 2007

3. We analyse the questionnaires and put the results on the website of the schools.

April 2007

4. Compare the system of the citizenship and European citizenship education of all involved countries as well as the methods used while applying it.

April 2007

Second year: 1. To create methods how to reach the aim the citizenship and European citizenship education

Questionnaires 2007-20081. To find out what does “to be a

citizen and European citizen “mean for the students

2. To find out benefits of being a European citizen

3. To raise the awareness of national and European citizenship.

Projects ILM: previous book in 2007-2008 Final book 2008-2009

2. To try out the methods in teaching process at various types of secondary education in each involved country

Projects ILM: previous book in 2007-2008

3. To elaborate the system of evaluation of the created methods – feedback questionnaires for students, teachers, parents involved in the project.

Each project meeting in April of each year we evaluated our way of working to improve our methods the year after.

4. By visiting, inviting,… local authority, associations, political parties, parliament … to get familiar with the activities of institutions which help to adhere the civil and democratic principles.

Each project meeting we had meeting at the town Hall in the participating cities.

5. Through student exchanges mediate the cultural and civil

There were exchanges with Mol, Senica, Castano Primo and

traditions in involved countries Sosnowiec.6. In the students exchanges we organize debates about various European problems and make students create projects on them.(e.g. corruption, School Festival “I am a Citizen of … !”, “Dream School”,…)

There were exchanges with Mol, Senica, Castano Primo and Sosnowiec.

Third year: 1. To create the common feedback questionnaires to let the students evaluate themselves how they reached the goal to be good citizens and European citizens

ILM projects the final book April 2009

2. During student exchanges we visit the European Parliament in Brussels and meet Members of Parliament and debate on European citizenship.

We visited the European Parliament with pupils in October 2008???? Did you? and with the coordinators and principals in April 2009.

3. A booklet made by the students including the summary of the three-year-activities and results.

The Book of Activities.

Yearly activities

1.Student exchanges between the participating schools

2006-2007

Mol-Senica, Mol-Castano Primo, Mol-Razlog (Comenius day)

Senica-Razlog (project meeting Razlog)2007-2008Mol-Senica, Mol-Castano Primo, Mol-SosnowiecCastano Primo-Sosnowiec, Senica-Sosnowiec 2008-2009Mol-Senica, Mol-Castano Primo

2. Project meeting Senica 2005 – preparatory visit Mol October 2006, Razlog April 2007Sosnowiec October 2007, Castano Primo April 2008Senica November 2008, Mol April 2009

3. Headmasters study visit Senica 2005 – preparatory visit Mol October 2006, Razlog April 2007Sosnowiec October 2007, Castano Primo April 2008Senica November 2008, Mol April 2009

5. We put reports of the exchanges on the website of the school.

2006-2009

4. Students collect information and do research about:

A.National Citizenship in the curriculum

B.The European Union, past-present-future,

C.The opportunities and rights we have in the E.U.

D.The meaning of the European Citizenship

Students did not, teachers and headmaster did (Q1)Com Day WS 1 + Q2 and Q3

Com Day WS 1 + Q2 and Q3

Com Day WS 1 + Q2 and Q3

What kind of end product(s) do you intend to produce?

Date of reaching these end products.

1. The booklet of methods , moral background of citizen, summaries… about national and European Citizenship at school.

The summary of the questionnaires.

Previous booklet ILM projects(April 2008)

Final booklet ILM projects(2009)Final Booklet activities (2009)

2. CD presentation 2006, DVD “European Citizenship” 3. Comenius part on the website of the schools

2007-2009

4. Collages and posters on the projects of the exchanges.

Comenius room at the school in Sosnowiec is a perfect example.Other schools made a Comenius corner.Calendar 2007_2009 made in Senica

5. The visit and the debate in the European Parliament.

Comenius day Mol 2007 workshop

with Belgian Euro Parliamentarian.

The visit to the European Parliament and having a meeting with members from all participating countries of the Parliament.(November 2008, April 2009)

How do you intend to disseminate the results, experience and end products amongst the participating institutions, other institutions and the local community?

Dessimination dates:

1. Articles in magazines 2007-2009School magazine and local media.

2. Local TV and radio presentations 2007-2009More in the Eastern Europe partner countries.

3. Workshops at involved schools other than the participating schools and associations.

2006-2009Comenius day in Mol, workshops in exchange weeks,Comenius week in Razlog.

4. Public presentations as mini expositions, bulletins, essays, collages, posters, wall charts, etc. exposed in school and partly distributed to participating schools as well as to the neighbouring schools and associations.

2006-2009After each exchange week in presence of parents and members of the local authorities.Art exhibitions of art exchange projects in Senica in 2007,2008 opened for public in Art galleryNumber of activities, the exhibition held in School 60-anniversary in Senica

5. Comenius part on the website of the schools.

2006-2009

6. Dissemination of the booklet in participating schools, associations, libraries, schools in the neighbourhood, European contacts, the press.

2009ILM booklet offered to all schools in Belgium through ‘KLasse Direct’ILM booklet in mother tongue offered the District Authority member and participating schools in Senica

We involved as much pupils as possible :To ensure equal opportunities for the participation of female and male pupils and staff?All students, teachers and staff must have the opportunity to participate in all projects!

T o promote intercultural education, and/or to help combat racism/xenophobia?Collaborating with the students of different ethnic groups, and the students with special needs.The title itself ‘European Citizenship’ shows that we want to work on a good citizenship which includes this item.

To facilitate the participation of pupils/schools who/which are disadvantaged for socio-economic or other reasons?If necessary solidarity must be built-in for, for instance financial problems, so that everyone can take part. Also e-mail projects with the participating schools are a possibility to participate everyone.

To facilitate the participation of disabled pupils and staff?+ For those who have physical transportation problems can take part through e-mail projects that we created.+ Trips must be organized so that those persons can participate

To enhance the participation of pupils from ethnic and other minority groups, in particular children of migrant workers, gypsies, travellers and occupational travellers?

If necessary solidarity must be built-in for, for instance financial problems, so that everyone can take part. Also e-mail projects with the participating schools are a possibility to participate everyone. If we are working on the item ‘minorities’ we will be motivated to related through our own experience, to organize workshops connected to their culture (dance, cooking, hairdressing, singing, music,…) and dissolve the prejudices towards them.

A description of the role of all participating institutions In preparation to the start meeting in Senica (2005) all partners wrote a proposal application in which the aims for the Comenius 1-project as well as the content of the project items were written down. About two weeks before the preparatory visit these application were brought together in one “preparatory application”. This application was sent to all participating

schools had to read it, to make adjustments and to bring those to the meeting in Senica.

All participating schools were invited in Senica, they were represented by their co-ordinator European Projects.

Adjustments were made to the final application.

Each school carried a responsibility for a part of the Comenius project:

ActivitiesFirst year:

1.We make a CD-presentation of the school, city, region and country with extra attention for the mother tongue and English language and put it on the website of the school so that each school can load it down to get to know each other.

Each school

2.To elaborate the questionnaires and methods for research through questionnaires we try to find out: A. the present status of citizenship education in different types of secondary education (general, technical, vocational) in each involved country and to map the differences in the participating countries/institutionsSosnowiec

B. If there are subjects dealing with the citizenship and European citizenship educationSenica

C. What students know and think about it. Budapest

3. We analyse the questionnaires and put the results on the website of the schools.Each school4. Compare the system of the citizenship and European citizenship education of all involved countries as well as the methods used while applying it.Each school

Second year: 1. To create methods how to reach the aim the citizenship and

European citizenship education Mol

2. To try out the methods in teaching process at various types of secondary education in each involved country

Each school

3. To elaborate the system of evaluation of the created methods – feedback questionnaires for students, teachers, parents involved in the project.

Bulgaria

4. By visiting, inviting,… local authority, associations, political parties, parliament … to get familiar with the activities of institutions which help to adhere the civil and democratic principles.

Each school

5. Through student exchanges mediate the cultural and civil traditions in involved countries

Each school

6. In the students exchanges we organize debates about various European problems and make students create projects on them.(e.g. corruption, School Festival “I am a Citizen of … !”, “Dream School”,…)

Each school

Third year: 1.To create the feedback questionnaires to let the students evaluate themselves how they reached the goal to be good citizens and European citizensMol

2.During student exchanges we visit the European Parliament and meet Members of Parliament and debate on European citizenship.

Mol

3.A booklet of activities made by the students including the summary of the three- year-activities and results.Each school

7. The ILM bookletEach school

Yearly activities

1. Student exchanges between the participating schools Each school

2. Project meeting

Mol October 2006, Razlog April 2007 Sosnowiec October 2007,

Castano Primo April 2008, Senica November 2008, Mol April 2009

4. Headmasters study visit

Mol October 2006, Razlog April 2007 Sosnowiec October 2007, Castano Primo April 2008, Senica November 2008, Mol April 2009

5. We put reports of the exchanges on the website of the school. Each school

6.Students and teachers analyze data collected

Each school

The coordinator:He was the contact person among the coordinators in the partner schools. Beside this it was important that he paid attention that the project aims were achieved, that the deadlines for e-mail and other projects were followed and that the number of students and teachers that were involved in the project were as high as possible.

The coordinator made a report of the results and the updated every three months as well as prepared the yearly evaluation meeting.

He was also the contact person to the National Agency if necessary.

He was responsible for the progress of the project in his own school.

The partner associations:

1. The local authority- to gain the information how the public authority works2. Pro-Region to gain the information how non-profit association works , how to use funds to gain money for the public activities, to help to organize the planned activities3. Europe Direct Information Centre- to gain the information of EU countries, how the EU organizations work, where to find the help in EU countries in case someone has troubles in some EU country 4.Parents Association – the financial help and the active participation of the parents of the students involved

Did the project intend to use information and communication technologies? If yes, what kind of technologies ? How and to what extent will they be used? New methods of teaching on-line will be applied;

1. Internet – to gain the new information about the Socrates, and other information needed, web page placement

2. e-mail , chatting , skype ,…to exchange information among schools and participating institutions

3. MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Java Script ) – data compiling, graphs creating, CD presentations , web pages creating

4. Digital camera and digital video-camera – producing pictures, videos, DVD, web-video camera,

5. Projects of independent learning.

How did we ensure the active participation of pupils throughout the project 1. Students were involved in planning the activities, questionnaires creating , distributing, collecting , compiling and analyzing 2. Students created the web pages, multi medial CD presentations, graphs . 3. Students were active participants of new methods implementing at their learning process. They were the object of the new methods trying as well as the active participants during the lessons of the new method implementing 4. Students participated actively in receiving foreign guests as hosts.5. Students participated as guides at school, in the region and at cultural trips.6. They were the source of feedback information in evaluation processEvaluation was made through students and teachers feedback along with review of exchanged materials and gained knowledge; students anticipated to answer the questions on different sides of the project work.

How did we integrated the project into the curriculum of the pupils participating in the project at the institutions involved?Through our projects of Independent learning.Cross curriculum subject since year 2009_2010 in Slovakia in the New School Curriculum