Plan of activities
Approx. starting date - Activity/mobility description
September - October 2008
On-line survey to establish the pupils’ level of prior knowledge regarding the subjects involved
Creating the plan/framework of the optional (topics and teaching approaches)
Designing and launching the website
November 2008 - Project meeting:Istanbul, Turkey
Presentations of the schools involved and each national educational system
Analysing different approaches to implementing interdisciplinary teaching
Adapting the plan of the optional according to the results of the on-line survey
Creating a mini-dictionary of common phrases including terms concerning human rights (national languages and English)
December 2008 - Dissemination on a local level (presentations, mass media, website)
Final plan of the optional based on feedback from each partner school – video conference
Materials and results posted on the website
January - February 2009 - Creating the lessons accompanied by teaching instructions (English) – 6 lessons + 1 evaluation per subject
March-April 2009 - Exchanging the created lessons among the partners and testing them
Feedback from pupils and teachers: reports (subjects taught), observation sheets (methods)
May 2009 - Project meeting: Märjamaa, Estonia
Modifying the lessons based on reports and observation sheets
Compiling the teaching material
Evaluation of the first year of project (group discussions)
SWOT analysis (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats) in order to improve the activities for the second year
May-July 2009 - Making final adjustments to the teaching material
Final products (website, DVDs/CDs, exhibitions) and dissemination on a local level (presentations, mass media)
September - October 2009 - Piloting the teaching material - initial questionnaire about the pupils’ prior knowledge of human rights and responsibilities followed by lessons (one-week project for Denmark, one lesson/week for the other schools)
October 2009 - Project meeting: Egaa, Denmark
Observation of the last part of Danish pupils’ project week
Danish pupils present results of their project week
Comparison of different types of implementation (one-week project vs one lesson/week), teaching approaches and evaluation - reports on advantages and disadvantages, level of participation and involvement
October 2009 – May 2010 - Dissemination on a local level (presentations, mass media, website)
School partners continue their teaching
Translations of teaching material into each national language
Final questionnaire (identical with the initial one) to measure the knowledge acquired by the pupils during the teaching part of the project
May 2010 - Project meeting: Sibiu, Romania
Pupils learn how to interpret the questionnaires (statistics) and how to teach their classmates
Comparison between different pedagogical methods used to implement the optional in each school – group discussions between teachers and pupils
Teachers’ and pupils’ discussion about the pros and cons of the collaboration – draft of final report
June-July 2010 - Pupil-pupil teaching: statistical analysis on the initial and final questionnaires in each participant school followed by a comparison of the results
Editing and publishing the final teaching materials (English and national language – interleaved brochure: pupil’s pages and teaching instructions)
Final report published on the website
Dissemination on a local level (presentations, mass media, website)