Wednesday, October 28, 2009

1st meeting of Comenius program, Istanbul, Turkey 25-30 /10/ 2009.

Day 2. Project meeting

Methodology of each partner

GR: Themes

1: Cultural heritage, monuments

2: Traditional cuisine through time and civilization

Method:

· essay from pupils

· photographs

· exhibitions

Outcomes:

· cd on blog-spot

· text

PL: Themes

1: Cultural heritage (castles fortresses, palaces, churches)

2: National regional cuisine dishes connecting to national religion days

Method:

· find recipes

· make the dishes

· collect information

· take photographs

Outcomes:

· photos and video

· multimedia presentation

· a book of recipes

· photograph exhibition

HU: Themes

1: Architectural heritage of Budapest. Ancient Greek, Roman, Baroque, Austro-Hungarian, Turkish architecture

2: cuisine

Method:

· taking photographs and

· making of video.

· cooking, teach the students how to make the dishes

Outcomes:

· reader publishing (for supplementary teaching)

· photographs

· video

BG: Themes

1: Cultural heritage (old houses in Slivan and its region, 18th- 19th century)

2: Social events : wedding ceremonies. Customs connecting to the wedding ceremonies.

Method:

· searching

· contact the historical museum

· interviews.

Outcomes:

· reports

· essays

· pictures (photograph exhibition and multimedia presentation)

TR: Themes

1: wedding ceremony, jewellery, traditional clothes

Method:

· survey and interviews

· documentary films about wedding ceremony

· handmade jewelleries

· exhibition about clothes and jewelleries

· photographs

Outcomes:

· documentary on clothes

· paintings by students

· exhibition (fashion week)

· drama

· photographs and videos

· cd

Decisions to be made questions to be answered.

1. deadline for informing hosts about what to prepare, what to bring

2. informing each other what to accomplish until meeting in HU.(frameworks)

3. How many students/ teachers are going to be mobile?

4. When/ how are we going to exchange emails( communication), details of students?

5. Accommodation (hotel, families)?

6. Duration – kind/ standard of accommodation?

7. Expectations of guests on host cities

Decisions of partners.

1. Partners will inform hosts 3 months in advance, prior to the meeting, for the students and the teachers

· Number

· Names

· Duration

· Kind of accommodation

· Official invitation( needed for some of the partners to travel)

2. Frameworks until April 2010

· GR- 2 activities 50%

· TR- 1 (ceremonies) 100%

· PL- 1 castles 100%

· BG- 1 old houses 100%

· HU- Reader publishing 100%

3. Mobility

· GR-8students/3T

· PL-8students/3T

· TR-(4-6)students/2T

· BG-4students/3T

· HU- 4students/2T

4. 5-7 nights Saturday-Friday or the end be on Saturday

5. Ask in advance for the expectations.

Tasks

· Inform the students about the meeting and its results

· Present the points of the meeting

· Push the students to work

· Promote communication between students and teachers, partners

Evaluation

· Meeting discussion in each school among teachers, students, families and local community

· Final internal evaluation by questionarries and brief interviews for each year and school

· Results for each partner

· Final report from coordinator

Summary

Partners agreed on the tasks they have to accomplish until the next meeting, which will take place in Budapest, Hungary in April 2010, the ways they work separately in the schools and as partners, and the means of evaluation for each partner.