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lunes, 23 de abril de 2012

Task 7. Instructions


TASK SEVEN
PICTURE EUROPE. EUROPUZZLES

INTRODUCTION

The Europuzzles activity aims to share moments of our mobilities through pictures. It is one of the  activities planned for the Final Meeting to close our project. Since the name of our website is Picture Europe, we wanted to show a collection of pictures taken during the different mobilities so everybody could see scenes from the experiences of the exchanges.

INSTRUCTIONS

·        Each country must bring a selection of pictures from the different mobilities.
·        Students are divided in international groups.
·        In a piece of a big colour card students must draw and cut big letters forming the letters

o   PICTURE EUROPE

·        this letters will be the frames for the pictures.

·        Students must fill the letter frames with pictures from each mobility and write a sentence expressing their feeling about the exchanges.

  • The activity is going to be recorded in a camera, so each group will bring their letter and read the sentence aloud.

jueves, 12 de abril de 2012

Task 6. Instructions

TASK SIX
FILMING A POEM

1) Each country chooses one national poem. The poem has to be provided in
two versions: in the national language and in English. The poem should
bring the universal message and be understandable for students from all
the countries.
Deadline: 20 November
2) You send the poem to anuka@op.pl providing also all extra information
you would like to be uploaded on the website (an author information,
commentaries, audio files).
Deadline: 20 November
3) The poems are uploaded on the website in both languages (English and
national). Participants from all the countries read all the poems. (If
possible you can provide .mp3 files with a person reading the poem in
national language.)
Deadline: 24 November
4) Each country chooses one poem to be filmed (you can choose your own
national poem). Students analyze the poem and think over the concept of
the film. They prepare a film with the poem as a part of a soundtrack. The
film can show the message of the poem, it can be also just an illustration or
a background for the poem. It is up to the students. The films should not be
longer than 7 minutes unless really needed.
Deadline: 15 December
5) The films are uploaded on the website.
Deadline: 20 December
TECHNICALITIES
The easiest way to upload a film on the website is to put it on Youtube. If you cannot
do that, send them to me (or upload it to any send.it space).
You are also welcome to add all the information and pictures you want (biography of
the poet, remarks on the poem, pictures of students making the film etc). Just send it
to me.

miércoles, 14 de diciembre de 2011

Task 2


TASK TWO
PERSONAL VALUES OF TEENAGERS

INTRODUCTION

For the second task Italy decided to make a survey to see whether all the six countries had similar opinions about different values. Each question had to be answered by at least 90 people, including teenagers, parents and grandparents.

The steps they followed can be found on the website: http://www.pictureeurope.pl/activities-tasks/second-task.html

 The Spanish students had to interview three generations: students, parents and grandparents. We collected the results in one single sheet to pass the Italian group for its analysis and comparison with the other countries. You can see the results in the webpage.

sábado, 12 de noviembre de 2011

Final report of activity 2


Second Task: personal values
October 2010 - February 2011
coordinating country: Italy

FINAL REPORT

Presentation

For the first task we decided to make a survey to see whether all the six countries had similar opinions about different values. Each question had to be answered by at least 90 people, including teenagers, parents and grandparents. These were the steps of the work:
  1. Brainstorming about values (Italy, all the group, October 2010)
  2. Each student suggested at list five statements to be voted
  3. creation of a 'personal values' task force (4 students)
  4. Selection of 16 sentences by the task force
  5. Translation of the selected statements into English
  6. Questionnaire preparation
  7. Questionnaire and tasks sent to the different partners
  8. Submitting the questionnaires (all the countries)
  9. Collecting the results of the questionnaires (Italy, 'personal values' task force, January 2011)
  10. Treatment of the data, considering both age difference and different nationalities (Italy, teachers)
  11. Meeting of the in order to discuss the results of the questionnaire & drafting final report (Italy, all the group)
  12. Writing the final report (Italy, coordinator teacher, February 2011)

Statements & answers

1. «You cannot be happy if you do not have money»
>> rather disagree than agree, but Dutch elders are more 'dreamers', while teenagers (specially Turkish & Dutch) are the most pragmatic ones
There is a clear difference between Holland, which shows a big disagreement (only the 50% of people agree), and Turkey, which in the contrary agree at 65%. So Holland appears to be the most 'idealist' country. But there is an evident  difference between young Dutch, very concerned by money (70%), and parents/grandparents at the top of the opposite ranking (only 40%). Italy and Spain are very similar in their opinion, for all categories (around 52 % of agreement). Comparing categories, young people are the less idealist (46% agree, then very much concerned by money), contrarily from parents (only 32%).

2. «If you obey all the rules, you’ll miss the fun: if you really want to enjoy yourself, you must go beyond limits»
>> 67% 'agree' or 'rather agree': as expected, elders rather disagree (especially Dutch) & teenagers rather agree (especially Polish & Dutch), but Dutch teenagers are the most transgressive, while Italian & Spanish the most 'quiet' ones
Dutch teenagers are very transgressive, but parents are not. Italian teenagers are quite at odds, while parents and grandparents are totally at odds. Polish teenagers and parents tend to agree, but the grandparents are in disagreement. In Spain and in Turkey all the people mostly disagree. German teenagers are quite with parents and grandparents disagree.

3. Underage smoking and drinking should be prohibited
>> 71% agrees (more parents than teenagers), but Dutch are totally prohibitionist, while Germans want more freedom
In the majority of all ages 'totally agree' prevails . The only countries that deviate from the average are Germany and the Netherlands. The Netherlands is fully in agreement on all categories (100%), and then shows a healthy and prohibitionist attitude, while Germany appears the less prohibitionist among all the countries.

4. Boys should be allowed more freedom than girls
>> a worrying 32% agree: Dutch are the most anti-feminist, Polish the most egalitarian; teenagers (especially Germans) are more sexist than parents (?!)
Dutch  appear more conservative and anti-feminist than others countries. 70% of Dutch parents and 100% of Dutch grandparents think it’s correct to give more freedom to boys than girls (is the reason security or the excessive control that males familiars have on females one?). Italian parents are the most liberal.

5. Children should leave home as soon as possible and try to be independent
>> fifty-fifty, but absolutely no for Turkish and absolutely yes for Germans. Italians are not so papa's boys as one would say!
Turkish are the most mama's boys or girls, while Germans agree that kids should be employed as soon as possible. Italian teenagers are the most freedom-seekers. There is also a gap between parents and grandparents: parents are more related to their children and therefore disagree with the statement.

6. Your individual interest is more important than common interest
>> general disagreement (63%), but Germans and Turkish are the most 'social', while Spanish are  hyper-individualist
Spanish and Dutch are less socially responsible than others, while German and Turkish take care of common interests. Young people are more selfish than their parents, and than aged people.

7. Natives should have more rights than immigrants
>> 34% agree (especially Turkey & Germany): Dutch are the most pro-immigrant, while German grandparents (followed by Italian ones) are the most xenophobe

8. In a love relationship, betrayal is inevitable
>> Noooo (71%)! Italians are the most romantic one, Dutch seem the most pessimistic (but romanticism decreases with age!)

9. You should feel ashamed if, when you are 20, you have never had sex
>> 70% no! It's not even a question for Turkish, but a big one for Dutch (?!?). Teenagers are much more worried than elders, especially the German ones!

10. Nobody has the right to kill:  even killing someone who has killed is wrong
>> 82% agree (mostly parents), but Germans (especially grandparents) approve killing a person who has killed
More than 2/3 of the population agree that it is wrong to kill somebody even if he is a murderer. The Dutch totally agree (100%), the German don't agree, especially the grandparents: they agree with death penalty. In general grandparents agree with death penalty, while teenagers don't agree.

11. It is not a crime to interrupt an un-wanted  pregnancy
>> very controversial: 63% no vs 37% yes. Approval decreases with age (Germans the most liberal).
For 40% of the general population, interrupt an un-wanted pregnancy is a crime, in particular the Netherlands agree with 100%. While the Germans don't consider it as a crime. Considering the age, the problem of abortion in young people is less severe than the thoughts of parents and especially grandparents.

12. The right war does not exist: even the 'war on terror' is not a right one
>> yes! (but a little less for Germans, Spanish and the teenagers)
The 60% of the population agrees with the statement that the right war not exist, Netherlands with 100%. On the contrary Germans, followed by Spanish show a certain disagreement, like most of the parents.

13. Homosexuals cannot ask for the same rights as heterosexuals
>> a stunning 61% agree, especially grandparents: Turkish & Dutch fully support discrimination, while Spain is the most liberal.
Generally the people of the six countries agree that homosexuals can’t have the same rights as heterosexual. The category which is most different than the common average is the grandparents’ one, which almost agree with this statement, while parents and teenagers don’t agree totally. The countries which are most different for their totally agreement are Turkey and Netherlands , while Spain is more tolerant.

14. Religion plays an important part in our education : you are not completely educated without religion
>> Yes, Europe is a religious continent, mostly thank to Turkish, Italians & grandparents, while Spanish, Germans & teenagers are the most secularized
In general, the people of the six countries is partially agree with the statement (2.61). The category which is most different than the common average is the grandparents' one, which almost agree. Turkey almost totally agree, while Spain almost totally disagree

15. Culture is essential for every aspect of life:  I would rather buy a book than a new dress
>> yes for 66%: the most pro-book are the Italian grandparents, the most anti-books the Polish tenagers. Unfortunately approval decreases with age...
Generally the people of the six country rather agree (2,85), There is quite a difference between the teenagers opinion and grandparents' ideas: the grandparents think that the culture is essential for every aspect of life. Polish teenagers are less interested in books than other countries

16. Honesty always pays: when you behave honestly, you feel you are a stronger and better person
>> of course (86%), especially for the elders and the Dutch, not so much for the Spanish
Generally the people of the six countries almost totally agree with the statement (3.5), less the teenagers than the parents and the grandparents. Polish grandparents & Dutch 100% (!) agree with the statement.

domingo, 6 de noviembre de 2011

Task 4. Instructions


TASK FOUR
Our Educational System and My Perfect School
INTRODUCTION
This activity aims two different things. First of all, to know about the variety of European Educational systems of our countries to see how different or similar is the path our students need to walk through their educational stages. Secondly our students use the cooperative work in international groups to express their ideas about their perfect school or the school of their dreams. Cooperative work means that every single student in a group is important to fulfill a common task, so everybody is responsible of his/her task and at the same time they have to work together and help each other to overcome the possible obstacles in their work. The task itself should be distributed according to the abilities and skills of each student

INSTRUCTIONS
This task will be divided in two different parts.

A.- From kindergarden to the labour world

Create a diagram/ powe point / poster  where you show the different ways to have access to the labour world from kindergarden (compulsory and non-compulsory educational systems).





B.- The school of my dreams

Imagine your own school. Now, create a new one taking into account:
1.   building and spaces
2.   time-table
3.   rules
4.   clothes
5.   subjects
6.   teachers
7.   extra-activities
Show it in a big poster with texts and pictures.

Students must fill the document PLANIFICATION OF THE TEAM PROJECT where the students find the activity step by step and have to write down the responsible for each task


Teachers must fill the document ASSESSMENT OF THE TEAM PROJECT where teachers evaluate about the performance of the group while working together and the final product itself.

Here you can find both documents.

lunes, 14 de marzo de 2011

Task 3


TASK THREE
THE HISTORY OF OUR TOWN FILM

INTRODUCTION

For the Third task which was prepared by  Holland we were asked to make a short video about the history of our town, showing the most relevant places of our city.

         Our students worked very hard on it. First of all they divided into groups to cover the most important places of their town, Cambirls. Later they recorded a video of their part. There was a good work on editing the videos to add music and subtitles and finally they put all the videos together and the result is on different  websites:

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viernes, 14 de mayo de 2010

Task 1


TASK ONE
THE PRESENTATION OF THE SCHOOLS
            For the first task, the students had to prepare a set of pictures of their schools. They also had to write a little presentation of their school. They decided to make a short video with music and subtitules which included the following: the school, the First Meeting activities and a little speech of our Headmistress Ester Salas. 

The final video can be found in different websites:

         school website:http://comeniusinlafrau.blogspot.com.es/

         comenius website:http://www.pictureeurope.pl/the-schools/8-spain.html