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;

THE OLT RIVER

CALIMANESTI – THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION

THE PURIFY STATION THE STAN VALLEY

THE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

THE LOTRU VALLEY CIUNGET POWER STATION

INSIDE THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION- CIUNGET

THE AUDE RIVER

THE AUDE LOCK

THE LOCK FILL WITH WATER

THE PARK OF LIMOUX

“SEARCHING FOR THE BEASTS”

PREPARING THE EXHIBITION

PREPARING THE EXHIBITION

THE BROCHURE

ROMANIA-FRANCE

THE DANCING EVENING

“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL”