LEARNING/ TEACHING/ TRAINING ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA

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    The added value of these blended learning activities is many-fold. Students have clear tasks assigned to them and plenty of time to get to know each other online, to communicate and exchange ideas, to express preferences for a particular task, to contribute to the initial strategy, plan of action or detailed output that will be used at the given location, for real, with certain outcomes to be obtained and with certain feedback to be offered.

    Firstly, there is the "hands-on" approach that these activities propose, as during each and every one of them students are involved in different projects that they will carry out, on their own (yet under close supervision of at least 1 accompanying teacher) and which hopefully boosts creativity, team work and entrepreneurial spirit, thus aiding the instillment of key competences, as it will prove participants that even in an unfamiliar environment can bring their contribution to the greater good by doing something practical and useful.

    Secondly, there is the personal development area, the learning to learn, critical thinking and the autonomous learning, as well as the civic and social engagement that these students will experience in real life.

    Thirdly, the experience of actually doing something together with an international team, in an unknown location, with variables that may be very far away from the original expectations, and, even more, overcome problems of any type, find solutions and still carry out the given task instill resilience and determination, both of which become or are part of sub-key competences, nevertheless being skills for life.

    Fourthly, the activities hereby mentioned are not all aimed to be in aid of those with a certain preference or skill, as personal preference will mostly be an underrated criterion when the final selection of teams is done. Therefore, pupils have to be prepared to undertake tasks they might not like, yet expected to carry these out at their best.

    FIRST LEARNING/ TEACHING/ TRAINING ACTIVITY IN RESITA, ROMANIA

    The first  Learning / Teaching / Training Activity is aimed more at instilling key competences linked to communication, ICT, creativity and product delivery, to put it bluntly the practice section of an ordinary educational sequence. IT took place in Resita, Romania from 28.05.2018 to 01.06.2018. The transnational meeting was attended by 48 students and 12 teachers from the partner’s schools in Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Portugal. The host of the meeting was Liceul Teoretic "Traian Vuia". The first working day began with a presentation of the participants and a press conference, attended by representatives of the media and the Educational Inspectorate in Resita. The final project product was presented - "Drama Activities in the Classroom". The following days, the students divided into 5 Forums, worked in international teams. They were mentored by the teachers from the partner’s schools. The students had the task of writing scenarios on 5 topics: live commercial, mock job interview, stand and product presentation within a fair, on spot customer complaints and a professional contest. After rehearsing and preparing a mise en scène, each of the forums presented its final product. During the meeting, a Master class was organised by Pedro Galiza Carvalho and Inês Pereira theater pedagogues at “Devisa" Theater at Escola Secundária de Rocha Peixoto in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. The cultural program included a visit to Corvin Castle and Timisoara.

    FORUM 1 - MOCK JOB INTERVIEW

    Students coordinated by the Romanian teacher - Monika Ghiu, decide together upon type of job, members of interview panel and tasks, select at least 2 interviewees, assign roles, research wording, produce script and prepare a presentation for LTT meeting.

     

    FORUM 2 - ON THE SPOT DEALING WITH CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS

    Students, coordinated by the Macedonian teachers - Maya Perovska and Verica Nikolska, work together to decide and negotiate the type of service/business, the list of potential customer complaints, select most representative ones, assign roles, produce script, negotiate details to make it as real-life as possible, then prepare the presentation for LTT meeting.

     

    FORUM 3 - REAIZATION OF A LIVE COMMERCIAL

    Students involved from all participating school, coordinated by the Romanian teacher - Cristina Lerch,  design together a live commercial to be used in various media such as TV, radio and the Internet, decide upon product, develop script, assign roles, negotiate content, logo and slogan, and have it all ready for the presentation during LTT activity in Resita, Romania.

     

    FORUM 4 - REALIZATION OF A STAND AND A PRODUCT PRESENTATION WITHIN A FAIR

    Students coordinated by the Portuguese teachers  - Pedro Galiza Carvalho, Ines Pereira and Mario Lima, decide upon the type of product, fair details, stand realization, design script, assign roles and prepare the demonstration.

     

    FORUM 5 – TAKING PART IN A PROFESSIONAL CONTEST

    Students, coordinated by the Bulgarian teachers - Dimitar Dobrev and Pepa Golemanova, decide upon theme, topic and content of a professional contest, develop script, assign roles, negotiate terms and prepare the live performance.