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DCE 4.0 = Digital Competences for Education 4.0 is an institutional cooperation project in which teachers from Gymnazium Teplice in the Czech Republic and Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi in Iceland will use different approaches in teaching and solving applied science problems combined with active citizenship. There will be two peer-learning meetings organized - one in Iceland and one in the Czech Republic. Five teaching modules using ICT tools will be created and taught to students aged about years. Teachers and students will be motivated to become active citizens who are willing to discuss, learn, upskill, influence, facilitate, unite, connect and make changes. Active citizenship is one of the most important steps towards healthy societies in all democracies. New ideas and teaching modules will be debated mostly on the internet, using an online platform Google Drive.
The exchange of views among the participants will give rise to the possibility of all participants getting to know each other, various school systems and cultures. The participants will have gained insight into different science issues, cultures and have developed teamwork skills and fostered a sense of responsibility to others. Institutional bilateral relations with a donor state will be strengthened.
Summary of project results
Digital Competences for Education 4.0 was an institutional cooperation project within which teachers from Gymnazium Teplice in the Czech Republic and Menntaskólinn í Kópavogi in Iceland cooperated in the school year 2019/20. The main aim of the project was to support innovative approach in teaching of natural science subjects with the help of active citizenship. The project involved two successful peer-learning activities: one in Teplice, Czech Republic (for 7 Icelandic teachers in October 2019) and one in Kopavogur, Iceland (for 7 participants in July 2020). The implementation of the second one in Iceland in 2020 was truly complicated due to covid-19 pandemic, but the project met all the goals in the end. The main outputs of the project were five different natural science modules dealing with citizenship education. The target subjects were: mathematics, physics, biology, geography and also English. Modules comprised three sections (methodology, worksheets and presentations or materials to be used in the lessons by teachers). The modules were focus on students aged around 18. The modules used ICT tools and their content reflected citizenship education. The modules were used and taught in the lessons of both schools. Institutional bilateral relations with a donor state were strengthened. Teachers and students were encouraged to become active citizens who are willing to discuss, learn, upskill, influence, facilitate, unite, connect and make changes. It is hoped that they will continue to extend their knowledge of the new techniques learned during the project.
Summary of bilateral results
Both team members were motivated to accomplish the project’s goals on time, and up to quality expectations. Each partner had an access to the platform Google Drive and could clearly see the work that others in the project had done to a certain date and comment on it. Partners communicated via e-mail, Skype, WhatsApp and Google Drive. There was also a lot of face to face communication - two common meetings which schools organized. The first common meeting was held to plan the work in detail; the second reviewed and evaluated the work. Common meetings were used for inspiration and sharing methodological experience. In both schools the teachers met regularly and discussed the project activities and tasks. This project was a good opportunity for teachers to get to know each other, across European borders. When teachers discussed the best practices, it let the teachers become more aware of their own teacher profession and their own practice. It was also a way to get to know each other in both a formal and informal way. The schools cooperated on other projects before and wanted to strengthen the relationship between each other. They hope that we will also keep in touch in the future and can cooperate in international projects. They are very positive and eager to work together. They successfully applied for the new EEA Financial Mechanism grant EHP-CZ-MOP-2-23 with mobility project SEMES – Students Education Mobility about Energy Sources with the schools from Iceland and Norway.