Information technology at school on both sides of the border

Beneficiary:   Podkarpackie Teacher Education Center in Rzeszów

Slovak partner:   Mesto Svidnik

Implementation period:   01/04/2017 - 30/11/2017

Realized project value: € 52,912.52 , including ERDF co-financing: € 44,975.62 ,

The project was implemented due to the need for cross-border cooperation in the field of experience exchange between teacher training institutions and schools on both sides of the Polish-Slovak border. The cooperation was primarily used to exchange experiences in the field of using information technology in education as a key competence in the modern world, including the modern labor market. Permanent cooperation of educational institutions, including educating teachers, contributed to the growth of professional competences of borderland teachers, raising the level of education in schools in the borderland, which will result in an increase in the professional skills of graduates, and will also allow for indicating directions for the development of the borderland by choosing the place of work and residence of young people in adult life.

The main activities carried out under the project:

• Development of tools to test the needs and carrying out and processing of the results of the diagnosis . As part of the task, workshops were conducted, during which a Polish-Slovak team of experts prepared and developed diagnostic tools (a questionnaire for employers and a questionnaire for teachers), which were necessary to carry out diagnoses on the Polish and Slovak side, and ultimately to create lesson scenarios. Then, with the help of the developed tools, 30 Polish and 30 Slovak teachers and 20 Polish and 20 Slovak employers were surveyed. The results of the study were collected and compiled, and diagnoses were prepared on their basis.
• Carrying out and developing the results of the diagnosis on the Polish side and developing scenarios for the classes . There were workshops on the methods of developing lesson scenarios. Based on the diagnoses and the knowledge acquired during the workshops, experts from Poland and Slovakia developed lesson plans for teachers in the field of digital competences, which will be used in schools on both sides of the border. The result of these three days of work is 56 scenarios.
• Training for teachers on the use of prepared lesson scenarios was organized for 50 teachers from Poland and 50 teachers from Slovakia. In the first part of the training, lesson scenarios for teachers were presented, which were developed during the project implementation by a Polish-Slovak team of experts. In the second part of the meeting, training on their use was conducted. Evaluation studies were also carried out in Poland and Slovakia, and on the basis of the results of these studies, two evaluation reports were prepared. Then a group of 50 teachers from Slovakia participated in study visits. The purpose of the visit was to present educational methods that make the teaching process more attractive, focused on the development of competences, also thanks to the use of information and communication technologies. The participants of the study visit could learn about the operation of the vocational education system in Poland. Meetings with the teaching staff were an opportunity for talks and allowed for comparison with the education system in Slovakia.

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