Comenius

European Multilateral Educational Project

“National heroes - cultural and international identity to get active citizenship”

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SURVEY ABOUT COMENIUS SURVEY ABOUT COMENIUS PROJECTPROJECT

METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGY

The above 5 questions were answered The above 5 questions were answered by 20 pupils of the School of Music of by 20 pupils of the School of Music of Karditsa who participated in the Karditsa who participated in the Comenius group during the 1st year’s Comenius group during the 1st year’s cooperation. The answers to each cooperation. The answers to each question were put into groups question were put into groups according to there frequency of according to there frequency of appearance and they are the appearance and they are the followingsfollowings: :

What did you like best during the first year’s What did you like best during the first year’s cooperation?cooperation?

Communication via e-mail,skype, msn, etc… Communication via e-mail,skype, msn, etc… between pupils of different schools and between pupils of different schools and countriescountries

• Meeting people of different culture, Meeting people of different culture, language, origin and religionlanguage, origin and religion

• Hospitality (host families) Hospitality (host families) and habitatsand habitats Learn about the civilization of other Learn about the civilization of other

countriescountries Creation of international cooperation and Creation of international cooperation and

friendshipfriendship

What could be improved in the following What could be improved in the following year?year?

Cooperation between pupils of more Cooperation between pupils of more countries.countries.

More pupils should participate in order More pupils should participate in order to get benefits and live the experience.to get benefits and live the experience.

Giving more time before the Giving more time before the educational visit so the pupils have the educational visit so the pupils have the apropriate time to be in connection apropriate time to be in connection with foreign pupils and their families.with foreign pupils and their families.

What benefits did you get from this project?What benefits did you get from this project?

• knowledge about the life and the great knowledge about the life and the great work ofwork of famous European Personalitiesfamous European Personalities (literature, art…).(literature, art…).

• SkillsSkills’ ’ improvement in English and other improvement in English and other foreign languages.foreign languages.

Useful information about the cultureUseful information about the culture, , the the attitudeattitude, , the historythe history, , the educational the educational system and the life conditions in different system and the life conditions in different countries.countries.

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Change of attitude towards people Change of attitude towards people with different culturewith different culture, , gain tolerance gain tolerance and become more open-minded.and become more open-minded.

SocialSocial, , ICT and Artistic skills ICT and Artistic skills Improvement. Improvement.

Did it fulfill your expectations?Did it fulfill your expectations?

• The participation in the project’s The participation in the project’s activities gave to pupils the opportunity activities gave to pupils the opportunity to take great and unique experiences to take great and unique experiences which are very important for their which are very important for their future life and career as active European future life and career as active European citizenship. citizenship.

• The positive elements of their The positive elements of their participation are better than their participation are better than their expectations in the beginning. expectations in the beginning.

What was the most difficult part of the What was the most difficult part of the project?project?

The insufficient time to work about the The insufficient time to work about the projectproject’ ’ s themes.s themes.

The pressure of the school curriculum The pressure of the school curriculum running the projectrunning the project’’s actions in the school s actions in the school (during the lessons(during the lessons))..

More money for this project. Because we More money for this project. Because we want t more students to participate want t more students to participate (Traveling cost).(Traveling cost).

From the Greek Comenius From the Greek Comenius pupils, many thanks to all of pupils, many thanks to all of

youyou! !

GreeceGreece

ItalyItaly

PortugPortugalal

TurkeyTurkey

PolandPoland

•Specially many hearty thanks to Specially many hearty thanks to our teachers because they have our teachers because they have given to us the opportunity to given to us the opportunity to live unforgettable experiences !live unforgettable experiences !