Reflecting on and on - Tastes and colours of our tables - Educazione alla multiculturalità
Description
Each working group will have students focus on the partner countries and on the importance of food as an element which reinforces links among individuals. English will be the vehicular language. Italian and Turkish will also be used to favour knowledge of cultures and their integration. Recipes will be exchanged and will constitute the main working material on which to base collaborative work, ICT communication, practical activities.
Objectives
Promoting cooperation and friendship on common values also through a deeper knowledge of food and its importance in linking families. Reinforcing knowledge of English as a vehicular language
Developing knowledge of the language of the partner countries (Italian and Turkish)
Deepening competence in the use of ICT
Increasing awareness and the sense of belonging to the common Mediterranean origin
Method
Choice of theme, working group forming, definition of tasks, activity development, monitoring, evaluation and publication of the work online on two dedicated linked websites, enhancement of the validity of the digital resource.
Impact foreseen
Reinforcing a 'Common Identity' through a better knowledge of the partner country, of English as the vehicular language, of ICT abilities, enhancement of the students’ awareness of the importance of exercising an active European citizenship. Dissemination through dialogue and publishing on websites, diffusion among the students and teachers of the whole school, of the local community, of parents and relatives.
Products to share
Students
will select special national recipes which will be exchanged through ICT with the
partners in order to cook and taste them respectively in their own houses.
Other products will be digital photos made by the students themselves, drawings, short essay production on the theme and/orshort mini-lectures and debates in class made in the vehicular language (English), posters or ppt in English as the vehicular language, class exhibitions, website producing.
The students involved at Liceo Classico Plauto - Rome, Italy - are the
ones from Ist and IInd form ASU, 4th and 5th form B, 4th and 5th form D. They are about 150 boys and girls.
S C H E D U L E
Preparatory phase
November 2012
- Online contact between Prof. Noemi Lusi and Prof. Baris Toklucu to agree on content and objectives of the future project
December 2012
Final meeting of Reflecting - An Italian Ministry of Education project - took place in Ankara and Istanbul. The two teachers met and discussed on the future of the project deciding to evolve it into Etwinning.
Beginning phase
January 2013
Authorization was received from both Italian and
Turkish E-twinning authorities
February 2013
Brainstorming on E.U. values and citizenship in class
as a preparatory activity to 'Reflecting on and on... Tastes and colours
of our tables - Educazione alla multiculturalità'- An E-twinning project
between Italy and Turkey
- Focusing on internet research on partner countries,
dividing students in working groups, electing their group leader;
-selecting relevant and feasible national recipes
written in English as the vehicular language but presenting some Italian and
Turkish words for students to get more and more familiar with the language of
the partner nation
Intermediate phase
March 2013
- Baking traditional national recipes;
- taking digital photos of preparation;
- organizing power point presentations;
- publishing ppts on website to share with partners
April 2013
- viewing the partner school works;
- baking traditional recipes of partner country;
- taking digital photos of preparation;
- making posters;
Final Phase
May 2013
- organizing class exhibitions for Europe Day;
- taking digital photos of them;
- publishing ppts on website to share with partners;
- if feasible organize a web conference as a final activity