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Early Learn to Learn Environment

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2014-1-TR01-KA201-013169
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for school education Funder Contribution: 176,635 EUR

Early Learn to Learn Environment

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Early childhood years are important because it is the period when children should receive education to improve their cognitive,social,emotional and physical skills.Precisely,it is the time when children form habits to shape their lives in future and that is why a well-planned and implemented education and care is necessary. Recently,EU has prioritized both the quality and quantity of preschool education to increase the number of employed people,especially mothers and to provide the best possible start for the future by keeping the quality and quantity of ECEC services high as stated in Communication from the Commission in 2011.Considering this,we have come up with a project to increase the quality of preschool education.Our main aim was, through project’s topic and activities, to increase the quality of ECEC services, to develop children’s “learn to learn” competence,one of the key competences, and contribute to decrease the number of early school leavers in parallel with 2020 targets from the Communication from the Commission(2011).The specific focus on the project is developing“learn to learn” competence in preschool children,involving it in the preschool education through natural activities and train the teachers about using“L2L” activities.We use“nature as means for children to use and develop creative thinking and problem solving skills,learn to manage their own learning,create new objects from natural materials and in general to “L2L”.We worked as 7 partners;5 schools,one universtiy and one Quality AssuranceIns.These non-school partners provided with high quality and each used of their expertise in the Project.Each partner was very experienced in their fields.Most of them have done many EUProjects. QA partner prepared a QA Plan and did necessary quality checks for each activity.They assessed the whole project and deliverables with their assessment tool INKA.To guarantee the quality and good collaboration in the project,we also worked with an External Evaluator.To plan theproject,we carried out a questionnaire to parents and a needs analysis to teachers in partner schools.Regarding their results, we planned training activities to introduce the “L2L” inclusion in preschool education. And we also had two preparatory meetings in Greece and Belgium to decide our road map during the project. We prepared a work plan.During the project, 4 transnational meetings were done with different purposes like evaluation of materials for pilot and final implementation.2Teacher trainings on L2L werealso organized.The teachers developed activity plans after the training.Totally,60 activities were used in final implementation.“EL2LE Guide for Teachers” was prepared. We organized workshops for teachers and parents to be aware of the “L2L”implementationsand learn activities to do with children at home.Kids continued developing “L2L”at home. We developed a Moodle platform for uploading “L2L” presentation,activity plans to practice “L2L”,results for other teachers to Access for free and reach the Project documents.It was an OER and will be a contribution to have common European implementations.This open virtual platform had local,regional and European level impact.The virtual platform and its material reached a considerable number of local and regional schools across Europe and this gave chance to exchange good examples. A research paper on“opportunities and obstacles in 21st century “learn to learn”competence:what works, what doesn’t and what needs to be done”was prepared for a strong impact in European level and uploaded there.Moodle platform was easily accessible and free for everyone to be a member and use the resources available there.The teachers wishing to observe“L2L” activities are able to visit our schools and also share their photos with us while doing activities with children.And with Road Map,output of the Project, we offered recommendations to the policy-makers and European Commission and aimed to change in curriculum to adapt“learn to learn”competence in ECEC programmes and make a crucial contribution to European educational system.To disseminate our results,we used our website and different communication channels such as LinkedIn,websites and also project’s Moodle platform.Weprepared newsletter.At least 30 schools will subscribe to Moodle platform infollowing2 years.Each partner school will continue teacher and parent trainings with different teachers and parents from their region. By starting to develop“L2L”competences in preschool,which was necessary for people’s future career life,we aimed to increase the number of well-qualified staff in labour market in the future.At the end of the Project,each partner organized workshops and we had an International Final Conference in Istanbul to disseminate our results.

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