Our Project

Follow the rhythm of music

Our project

Several countries have decided to meet around the same theme: music. Each partner was convinced that working on this subject would present numerous advantages for daily teaching practices and that this experience would be enriching on several levels: personal, professional, individual, collective and systemic. It is scientifically proven that children learn a lot from a young age through hearing. Therefore, one of the first resources to use is music. Additionally, music provides a range of benefits for children's overall development, from improving cognitive and language skills, to encouraging emotional and social development and strengthening motor skills and creativity. It can also be a source of joy and fulfillment for children.

Goals

The main objective of our project, which is to promote the European cultural traditions among our little learners, results from the obvious need to combinethe fascination children show towards music with their need to get good results in their school activities. Throughout this project, we plan to carry out various activities connected to foreign languages teaching(especially English teaching) to share this pedagogical strategy with a substantial number of learners with distinct personalities and views. We expect to get a significant impact that generates the final results of the project.This will allow stakeholders to improve integrated strategies,to enforce collaboration, communication and accountability of each person’s task.

1. Promote music learning to increase the voluntary participation of young learners.

2. Enable the sharing of practices between teachers across Europe.

3. Allow teachers to grow professionally.

4. Improve the language acquisition process and the development of students’ communicative skills through music.

5. Develop self-esteem and self-confidence through rich and varied musical activities.

6. Cultivate respect for others, intercultural friendships and tolerance.

C1: Global approach to learning music, organised by Belgium
C2: Approach centered on learning music in the service of learning a language organised by Turkey
C3: Approach centered on musical rhythm organised by Spain
C4: Learning the history of music and traditional music, organised by Romania

In each transnational meeting, five teachers (primary or nursery) from each country were involved. They took part directly in the project by participating in mobilities, but also indirectly, by organising activities with the students before and after each transnational meeting. Students were deeply involved during their school's transnational meeting. They took part in online conferences before the mobilities during which they had the opportunity to talk about their own country with their peers. Teachers worked with their students to prepare for the specific theme of mobility, carry out and test musical activities. In C1, C2, C3, the organisers coordinated round-tables discussions on themes such as musical approach in general, approach to musical rythm and learning the language using music. In C4, the partners compiled practices from previous mobilities and modified the final product: a European catalog of relevant musical activities.

We have carried out comparative analyzes in C1 between partner countries concerning their educational system but also concerning their way of teaching music. Several activities were created following C1, C2 and C3. These ones are published on the open access platform. Other products include student work, presentations from partner countries, portfolios of activities, videos and photos of experienced activities, etc.

Expected benefits

Participants had the opportunity to improve their musical skills through interaction with musicians and teachers from other countries. They learnt new techniques, musical styles and artistic approaches, which enable them to become better teachers. Participating teachers made connections with other music teachers. These relationships could undoubtedly lead to long-term musical collaborations. Moreover, this project involved different countries and allowed all the participants to improve their language skills, which will be an asset for their careers and personal lives. This experience encouraged the discovery of new cultures and brought new perspectives. This cultural openness enriched the participants' understanding of the world. Traveling abroad, immersing themselves in a new culture and working with people from different backgrounds helped participants to strengthen their self-confidence and develop their resilience in the face of challenges. Educational institutions participating in an Erasmus project for the first time gained the necessary experience to carry out their future international projects.

79

teachers

12

meetings

2327

Students

5

Countries

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