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Socrates
The EU Education
Programme
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British Council
Judith Hemery
Director Schools and Teachers
Division
Sue Ling
Director Socrates
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Different Players
Socrates
European Commission:
- Policy review and development
- Evaluation
- Liaison with National Agencies
- Centralised actions
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Different Players
Socrates
Technical Assistance Office
Administration relating to centralised
projects excluding finance
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Different Players
Socrates
National Agencies
- promotion
- guidance
- dissemination
- management of
decentralised actions
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AIMS
• Encourage co-operation in education
across Europe
• Raise standards in education through
the European dimension
• Support & promote innovation & the
exchange of good practice
• Support foreign language learning
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An overview
• All levels and sectors of
education
• 2000-2006
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An overview
31 countries:
–15 EU Member States and 3 EEA
Countries
–12 Accession countries
–Turkey: preparatory measures
2003
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Activities
• Transnational projects
• Teaching & training materials,
methodologies and courses
• Training and mobility for
educational staff
• Pupil/student mobility
• Awareness-raising activities
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Eight Actions
• Comenius - schools
• Erasmus - higher
education
• Grundtvig - adult
education and
lifelong learning
• Lingua - foreign
languages
• Minerva - ICT/ODL
• Observation &
Innovation (Arion)
• Accompanying
Measures
• Joint Actions - with
Leonardo and Youth
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Decentralised Actions
• Collaborative projects with the
active involvement of learners
• Professional development
opportunities:
– short courses
– study visits
– work placements
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Decentralised Actions
• Managed by National Agencies:
– advice
– selection
– contracts
– grants
– monitoring & evaluation
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Centralised Actions
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Large scale collaborative projects
Transferable outcomes
Multiplier potential
Managed by European Commission:
- selection
- contracts
- grants
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Comenius
• Comenius 1 - School Partnerships
• Comenius 2 - Training of teachers
• Comenius 3 - Networks
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School Projects
• Minimum 3 eligible countries
• Collaborative work on joint
projects with cross-curricular
focus
• Nursery schools to further
education (ages 3-20+)
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School Projects
• Up to 3 years
• Several class groups
• Active involvement of pupils in
planning, organisation &
evaluation of the project
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Case Study - School and its
natural environment
• UK, Spain, Finland, Flemish-speaking
Belgium and Greece
• Exchange of information on their local
environments by primary school pupils
• Whole-school approach
5-7 yr. old pupils - water in the home
8-10 yr. old pupils - seasonal changes,
local animals & plants, weather &
local geography.
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Language Projects
• 2 schools in partnership
• Joint project using target
language(s)
• Pupils/students 14-25 years
• 2-week exchanges for face-toface project work
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Language Projects
•1 year
•Bilingual end product e.g.magazine, drama production
•Priority to least widely used least
taught languages (LWULT)
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Case Study - Trainee
Journalists
• France and UK
• Students from socially disadvantaged
backgrounds involved in international
exchange for the first time
• Two-week exchange focussing on the
production of a bilingual newspaper
• Dramatic improvement in language
skills
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School Development
Projects
• Aim - improve school management
through sharing practice
• Minimum of 3 eligible countries
• All types of school covering the full
age range
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School Development
Projects
• School managers & teaching
staff
• Up to 3 years
• Topics - school management
issues
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School Development
Projects
Examples:
• Anti-bullying strategies
• Equal opportunities:
boys/girls
• Health education
• Pupils with special
educational needs
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Case Study- Developing
Modules for Citizenship
• UK, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Austria
• Schools with pupils aged 11-16
• Different cultural traditions, citizenship
and ways of combating xenophobia
explored
• Development of resource materials on
video and CD-ROM to support the
teaching of citizenship
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Benefits of Comenius
Projects
• Communication Skills:
– competence in literacy & ICT
– language skills
• Confidence & self esteem
• Motivation
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Benefits of Comenius
Projects
• Awareness of citizenship issues
and the wider Europe
• Enhancing the curriculum
• Cultural awareness
• Staff development
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Funding
• Preparatory visits
• Project development
• Project meetings
• Teacher exchange
• Headteacher study visits
• Pupil exchange - Language Projects
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Elements of Good
Project Application
• Realistic objectives (not too ambitious!)
• Detailed workplan & budget clearly
related to workplan
• Integrated into curriculum
• Active involvement of pupils
• Support of school management
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Elements of Good
Project Application
• Age-appropriate tasks for pupils
• Evidence of collaborative approach to
partnership activity
• Effective co-ordination
• Clear monitoring, evaluation and
dissemination plans
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Starting out…..
Partner finding:
• PartBase - http://partbase.eupro.se
• Windows on the World http://www.wotw.org.uk
• Contact seminars
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Starting out…..
– Preparatory Visits
– Deadline - 1 March
– Further details:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/educ
ation/socrates.html
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Comenius 2.1
Teacher Training Joint Projects
Partnerships: minimum 3
countries
Outcomes: - Training materials
- Courses
- Curricula
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Comenius 2.2
Training Courses
• Multilateral groups
• 1 - 4 weeks
• Grants: travel, subsistence & fees
• Language Courses
– Language Skills
– Methodology
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Comenius 2.2
Training Courses
General courses
– Developing a European Dimension
– Cultural Heritage & Identity
– Environmental Education
– Mentoring as a learning tool
– Strategies for inclusion
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Comenius 2.2
Training Courses
Comenius Course Database:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/
socrates/comenius/activities/comenius2.html
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Comenius 2.2
Comenius Assistants
• Prospective language teachers
• Support for European dimension across
curriculum
• Authentic presence from another
European Country - culture, language,
perspectives
• 3 - 8 Months
• Resource available free to schools
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Grundtvig
• Promotes co-operation between
adult learners and their tutors
• Supports a range of co-operation
projects and professional
development opportunities
• Aims to improve availability,
accessibility and quality of adult
learning and teaching
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Adult Education
• Anyone over the age of 25
• Anyone between 16-24 not in initial
education
• Any type of organisation working
with these target groups
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Grundtvig 1
• Joint projects e.g.:
– teaching and learning materials
– assessment tools
– awareness-raising activities
• Direct involvement of adult learners in
project activity
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Case Study -Parent
Education Programme
• 8 countries
• Improvement of parenting skills
• Learning materials - 10 modules in 5
languages
• Tested by 100 parents in each partner
country
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Grundtvig 2
• Smaller-scale, “grass roots” projects
• Non-formal, community-based adult
education sectors
• Centred on adult learners and trainers,
enabling joint work on topics of shared
interest
• Practical outcomes e.g. websites, newsletters,
exhibitions, displays
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Case Study - Overcoming
Social Exclusion through
Learning
• UK, Italy, Austria and Sweden
• Comparing and exchanging good practice
in teaching and working with
marginalised groups
• Targeting learners at risk of developing
mental health difficulties
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Grundtvig 3
• Professional development
opportunities for adult education
staff
• Courses, placements, exchanges
• Themes include: citizenship, foreign
languages, Traveller education,
European dimension
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Grundtvig 3
• Course duration: 1-4 weeks
• Funding :
–travel
–subsistence
–course fees
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Grundtvig 4
• Networks relating to lifelong learning
sharing good practice, disseminating
innovation and encouraging new
projects
• At least 6 institutions in at least 6
countries
• No involvement of National Agencies
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Case Study Collect and Share
• 12 partners across Europe
• Promotes good practice and innovation
via museums and galleries, stimulating
informal and autonomous learning
• Uses networks of museums to
disseminate outcomes, runs conferences
and is developing a website
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Lingua
• Lingua 1 - awareness-raising
activities; promoting access to
language-learning opportunities
• Lingua 2 - development of
language teaching and assessment
tools
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Case Study - Language
Resource Centres
• Develop network of Language Resource
centres sharing expertise across 13
European countries
• Expand access to new languages & new
services e.g. ODL & new media
• Produce Good Practice Guide & support
an electronic network of LRCs.
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Case Study -Bulgarian
for Foreigners
• CD ROM, videos, audio cassettes, a
text book and a web site as an
integrated Bulgarian language
package
• Aimed at speakers of English,
German, French, Flemish and Czech
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Minerva
• Surveys and analysis of the use of
ICT in education and ODL
• Developing ICT/ODL-based
learning tools, materials & curricula
• Assessing the impact of ICT-based
learning / ODL
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Case Study - Virtual
Environments in Schools
• Potential of Virtual Environments in
Schools to enhance curricula in schools
• Teacher training modules produced
• Web site developed to disseminate
outcomes
• Transnational network of teachers,
trainees and researchers across Europe
established
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Centralised Projects
Application Cycle
• Partner finding:
– Contact Seminar
– Arion Study Visit
– http://siu.no/socpart
• Preparatory Visits
• Pre-applications: 1 November
(except Comenius 2.1)
• Full application: 1 March
• Project start: 1 October
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Centralised Projects
Features of a Good Application
• Detailed planning
• Project aim clear and relevant
to target group
• Needs analysis taken place
• Target group clearly defined
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Centralised Projects
Features of a Good Application
• Balanced partnerships:
– geography
– expertise
– range of institutions
– allocation of tasks
• Budget consistent with work plan
• Costs appropriate to size of project
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Centralised Projects
Features of a Good Application
• Project management wellplanned and sustainable
• Effective dissemination strategy
• Outcomes transferable to other
users
• Strategy for monitoring &
evaluation
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Arion
• One week multinational study
visits
• 22 set themes
• Exchange of knowledge, ideas,
experience.
• Opportunity for contacts
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Arion
• Target group - ‘multipliers’
–headteachers (principals)
–inspectors
–local and national decision
makers
–teacher trainers
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Arion
Examples of Study
Visit Themes
• School leadership
• Information & communication
technology
• Special educational needs
• Language teaching
• Quality assurance
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Other Actions
• Accompanying Measures: activities
supporting other Actions
• Joint Actions: with Leonardo da
Vinci and Youth
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