The findings of last meeting have been summarized by Fabrizio Boldrini and approved by all the partners. All the deadlines of the project document have been respected.
2) Open Issues
à All the partners presented the national papers on local education and teaching systems. The Italian partners worked together to the preparation of the research and published the paper together.
Due to schools summer holiday and the difficulties in taking contacts with the school headmasters, the databases needs to be finalised by all the partners as per following deadline table.
à Fabrizio Boldrini presented the project web site and platform and all the partners agreed with the web site layout and contents and with the platform structure.
à Working Groups identification: the coordinator Centro Studi Villa Montesca will take part to all the WGs. Alenka Obid asked to to move her organisation (Science and Research Centre _ Sl) from WG "European Literature and Culture" to "History of European Integration" since their history department is well experienced.
New WGs structure:
Curricula
Proposed Working Group
European Literature and Culture
CSFM (IT); CEI (BG); Ca’ Foscari Univeristy (IT); SEU (IT)
History of European Integration
CSFM (IT); Primorska University (SL); SEU (IT); CECE (SP); Intercollge (CY); Ca’ Foscari University (IT).
European Civic Education
CSFM (IT); CECE (ES); Intercollege (CY); CEI (BG); Grup Scolar CFR(RO)
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Regarding the WGs organization all the partners agreed the coordinator presentation.
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As for the Scientific Committees Mr. Panayiotis will substitute Mr. Solomou. Alenka Obid will participate together with the previously identified colleague.
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As for the Dissemination Committee Mr. Panayiotis will substitute Mr. Solomou. Mihalela Poroch asked to change Maria Achitenei with Mihaela Popa, previously identified.
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As for the training for trainers plan on e-learning all the partners agreed to start the activities in September 2006 at the beginning of the new school year, once all the curricula will be ready for being experimented.
New Issues
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Fabrizio Boldrini presented the curricula index and scheme, which have been agreed by all the partners. Besides all the partners agreed to ask to the project coordinator to edit a general guideline for producing the curricula.
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All the partners asked to the coordinator to prepare the curricula index. Additionally the partner E-ducation (which wasn’t attending the meeting) has been given the task to single out the technical requirements for putting on-line the curricula.
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Tzvetan Tzvetanski proposed a deadline for identifying the members and experts of the working groups and asked to the coordinator to edit an agreement model for the schools involvement. All the partners agreed.
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Alenka Obid asked how many students for each school shall be involved in the experimentation phase. The coordinator proposed one class for each participating school. All the partners agreed. As for the teachers to be involved in the on-line training for trainers, each school may choose how many teachers to involve.
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All the partners asked to get the European Commission and Insula Europae logos.
4) Deadline Table
All the participants accepted the following deadline activity table:
Activity
Partners involved Deadline
Final version
of the National Papers and databases All the partners 14 October
Abstract of the national papers for the newsletter (3-4 pages written in times new roman 11)
All the partners 14 October
Synthesis draft
on the Education Systems and Teaching Methodologies CSFM 30 October
Working Groups composition
(to identify experts and members of each WG and to communicate it to the coordinator) All the partners 14 October
Curricula standard structure + Guidelines
for the implementation of the curricula CSFM 15 November
Curricula standard structure +Guidelines translation into partners’ languages and validation
All the partners 30 November
Curricula didactical contents
according to the WGs outputs All the partners 31 January 2006
To define a written agreement model with the schools for the experimentation phase
CSFM 30 October
Meeting with the schools Headmasters to - share information and suggestions on the curriculum
All the partners 15 December
Meeting with the schools Headmasters to - define the teachers for the training for trainers - Agree the experimentation plan
All the partners February / March 2006
Please, remind to send all the material to the project email address: insulaeuropae@montesca.it
3) Next Meeting
All the partners agreed that the third project meeting will be held in Nicosia (CY) on May 2006 and will be therefore organised by the Cypriot partner "INTERCOLLEGE".
Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 5.30 p.m. by Fabrizio Boldrini.
