Title: India and Italy  2016-2017 - Exchanging heritage and culture

Description

In 2015 the Asia - Europe project was conceived, for school year 2015-2016, as a collaboration among Italy and India. Liceo Classico Plauto - Rome - Italy and the two sister schools named  St.Marks Girls Sr. Secondary School - New Delhi - India agreed on a  project which would enable students to know more of each other's country through constructive peer work, internet research, collaborative learning and flipped classroom strategies which would make lessons more lively and project products fun to create.

In 2016-2017 another Asia-Europe project has been planned as a continuation of the interactive work which has deeply stimulated students' interest.

Objectives

- Promoting cooperation and friendship on common values also through a deeper knowledge of the different cultures;

- Reinforcing knowledge of English as a vehicular language and acquisition of some words of the language of the partner country (Italian and Hindi);

- Deepening competence in the use of ICT;

- Increasing awareness and interest in similarities and differences;

- Reinforcing knowledge about the partner country's  capital city monuments and artistic heritage

Method

Choice of theme, peer work organizing, group forming, definition of tasks, activity development, monitoring, evaluation and publication of the work online on a common, dedicated website, enhancement of the validity of the digital resource and of innovative approaches such as flipped classroom strategies, BYOD method and collaborative work.

Impact  foreseen

Reinforcing identities and knowledge of similarities and differences among individuals also through a better knowledge of the architectural heritage and culture 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 citizenship. Knowledge of elements of copyright and privacy laws. Dissemination through dialogue and publishing on website, diffusion among the students and teachers of the whole school, of the local community, of parents and relatives.

Products

Students will select material concerning the architectural heritage and culture of their country and especially of their city, will take digital photos and/or will draw  producing authentic material which will be exchanged through ICT with the partners after having arranged it in posters and/or ppts in English as the vehicular language, with some reference to both Indian and Italian languages. Other products will be drawings and/or short essays production and/or ppts or mini-movies and/or interviews on the theme and/or short mini-lectures and debates in class made in the vehicular language (English), posters class exhibitions, websites producing.


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