What is it Comenius
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A Comenius project Jan Amos Comenius was a Czech matematician and professor who lived in the 1700s He was one of the first erudites who considered that boys and girls were equals in education and could study the same subjects at school This statue of Comenius is in front of his House- Museum, in Czech Republic What is it?
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What is it a Comenius? was a final product of a students and teachers exchange supported by the European Socrates program
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A Comenius project
Jan Amos Comenius was a Czech matematician and professor who
lived in the 1700s
He was one of the first erudites who considered that boys and
girls were equals in education and could study the same subjects at
school
This statue of Comenius is in front of his House-Museum, in Czech
Republic
What is it?
Sharing the Cultures of Europe
The name of Comenius is used to refer an EU educational program. Its purpose is to support contact among schools from Europe
In 2005, 3 new schools from Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Spain enlarged the project
Sharing the Cultures of Europeis a 3 year Comenius project
It started in 2004, with 3 schools from Spain, Poland and Tukey
¿What activities do we do?
… to exchange them with the other schools
At your own school…
Prepare materials…
More and more materials for poster
exhibitions
What else activities do we do?
And represent your country
Learning a language to communicate with foreign people who cannot speak your mother language
Msn contact with other students
What else activities do we do?
Writing letters to students from different schools
¿What else
activities do we do?
Learning songs from different countries
And sometimes, dances from different countries
How many foreign languages must you learn to participate in Comenius? English is enough
What else activities do we do? Theatre plays
Dear SnowWhite, we
are the XXL seven dwarfs
Zzzz…
Mmm, I’ve forgotten my lines
Sure, LittleRed RidingHood.
THIS WASN’T THE WOLF,
BUT THE GRANDPA!!
Psyco LittleRed
RidingHood
What else activities do
we do?
Get to know other schools
Gym in Secondary Education School nº
4 in Chorzow (Poland)
Binding workshop in ISST COP in Zlín (Czech Republic)
Students tell about their home town, their schools…
Teachers have to speak in English to audiences, sometimes
Hello, we are Verónica and Sandra, from
Getafe, Spain
My home town is near Madrid. There is a
cathedral, La Magdalena
We bring some posters showing our
country traditions
And the Oscar goes to…
Pardon…?
Places we have gone to
November 2004 and 2005: Getafe (Spain)
February 2005: Istambul (Turkey)
May 2005: Chorzow (Poland)
April 2006: Prague and Zlín (Czech Republic)
October 2006: Setenil de las Bodegas (Spain)
May 2007: Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)
Cultural activities
Museum Auschwitz, Poland
Gas chamber
The nazis killed thousands of people here from 1939 to 1945
Crematoriums
Once suffocated from the gas, the bodies were burned in the ovens
Take your shoes off, and cover your head as a signal of respect
Istambul 2005
Receptions by authorities
Enjoying the difference
SOUP IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Listening to the National Anthem, in Yeni Dünya Koleji of Istambul
STREET STATUESIN PRAGUE
JAMONES IN CÁDIZ (Spain)It is a must for gourmets: pig leg, also called jamón or “Serrano ham”. Very
appreciated all over the world, its price can reach over 200 €/Kg
KAPALICHARSY in ISTAMBUL
Descending into a mine in Poland
Prague
Zlata Ulica (Gold Street), in Prague
Alchemists try to turn rough metals into gold. A king of the XVI century hired alchemists from Prague and built these houses in a dead end street for them to live by his castle… but with little chance to escape
CracowCracow
The dragon is the symbol of the city of CracowCracow, in Poland: a shoemaker saved the young maids from the dragon threat
Sanctuaries, churches and the birthplace of Karol Woityla
Zlín 2006
GetafeGetafe 2004 and 2005
Madrid: The Arena
OLEEE!!
Toledo, Segovia…
It’s my turn!!
Chorzow 2005Chorzow 2005
Discussing on ideas for new activities
Teachers on duty (incredible, but true!)
Comenius meetingBla, bla, bla… Bla, bla,
bla…Bla, bla, bla… In Italian too: BlaBla, bla, bla…
Team workTeam work
Leading guided tour
Searching information
Map of Toledo
Smile, please! Sharing the cultures in 1001 images
Setenil de las bodegas 2006
Barbecue in the forest
Free time
We’re giving a party
We are still in the party
???
Were we yesterday in the party?
Stara Zagora 2007
New friends
Dreaming of more activities…
