Europe goes to school

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Europe goes to school V.
(EmS)
legal form non-profit registered association
Seat Frankfurt am Main , Germany
main emphasis Education , international understanding
Chair Frank Wittmann, 1st chairman,
Julia Ortmann, 2nd chairwoman
Website www.europamachtschule.de

Europa macht Schule (EmS) is a program of the association of the same name, Europa macht Schule e. V. to promote encounters and intercultural exchange among Europeans. The program has been running since 2006 and has been coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on a full-time basis since 2009 .

target

The aim of the Europa macht Schule program is to bring the idea of ​​European exchange to life and to ensure more knowledge about one another. Students from all European countries carry out projects at German schools. The pupils get to know a European country from a different perspective and the students get a new approach to their host country. The program complements the student's stay and enriches everyday school life with a European encounter project. With a simple idea (direct encounter), it enables effective and sustainable access to the topic of Europe at a low threshold.

Brief description

For the program, students from all parts of Europe become mini-ambassadors for their country. You will be included in the lessons of all types of schools and, together with the students, design an individual project with a scope of three to five lessons. The students have the opportunity to present their country of origin to the students from a personal perspective. Students enter into a dialogue with children and young people from their host country. Stereotypes and prejudices of a culture can be broken up, attitudes as a result of stereotypical ascriptions can be reflected. At the end there is a joint, partly public presentation of the results.

advantages

Benefits for schools:

  • Open to all grades and types of school, from elementary school to vocational school
  • Active and personal European exchange and access to the (cross-sectional) topic of Europe
  • Teaching enrichment: Europe comes alive
  • Entry into or deepening of the Erasmus + program in schools
  • Integration in project lessons and all-day school offers possible
  • little effort, no additional costs

Advantages for the students:

  • Getting to know Germany outside of the university context
  • Presentation of your own home country
  • Active life of the European idea
  • Improvement of language skills
  • The opportunity to acquire pedagogical skills, social skills and presentation skills and to volunteer

The idea

Europe goes to school brings Europe into the classroom: Guest students from all over Europe have the opportunity to visit German schools and work on a project with the students. This is not about language lessons in the classic sense: the guest students are included in the lessons as "mini ambassadors" for their country and, together with the students, design a project of their choice. The time frame for working on this project is between three and five teaching hours. In addition to direct contact, the focus is on the students' country of origin and reflection on the encounter. The project should be implemented as creatively as possible, and the students should be actively involved according to their age. The project results show that the results can be as varied as they are original: For example, comics were created based on texts by a contemporary Polish philosopher or the staging of a Lithuanian play.

background

“Europa macht Schule” is an initiative that emerged from the Dresden conference “What holds Europe together?” In February 2006. A meeting between the heads of state of Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Finland and Latvia took place in Dresden. Federal President Horst Köhler initiated a conference parallel to this meeting, to which over 100 scholarship holders from numerous foundations from European countries were invited by the Office of the Federal President. The main concern of the conference was, among other things, to look for ways in which the European exchange can be designed as closely as possible with people and as a direct encounter.

patronage

In 2007, Federal President Horst Köhler took over the patronage of the Europa macht Schule program. Since then, every Federal President has continued the patronage. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently the program's patron.

procedure

The "Europe goes to school" program is organized locally by so-called site teams at the respective university locations; the program is coordinated by the DAAD . The DAAD sets up new site teams in the respective locations every year. Members of the site teams are students or young graduates from various fields. On site, the site teams prepare the project steps described below and support them. Regular meetings guarantee that the project will run smoothly and consistently. E.g. the association Europa macht Schule eV organizes an annual meeting once a year, in which all members of the association as well as current members of the local teams can take part.

Recruitment, registration and support:

The visiting students are informed about the project in cooperation with the international offices of the universities and in cooperation with the DAAD. European students from all disciplines who are currently enrolled at a German university can take part. The binding registration takes place by the end of November. The registration of students takes place via the website europamachtschule.de.

The interested schools should also register by the end of November via the europamachtschule.de website.

The on-site teams support the visiting students in developing the concepts for the projects and bring them into contact with the participating schools. For this purpose, the site teams organize coordination meetings at their university site. In December and January, students have the opportunity to take part in an intercultural pedagogical training course organized by the DAAD to prepare their projects.

Project implementation:

The projects are carried out in schools from January to April / May. The visiting students and teachers are supported by the on-site teams if necessary. The project language should largely be German.

Closing event:

The results of the individual teaching projects of a "Europe goes to school" location will be presented at a joint closing event between April and June in order to allow the pupils' environment to participate in the experiences of the children and young people and thus to contribute to a further European dialogue. All participating classes and visiting students receive a certificate for their commitment. The final event is organized by the respective site teams.

General schedule:

Time window Project steps
Until October Reorganization or re-establishment of the site teams
Until November Binding registration for the program (students and schools)
November December Coordination meeting between schools and visiting students
December January Pedagogical-intercultural training for visiting students in preparation for the project (optional)
December January Time for further arrangements between the teacher and visiting students as well as the first visit to the class
January to April Implementation of the planned projects in the classes
May Joint presentation of all projects at a location as part of a closing event

Results

year Locations Projects schools Students Nationalities
2006/2007 3 32 31 33 14th
2007/2008 6th 45 45 51 19th
2008/2009 10 56 47 57 25th
2009/2010 25th 164 109 168 29
2010/2011 27 163 118 179 25th
2011/2012 34 221 139 241 32
2012/2013 32 199 139 219 32
2013/2014 26th 150 98 145 24
2014/2015 27 187 127 198 31
2015/2016 29 189 138 190 29
2016/2017 32 197 133 205
2017/2018 36 259 161 277

Awards

  • 2007: Engagement award of the FES-Former eV
  • 2012: Charlemagne Youth Prize (for the partner location in Prague)
  • 2012: Euroscola Prize of the European Parliament (for a project in Mölln)
  • 2015: Berlin European Blue Bear Prize
  • 2016: Europa-Lily for European youth work of the Europa-Union Deutschland eV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2006/07. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on May 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2007/08. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on May 27, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2008/09. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on May 27, 2016 .
  4. ^ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2009/10. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2010/11. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2011/12. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Annual report "Europa macht Schule" 2012/13. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2013/14. (PDF) DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2014/15. (PDF) (No longer available online.) DAAD, archived from the original on May 27, 2016 ; accessed on May 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.europamachtschule.de
  10. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2015/16. DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2016/17. DAAD, accessed on February 28, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Annual report "Europe goes to school" 2017/18. DAAD, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Prize winners 2007. Accessed on May 8, 2017 .
  14. ^ Charlemagne Prize> Charlemagne Youth Prize> Winner 2012. Accessed on May 8, 2017 .
  15. ↑ At a glance. Retrieved May 8, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Berlin European Blue Bear Prize 2015. February 20, 2017, accessed on May 8, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Europa-Lily. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .