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MATH AROUND US
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

"Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the Universe" -Galileo Galilei once said. But Mathematics is not always a popular subject. Pupils tend to dislike it, especially when they fail to obtain the desired academic results, and it can cause anxiety and even phobia to some of them. They usually perceive it as an abstract subject with little application to the real life situations. The difficulties they find are not only due to insufficient knowledge of the elements of Maths, but also to the ability to transfer knowledge in order to face different situations successfully. The aim of this project is to convince students that MATH IS ALL AROUND US and they should fall in love with her. There are 8 partners in this project from the following countries: Romania (European Coordinator), Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Lithuania and Portugal. The age of the students involved in this project is 14-18 years old. The total number of students involved is 4000. The rationale for writing this project is simple: all partner schools want to increase their students' motivation for learning Math and Sciences in general and improve the score at National exams but also at PISA evaluations. In order to achieve these aims, Math teachers will combine the compulsory school curriculum with more creative ways of teaching it and especially by relating each student's way of perceiving and learning about the surrounding world (Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory, CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning, Blended learning) with a hands-on approach to Math, by helping students to discover the applicability of the Math theories they learn in school for other real-life situations. Based on the SWOT analysis and the survey, we put up a list of themes for the teaching materials, concluding the strengths and opportunities each country presents: 1- Math in the Science Lab for Romania 2- Math in Arts for Italy 3- Math in Music for Poland 4- Math in Informatics for Hungary 5- Math in Geography for Portugal 6- Math in the Environment for Denmark 7- Math in Archeology for Greece, 8- Math in Astronomy for Lithuania The main objective for teachers is to create new pedagogical materials written in English- including strategies, tools and teaching techniques based on Math theories - that would motivate and empower pupils' involvement both in the every-day class and in project activities, according to each learning style, while nurturing their growing mindset, self-understanding and mutual respect. The goal is to reach all our pupils and help them to use their full potential, by adapting the activities to their own skills and strengths. The main objectives of our project are: 1. To improve students’ skills and competences in the field of Maths 2. To improve the score at national exams 3. To increase students’ motivation for learning Maths 4. To broaden teachers’ professional skills through attending development workshops and taking part in peer learning and being introduced to new methodology 5. To sharpen students’ and teachers’ communication and interpersonal skills and to master their linguistic skills 6. For students and teachers involved to nurture their creativity (by designing scenarios in which Mathematics theories are applied to their environment, like architecture, music, arts, astronomy, other school subjects) 7. For teachers to create new innovative teaching materials combining Math and other subjects (like CLIL and Blended learning) 8. for students and teachers to develop and improve their ICT skills 9. for students and teachers to develop and improve their English Language skills 10. For all partners involved to develop their active citizenship skills, to know more about and respect the cultures/geography/history etc. of the other partners All partners involved in this project have a few common traits that we believe will make this partnership successful: they all have a scientific profile for the highschool classes (Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Economics); they have strong relations with universities in their cities, especially with Faculties in the technical and Mathematical fields; the Math teachers in each school are all part of the project team; some of the teachers have already published books in the related field; all school managers are supportive of such projects; all schools wish to improve their students results at National examinations and PISA evaluations; more than 20% of the student are daily commuters or come from disadvantaged areas and social backgrounds (minorities, single-parents families, low-income families, migrants) that the schools wish to support in order to have better access to education and European values. Having all these aspects in mind, we believe that this project offers an innovative context for all teachers involved, where they can present and share their ideas and directions in teaching Math and exchange examples of good practices.
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