This project was initially devised due to the anticipated need of a number of schools to make sure that the cultural heritage of our countries could be shared through art.
It is envisaged that through the medium of art pupils will develop a deeper understanding of their own cultural but of also the rich variety of cultures and diversity found within Europe.
The partnership was developed through the use of the E-Twinning partner finding service, personal friendships and links that had been previously developed.
Together we devised an acronym for our project, @Museart. This acronym summarised our thoughts that the project would involve museums, art, technology but also amusement and fun to facilitate an exciting and challenging project.
The target aims of this project are to improve achievement in relevant and high-level basic and transversal competencies in a lifelong learning perspective through the promotion of art as a universal means of learning and communication.
This will be an inclusive project that involves all members of school communities regardless of ethnicity, socio-economic background or academic achievement. We aim to strengthen the profiles of our teachers by sharing the variety of excellent, didactic practice within our European Community of schools.
Our aims are: To enrich our culture by experiencing the main artistic places of each community and exploring the different cultures, traditions and places associated with art and creativity. We will use art as a means of developing curriculum material to enhance the life skills and competencies of the students.
Through increased motivation the children will be able to enhance a wide range of life-long learning skills such as literacy, numeracy, ICT and an appreciation for aesthetic beauty.
To address inclusion within our project we will use art as a means of inclusion for all our children. Art allows all children to express their talents through a variety of media.
To strengthen the profile of teachers we will improve their cultural knowledge, share innovative teaching methodologies, exchange excellent practice and provide learning opportunities and cultural stimuli.
The project involves 9 schools from 8 different countries around Europe. The schools serve a wide variety of socio-economic communities and a wide variety of ethnic diversity. The designed activities will empower the European citizens of tomorrow with the knowledge, abilities and attitudes vital to create a society that appreciates the unique artistic differences between cultures and backgrounds.
The dimension of communication and language skill development is a natural progression and project activities will provide scope for much creativity and innovation. In order to have sustainable impact this project has the focus of sharing and developing staff practice whilst still addressing key areas identified as European priorities and in individual schools.
This project will provide entrepreneurship opportunities by creating on line resources, blogs, research tools, books, exhibitions, open laboratories and artistic creations that will be utilised by each visiting team.