THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: USING E-NATURE AND XENO-TOLERANCE PROJECT MATERIALS IN CLIL AND E-LEARNING PROGRAMMES
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: USING E-NATURE AND XENO-TOLERANCE PROJECT MATERIALS IN CLIL AND E-LEARNING PROGRAMMES

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on two European projects: E-nature (2015-1-IT02-KA201-015133) and Xeno-tolerance (2015-1-FR01-KA202-015143), which are being implemented by EuroEd Foundation Iasi, Romania. The ideas behind the projects stem from the challenges that the European educational context is facing at present and from current educational needs: students’ lack of motivation when studying science and teachers’ lack of educational materials and techniques related to diversity and inclusive learning. The projects stimulate cooperation across Europe in order to promote scientific and civic knowledge and competences in school education. The materials, created by teachers from shared knowledge and experiences and relying on direct sources (photos, videos, stories or drawings in digital format) aim at making scientific and civic education more effective, involving and appealing. These materials can be used in CLIL and e-learning programmes, where students develop and use not only their knowledge and understanding of social or natural phenomena but also their language and IT competences. The CLIL and e-learning programmes can be sources of inspiration and imagination for teachers whose main goal is to engage students in attractive and meaningful activities while using the language purposefully. The article gives insights into the way the CLIL programmes supported by IT have enabled students to process information, negotiate meaning, and share knowledge even when their levels of the target language were heterogeneous.

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