Comenius Project Reach Out, Learn,Talk, Redefine ourselves, Carry on towards a better Future

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Comenius Project - Reach Out, Learn,Talk,
Redefine ourselves, Carry on towards a better
Future
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Participating schools - A cross section of the
whole EU.

• Cultural
• Roman Mediterranean Italy, Spain
• Eastern Mediterranean - Greece
• Nordic Protestant - Sweden
• The Baltic region - Latvia
• Germanic Central Europe - Germany
• Slavonic, Roman Catholic, Central Europe - Poland
• Mid-Atlantic, Between Europe, Africa and South
  America Portugal

• Political
• An original EU member Italy, Germany
• The first enlargement Spain, Portugal,
• The second enlargement Sweden
• Recent member Poland, Latvia
• A candidate status - Romania

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Padrão dos Descobrimentos - Belém - Lisboa
Portugal. Behold the Events bygone to succeed in
the Future
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European Journeys Bavaria 2005

• Objectives to achieve in München and Ingolstadt
• - Insights into History of Arts and political
  history
• - Practise German
• - Study the school culture at a Bavarian A-Level
• - Comparison of educating systems in both
  countries
• - Europe seminars

Theatinerkirche am Odeonsplatz
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Relates in the Swedish Curriculum to
English vilja, våga och kunna utan förberedelse
delta i samtal om bekanta ämnen och utbyta
information, personliga åsikter och
erfarenheter History Eleven gör jämförelser
mellan olika kulturer samt visar hur företeelser
och händelseförlopp både i nutid och i gången tid
har en historisk bakgrund och påverkar
framtiden. Social science kunna formulera,
förstå och reflektera över samhällsfrågor ur
såväl historiska som framtida perspektiv känna
till hur åsikter och attityder uppstår samt vara
medveten om hur värderingar och
ställningstaganden formas.
So, this is Swedish money... Oh, Our parents miss
D-Mark so much!
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Teaching Swedish and presenting illustrations in
children books
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The city of Ingolstadt is located in the Danube
valley
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Katharinen Gymnasium in Ingolstadt

• High expectation culture
• International co-operation
• European dimension
• Quality
• Working disciplin
• Mutual respect
• Open and relaxed attitude
• Hospitality

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Samples from the seminar on school culture
The common norm - Christian - middle-class -
white - heterosexual Differences - Sweden
friendly with the teachers, students learn all
the major religions Germany respect for the
teachers, students learn their own religion
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Sample from the Europe seminar on national
preferences and final exams

• More grades to show exactly your qualifications
• earlier specialization on certain subject
• Swedish school system nice because everybody
  can go to school no matter how old or bad you
  are
• German system of Kollegstufen preferable
  towards the final exam

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Hauptbahnhof München and last minute calls

• Angela Merkel on the phone wishing success and
  announcing an official visit at MediaGymnasiet on
  June 6, 2006

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To be continued

• Europe is waiting for us
• We are waiting for Europe