Erasmus+
- Working Culture 2.0
The third project
meeting took place in Asfeld, from 14 to 20 February 2016 with the
participation of three teachers, Apresentacao Gamelas, Conceicao Limas and Olga
Albuquerque, and four students, Ana Oliveira, Patricia Gama, Renata Silva and
Joao Geraldes.
During this week we
took part in different activities and performed numerous tasks, which
contributed to develop several skills, such as, speaking, social, and
communication skills, as well as the ability to work in a team with students/
teachers from different countries and present the results of the different
tasks in front of an audience. On Monday morning, teachers and students (T+S)
went on a guided tour through the Max-Eyth-Schule with Gerhard and Stephan, the
host teachers from Germany. Then, we started working on the project by
presenting the clips and discussing the amendments to be made. In the
afternoon, there was a guided tour through town. On Tuesday morning, T+S worked
from 8.05 a.m. until 12.30 on the project, analysing the commentary videos and
discussing the cultural differences in situations such as ”Meeting the
employer”, ”Meeting your colleagues”, ”Asking for directions at the reception”,
etc. In the afternoon, T+S defined the content of the PowerPoints to be made,
and then started working on them. At 19.00 we all met at ”Ramspeck’s Wine
Tavern”, which used to be a storage local for wine when Alsfeld was still a
trading route. On Wednesday morning, T+S met at 8.00 at the school and took an
hour drive on a bus to visit a salt mine in Merkers. Afterwards, we had a
packed lunch on the bus and drove to Melsungen to visit one of the biggest
family business companies in the world, B-Braun, which produces healthcare
equipment . This company, whose headquarters look almost like an industrial
city, is represented worldwide in more than 50 countries, and employs approximately 47,000 people. On
Thursday morning, at 8.05 teachers got together to discuss the layout and
content of slides, to define the additional material that could be posted on a
website/ Blog and the several and best ways to disseminate this project in each
country. At the same time, students went Lesson Shadowing with their host
students, and at 9.50 they had an intercultural meeting with some refugees from
different countries. At 11.35, the students and the refugees presented the
teachers the outcome of their meeting. In the afternoon, while teachers worked
on the project creating the website/ blog and defining the different contents it
should contain, students had the afternoon off with their host students. There
was also a meeting with the coordinators from the five countries to discuss the
project management. At 18.00, T+S met at club ”Plan B” for a party. Besides
eating pizza and having some drinks, we also had the pleasure of listening to
an English teacher singing along with a P.E. teacher on the guitar. Afterwards,
there was a DJ and we all danced a lot. On Friday morning, T+S met at school at
8.05 to set objectives for the final meeting in Mikkeli, and to evaluate the
Project meeting in Asfeld. In the afternoon, teachers worked on their reports
and students had the afternnon off with their host students. All the activities
and field trips contributed to enrich our knowledge and broaden our horizons to
a better understanding of the working etiquette throughout the European Union.
We had a lovely
time, the city was beautiful and our hosts very welcoming and friendly. We are
very thankful for the opportunity to meet all of you, students and teachers
from different countries and we’re looking forward to work with you again in
future projects.
Olga, Conceição e
Apresentação
(Portugal)
