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Swinging Europe

1996-

1998

2

IMEE: Intercultural Music Education in Europe

01.09.1999-01.09.2000

3

MEMO: Developing multilingual modules for 'content' subjects – a component for European teacher training

01.10.2001-01.10.2004

4

MusK&L: new media in music, art, and literature

2002

5

Sharing and making music and dances

2005-

2008

6

Our Environment in Major and Minor – Part 2

2005-

2007

1

Swinging Europe

”Swinging Europe” was the title of the theatre revue that was created during the first Comenius project. The participants travelled around Europe “swinging” all the way until they presented their revue to the sponsors in Brussels.

Preceding this crowning finale were three years of hard work for all involved participants. What started as nice vicinage between the German secondary school Hamm in Hamburg, the Danish secondary school in Lemvig and the Dutch Haagland-school in La Hague turned into European collaboration and cooperation as intended by the Comenius idea. The Comenius students and teachers owe a lot to this project.

Project Span

1996-1998

Organisation

Gymnasium Hamm

Contact

Dr. Jürgen RUBEN, Brunhilde HEHLMANN

Address

Ebelingplatz 8

20537 Hamburg

Email

DrJuergenRuben@BusinessNet.de

Telephone

+49 – 40 42 88 51 04

Fax

+49 – 40 42 88 51 40 0

Partners

(DK) Lemvig Gymnasium

Lemvig

(PL) Gimnazjum i Liceum im. Stefana Batorego

Warszawa

(PL) Zespó Szkó Ekonomicznych

Torun

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IMEE: Intercultural Music Education in Europe

The partners in the project 'Intercultural Music Education in Europe' are music institutions and organisations in LI, DE and GB. The project is coordinated by the 'Europäische Musikschulunion - EMU', a non-profit organisation joined by 21 countries in Europe. The project aims to offer intensive measures of continuing education to music teachers all over Europe at different types and levels of schools in order to enable them to teach and practise intercultural teaching and making of music. Through the knowledge gained in courses organised by the project the participants can act as multipliers in their own countries. 4 sessions are planned within 2 or 3 years.

In the project the principle of intercultural music learning is based on mutual recognition and appreciation of diversity. Music teachers are the target group for the in-service training sessions, and migrant children are expected to benefit from the intercultural teaching of music.
The contents of the in-service training are based on the experiences of a 3 year pilot project in Neukölln, Berlin and several events where views were exchanged.
The courses will include lectures on the cultures of emigration as well as an introduction to different aspects of music in its countries of origin. The lecturers come from various European countries, Africa, Turkey and Asia.
Concepts for European teaching materials for intercultural music education will also be developed through these courses.

Code

57137-CP-2-1999-1-LI-COMENIUS-C2

Action/Type

COMENIUS-C2

Theme(s)

- Arts education
- Education for children of disadvantaged target groups
- Intercultural education

- Fight against racism and xenophobia

Project span

01.09.1999-01.09.2000

Organisation

EUROPÄISCHE MUSIKSCHULUNION
MUSIKPÄDAGOGISCHE FORSCHUNG UND AKTIVITÄTEN

Contact

Klaus Jürgen WEBER

Address

St.Florinsgassl 1 - Postfach 435
949 VADUZ 5
Liechtenstein

Email

emu@pingnet.li 

Telephone

+41 – 75 23 24 62 0

Fax

+41 75 232 46 42

Partners

(DE) BUNDESAKADEMIE FÜR MUSIKA99LISCHE ...

(DE) UNIVERSITAT DER KÜNSTE BERLIN

(ES) ASSOCIACIÓ CATALANA D'ESCOLES DE...

(LI) DIE LIECHTENSTEINISCHE MUSIKSCHULE

(NL) SWEELINCK CONSERVATORIUM AMSTERDAM

(UK) MUSIC CENTER P.D.C.

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MEMO: Developing multilingual modules for 'content' subjects – a component for European teacher training

The project (MEMO) involves teacher training institutions in DE, FR, IT, AT (x2) and the Goethe-Institut, London. It aims to develop a model and materials for the teaching of 'content' subjects in learners' foreign languages (DE, FR, FR, IT, ES).

The target groups are the teachers themselves, and pupils at primary and lower secondary school levels.

The 'content' subjects to be targeted by the project include: history, geography, social sciences, biology, mathematics, music, art and sport.

Non-subject-specific modules will also be developed for use across the curriculum. Four meetings per annum, each lasting several days, are envisaged in order to coordinate tasks and address key didactic issues. The work of sub-teams on their home ground is considered very important. Development and evaluation will be conducted through seminars, workshops, trial lessons, sitting in on classes. Evaluation will be ongoing, involving discussions, interviews, video-recordings and teaching units. There will be close cooperation and regular exchanges of materials amongst the partners. Communication will also take placevia internet, phone and video-conferencing. Materials are to be produced in print (hand-outs), on video and for the internet.

Code

94090-CP-1-2001-1-DE-COMENIUS-C21

Action/Type

COMENIUS-C21

Theme(s)

- Language Learning

Project span

01.10.2001-01.10.2004

Organisation

STUDIENSEMINAR FÜR DAS LEHRAMT FÜR DIE SEKUNDARSTUFE IN BONN

Organisation type

Adult or continuing education provider

Contact

Hans-Ludwig KRECHEL

Address

Wegeler str. 1
53113 BONN
Deutschland

Email

H.L.Krechel@t-online.de

Telephone

+49 – 22 44 87 19 61

Fax

+49 – 22 44 87 19 60

Partners

(AT) PÄDAGOGISCHE AKADEMIE DER DIÖZE...

(AT) PÄDAGOGISCHE AKADEMIE DES BUNDES...

(FR) INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORMAT...

(IT) ISTITUTO PEDAGOGICO ITALIANO DI ...

(UK) GOETHE-INSTITUT LONDON

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MusK&L: new media in music, art, and literature

This project works on concepts and material for (continuing) training for teachers that specifically aim at “aesthetic education”. The creation of a module for COMENIUS 2.2 is planned. The project discloses the incidences in which new media can be a good addition and support for the work in these subjects. It also identifies the moments where the use of electronic media can hinder the process of production, judgement and taste development in the artistic subjects literature, music and art.

It will be increasingly important for the teachers’ (continuing) training to inform the teachers and enable them to constructively deploy ”new media” for their teaching. At the same time, teachers need to be given the possibility to get to know work in transnational projects in their (continuing) training.

All partners for this project worked in the training or continuing training for teachers and all will be working closely with schools affiliated with a COMENIUS school partnership project. Under the title “European Dance of Life”, partners from 10 different European countries will realise a project that includes the subjects music, art and literature with regard to new media.

The target group of the project are teachers who teach music, art and literature.
The project will produce material to be used in teacher education as well as in in-service education of teachers to give the teachers new skills in using new media in teaching and as a didactic tool. The materials produced will be in form of CDs and printed materials. They will be used as material for a Comenius-teacher.

Code

106249-CP-1-2002-1-DE-COMENIUS-C21

Action/Type

COMENIUS-C21

Theme(s)

- ICT as a pedagogical tool in education

Outputs
Brenk / Kurth (Hrg.): MusK&L, Medien-Lerlag Bielefeld

Organisation

WESTFALEN – KOLEG EUROPAREFERAT

Organisation type

Adult or continuing education provider

Contact

Ulrike KURTH

Address

Fürstenweg 17b
33102 PADERBORN
Deutschland

Email

Ulrike.Kurth@t-online.de

Telephone

+49 – 52 51 13 29 10

Partners

(AT) PÄDAGOGISCHES INSTITUT GRAZ - ÖS... (BE) UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN

(BE) VLAAMSE HOGESCHOLENRAAD

(DE) HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK DETMOLD

(IE)IONAD OIDEACHARIS NA. GAILLIMHE

(NL)HOGESCHOOL VAN ARNHEM EN NIJMEGEN

(SI) UNIVERZA V MARIBORU

(UK) EDGE-HILL-COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUC...

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Sharing and making music and dances

Music is communication, expression, and education; through music it is possible to comprehend a civilization that lives or lived in a particular geographical area. The environment influences the musical production of different peoples. So, we want to promote the expression of ideas, feelings and values and the knowledge and respect of the different languages and cultures by means of music and dance forms. We want to work on different forms of perception, expression and experimentation of music and dance and their manifestation in the participating countries. We will learn about music and songs that reflect the traditions and culture (including modern culture) from various parts of Europe and record and exchange what we experience: we will also create new songs and dances. Music has always transgressed language barriers!

Code

2005-2008

Theme(s)

- Art
- Music
- History
- Native Language
- Foreign Language
- Geography
- Physical Education
- New Technology

Project Span

2005-2008

Outputs

CD/DVD for classroom use

Organisation

VOLKSSCHULE MEMMINGERBERG

Organisation type

Primary Education or First Stage of Basic Education

Contact

Edeltraud MERK-SCHNURRENBERGER, Andrea ZOLLFRANK

Address

August-Hederer-Str. 11
87766 MEMMINGERBERG

Email

Volksschule_Memmingerberg@t-online.de

Telephone

+49 – 83 31 35 24

Fax

+49 – 83 31 48 70 6

Partners

(AT) Private Primary School Mater Salvatoris

Wieden

(ES) CEIP Doctor Fleming

Viladecans

(IT) Scuola Secondaria di 1° Grado Aldo Moro

Frosinone

(FR) College Saint Andre

Saint Maur-De-Fos

(UK) Donegall Road Primary School

Belfast

(ES) CEP Colegio San Ignacio LHI

Vitoria-Gasteiz

(UK) St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Primary School

London

(PL) Szkola Podstawowa Im. A. Mickiewicza w Zerkowie

Zerkow

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Our Environment in Major and Minor – Part 2

- Countries and bodies of water

- Debussy and water

- “watery” folksongs

Code

C1-05-2-SUP-P-H-921

Project Span

2005-2007

Organisation

Hauptschule Seeboden

Address

Schulweg 6

9871 SEEBODEN

Partners

Germany

Hungary

Poland