Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 45

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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INTERVIEW
Ecology and ICT in the modern pedagogical
process
Interviewer: Svetla Popova
Interviewees: Yana Zhecheva, Mariyana Mileva and
Stanislava Slavcheva
3 teachers from Latinka Kindergarten in Shumen,
Bulgaria gave an interview about the potential of
Erasmus+ projects to grow into eTwinning projects,
and is the opposite possible?
Svetla Popova: Mrs. Zhecheva, Latinka
Kindergarten has implemented a one-year project
"Ecology and ICT in the modern pedagogical
process" under Erasmus+, Key Action 1 - Learning
Mobility of Individuals. Relevant to this, your
institution has created eTwinning projects that have
implemented what you have learned in practice.
Would you tell us more about structured courses,
please!
Yana Zhecheva: We have applied and participated
in 3 structured courses organized by LEAP
/Language Education And Partnerships LTD, 34,
Fallowfield Road, Walsall, WS5 3DH, United
Kingdom /. The team of the trainers and director
Emilia Quaranta are an excellent working machine.
I admire the perfect organization before, during and
after each course. The methodology required the
active participation of all attendees - learners and
trainers. We had the opportunity to visit different
schools and get to know the education systems in
three countries. Excellent training was the basis for
practical application of what was learned by
creating eTwinning projects.
Here was shown Malaguzzi's method of developing
children's creativity in the different fields of
knowledge. The children experimenting and
themselves make products with different materials,
the teacher only registers this process. There is no
demonstration or display of the work stages -
something that is unthinkable for the learning
process in Bulgaria.
Svetla Popova: Mrs. Mileva! During the training
course, you wrote down a plan for your institution's
work on the subject under review. What did it
involve?
Mariyana Mileva: Yes, it is true. It was a mandatory
element of our participation. Our plan included the
dissemination of knowledge through teacher
training and a practical application to develop
creativity in adolescents at national and European
level. This is how the eTwinning project "YOUNG
COOKS" was born with partners from Georgia,
Croatia and Bulgaria – Detelina Kindergarten, town
of Tervel. Its aims were acquainted with the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by
cooking.
Svetla Popova: Mrs. Mileva, you participated in a
structured "Сreative Teaching Approaches in Early
Years and Pre-school Education" in Italy. Would you
share the most interesting moments during the
course?
Mariyana Mileva: The course took place in Bologna,
and this city was not chosen by LEAP by accident.
The region held a leading role in writing national
curricula in Italy. We visited two kindergartens. We
were impressed by the lack of ICT in the children's
rooms. We visited Reggio Center in Reggio Emilia.
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