Comenius - Lifelong Learning Programme

Part of the Lifelong Learning Programme, Comenius seeks to develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures , languages and values. It helps young people acquire the basic life skills and competences necessary for their personal development, for future employment and for active citizenship. The programme addresses issues strongly related to current discussions and developments in school policy. Priorities are set annually.

Comenius has the following goals:

• To improve and increase the mobility of pupils and educational staff in different Member States
• To enhance and increase partnerships between schools in different Member States, with at least three million pupils taking part in joint educational activities by 2010
• To encourage language learning, innovative ICT-based content, services and better teaching techniques and practices
• To enhance the quality and European dimension of teacher training
• To improve pedagogical approaches and school management

Alþjóðaskrifstofa: http://www.ask.hi.is/

Fjölbrautaskólinn við Ármúla participates this year in two multilateral projects:

Rutas Literarias en Europa (2010-2012)
Coordinator: Carmen Ortuño Gonzales
Participating teachers: Guðrún Karlsdóttir
Participating countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Iceland

Activities:

• Student visit to Tarquinia, Italy, January 9^th-15^th 2012
  Participating teachers: Carmen Ortuño Gonzales, Guðrún Karlsdóttir
  Participating students: Alexandra Patricia Aguiar Caetano, Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir, Sigríður Erla Davíðsdóttir, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
• Student visit to Zabrze, Poland, March 27^th - April 2^nd 2012
  Participating teachers: Carmen Ortuño Gonzales, Guðrún Karlsdóttir
  Participating students: Bjarkey Ottósdóttir, Elías Bóasson, Karen Guðjónsdóttir, Magnús Haukur Jensson

Web page of the project: http://www2.fa.is/~carmen/Islandia/Islandia.htm

Sustainable School (2012-2014)
Coordinator: Helmut Hinrichsen
Participating teachers: Hannes Í. Ólafsson and others still to choose
Participating countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Iceland, Slovenia, Romania, Spain, Turkey

Activities:

• Coordinators meeting in Craiova, Romania, November 3^rd-10^th 2012
  Coordinator from our school: Helmut Hinrichsen
• Meeting in Telde, Gran Canaria, February 4^th-9^th 2013
  Participating teachers and students: Helmut Hinrichsen (coordinator), Ólafur H. Sigurjónsson (assistant headmaster), Bryndís Valsdóttir (teacher), Kristrún Sigurðardóttir (teacher), Jóhann Már Berry, Jónína Riedel, Sólkatla Ólafsdóttir, Unnur Margrét Unnarsdóttir.
  
• Meeting in Vrhnika, Slovenia, April 15^th-21^st 2013
  
• Meeting in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, June 18^th-24^th 2013
  
• Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, October 25^th-31^st 2013
  
• Meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland, April 14^th-20^th 2014
  
• Meeting in Piraeus, Greece, June 16^th-23^rd 2014
  
  

You find links to former projects under Comenius here to the left.

Teaching and learning together in a virtual Europaen classroom (2010-2011)
Coordinator: Edda Lára Kaaber
Participating teachers: Dóra Ósk Halldórsdóttir, Herdís Birgisdóttir

(Last updated 6.3.2013)

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