Some Staff Responses

Some Staff Evaluations and Perspectives...

“It is amazing to observe the students’ development during the week. To observe how the shy and introverted students from both countries change within a week by communicating, sharing, spending time and doing drama activities with each other.”

A Project Co-Ordinator

“I would highly recommend this project to other teachers if ever they get the chance to be involved as working in this manner and with these people will give them a truly unique view of text and language within a familiar setting.”

A Teacher Participant

                                            “The  Project was a very useful and precious study which is really full of learning activities.It was a great chance  for both the students and the teachers of our school. As  the headteacher. I am very happy about being a part of this Project.The school management supports all the activities our students accomplished.We are happy and regard the importance of being internationalized with schools around Europe.Through the Project our students had the chance of being a part of international team.They improved self confidence and exchanged different cultures.”

A Headteacher.

“The project was really about European countries working together in an unfamiliar environment to produce a piece of art about student views on climate change. There were language barriers and misunderstandings, but this all added to the experience. I thoroughly enjoyed working with my colleagues and I learnt so much from them all.”

A Teacher Participant

“There is definitely something special about working towards a goal and having a group experience for students to build their confidence, interpersonal skills and enjoying yourselves. There was a real sense of support and unity from all three groups during the performance. This came across in their performance and achievement. Working together, communicating together in a whole ensemble.”

A Project Co-Ordinator

“It was often fantastic just to sit back and listen to the in-depth discussions about teaching and learning.  The opportunity to exchange information about our cultures, identifying similarities and differences.  It was particularly interesting to compare our schools.

From my own viewpoint, being part of the Taith Project has been an amazing experience both personally and professionally, and I wish to thank everyone involved for providing this experience for teachers like myself and our students.”

A Teacher Participant

“These methods engage pupils in a creative way of approaching learning, giving them stimuli to think about the connection between arts and other subjects. Making use of such methods means motivating students to use their imagination in order to interpret symbols, characters and forms appearing in  works of art. In this way they become experiential researchers of knowledge and gradually understand that they can approach any area or subject by searching in themselves.”

A Project Co-Ordinator