"Music has been the base engine of this project that had its beginning in October 2017 in Formia, Italy, and its conclusion in May 2019, in the same place. With this project, it was intended to create greater awareness of the importance of music, as a unifying element between countries, cultures and forms of socialization. Across Europe, many students listened to and enjoyed the same kind of music, and this can be the first step towards a better understanding and learning of different cultures, religions and ways of living.The project aimed to develop students’ musical intelligence, increase experience, “think outside the box” and find alternative solutions to learn and share knowledge through music. It also had the objective of introducing new techniques,making known good practices and developments in music, as well as reliving the old themes and musical instruments from different countries. Nowadays, music is a transnational language we can use to communicate without stereotypes or barriers.It was with great enthusiasm that ""I.C. Alighieri"", “Agrupamento de Escolas Artur Gonçalves”, ""Gradinita cu program prelungit"", ""Iayse Temizel Ortaokulu"", ""Music School of Tripolis"", ""Zespol Szkol Publicznych nr 5"" embraced this project, which included factors of great importance such as the involvement and enthusiastic participation of students and their families, the possibility of getting in touch with other European schools, the contact with different educational systems, the possibility of comparing and adopting.Each or two transnational project meetings,organized with total success by the host schools, reinforced the development of a distinct interpersonal relationship and cooperation, in order to build a common approach to all the issues elaborated and included in the plan, as well as to respond to all the difficulties encountered during the implementation of the project.The cooperation was based on a partnership between all the schools involved. Teachers and students communicated using portals, forums, instant messaging, video conferencing, etc. All partners presented their skills and competences throughout the project. Some partners shared their experience of working on projects and others shared new ideas and vision.All the activities were carefully prepared for the students and by the students of the participating schools and had as objective to make known the culture, arts/music and specific characteristics of each country.All the work was carried out in order to develop teaching and learning techniques, especially the use of ICT, critical and creative thinking, cooperative behaviour, teamwork, communicative activities, creativity and intercultural integration.Some aspects stand out:- to introduce basic knowledge of musical instruments, melodies, dance of different countries- our students had the opportunity to improve their learning skills with new innovative programs- to become socialized by dancing, singing and playing with others- to promote team work and cooperation in musical activities- to increase creativity while performing- to increase motivation for language learning- EnglishParents, especially those whose children have entered into mobility, have actively collaborated with the school,encouraging their learners to come into contact with different educational systems and cultures.Students who participated in the meetings reported their experience as transformative at various levels. Therefore, they highlighted the contact with realities completely different from their own, as well as the experience of welcoming and being welcomed, and experiencing the departure from their territory of comfort.The team meeting activities, the formal and informal discussions about the project details, and the questionnaires for students and parents were very important as motivational tools for the group.The quality of the students' work and their willingness to collaborate in the proposed tasks were evaluated, in the expectation of involving as many students as possible in the project activities.The impact and dissemination of our project on the school community (students, teachers and parents) was great and unique.The students who had the possibility of directly or indirectly coming into contact with the project were undoubtedly more enriched.At various points in the project, we evaluated the schedule, quality, cost, satisfaction and performance of participants in order to understand the usefulness of the work developed.Having always in mind this: Have the objectives been clearly defined? Who participated? And in which activities?Surveys were carried out to ascertain the opinion of all participants on the course of the project, the degree of achievement of the objectives, the satisfaction obtained with the participation and the results observed.The results of the evaluation were presented and discussed with all partners and taken into account at all times of project life."

"Better Teaching and Learning (BTL) is a Project to be carried out under Key action 2, Ka229, School Exchange Partnerships of erasmus+ programme with the cooperation of 6 partners from 6 different countries (Slovenia, Romania, Italy, Turkey, Greece and Spain).The world is developing and Life is changing rapidly. New generations need new Teaching/Learning Methods because the interests, needs, priorities, environements, expectations of parents, pupils and the societies are also changing rapidly. The current quality of education is not enough if it is not renewed. Educational institutions are responsible for children’s comprehensive, innovative, progressive education which help the child to know himself, the World and life better. However, the mere theoretical background for a small child is much less affective than some correlation, feeling and personal experience. Most children are naturally interested and motivated to do something when they can associate certain information with certain of their experiences and real situations. Then it wakes up the inner scientist and researcher. According to the statistics of the questionnaires and researchs in partner schools, 74% of the children feels bored and unmotivated to learning during lessons or activities not allowing them to act, think, perform, enjoy and create. Also 81% of the children feel more motivated, happy, self-confident, self-esteemed and ready to share their experiences with parents and peers when they can move, perform, create and enjoy. One thing is clear for the educators of early childhood that The best learning is when you feel and experience everything by yourself. The question is: How to teach a child better by meeting his/her expectations in a rapidly changing situation? There are a lot of theory in every country but the educators are still lack of practical experience and knowledge, the organizations are lack information of how to adapt new things in the lowest educational level - kindergarden and pre-primary school classes. The favoured approaches like Learning by doing, Experiential learning, STEAM and Task Based Learnings allow students to absorb knowledge through real life experiences. Thanks to BTL, we will excange of good practices in partner schools about combining the favoured ""Teaching/Learning Approaches and Elements"" in school environment through the activities of the project covering six main areas: ""Entrepreneurship"", ""Media literacy"", ""STEM"", ""Nature and the Environment"" , ""Healthy lifestyle"" and ""Personal Affairs"". Selected areas of the project will help to provide for experiential education guidelines, adapt existing indoor and outdoor spaces for better teaching/learning, and create new methodologies to encourage children's curiosity, creativity, responsibility, entrepreneurial skill and personal developement.The main idea of this Project is to improve the education level in each partner school by improving the participants' , especially teachers, Professional knowledge and capacity. While reaching this aim, BTL is aiming to combine the favoured elements of Early Childhood (3-8 age) such as "" Experiments"", ""Research"", ""Games"", ""STEAM"" and ""Real life experience practices"" with recently favoured topics, such as ""Entrepreneurship"", ""Media literacy"", ""STEM"", ""Nature and the Environment"" , ""Healthy lifestyle"" and ""Personal Affairs"" that are very critical for the true developement of child's personal, cognitive, mental, physcal feautures. Thanks to BTL;We will - integrate the favoured and needed elements into curriculum and school practices.- improve the teaching capacity of teachers by making them meet with different good Exchange of practices- improve the education level in schools by making the pupils and staff meet with different applications - help pupils to have positive feautures such as ""having self-confidence, being creative, being cooperative, social, easygoing and responsible by allowing them to express themselves and use their creativity through different favoured applications during the classesWe will adjust the school environments in a new way by learning what should be done to let the pupils express themselves and use creative activities thanks to the gains of this Project.There will be decrease in the number of students having problems of isolation, lack of self-confidence, aggression, loneliness, irresponsibility, lack of motivation etc. thanks to the Exchange of good practices to be observed during the Project.As it may be seen, Our first priority is ""Developing High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems"" and we will reach this aim by ""Strenghtening the profiles of teaching professions"" and while making this, We will make them meet ""New Practices in a Digital Era"".EU Comission reports state that, Although the percentage of children having Early Child Education is 95%, Problems still exists because of the differency in practices and BTL will be a solution to this problem."