Within the project «MathemaTIKs for Primary School teachers» we will develop innovative tools and methods to facilitate the teaching of mathematics in a motivational manner, allowing to balance the development of accounting and algorithmic skills with developing creative reasoning skills not only in our country, but also at the level of the entire European community.

In order to achieve this, three members of our Strategic Partnership, Polish Primary School Klasyk in Puławy, Latvian Primary School Skibes and Spanish non-governmental organisation PASOS will conduct research and training in teaching methods and best practices promoting effective education in our countries and facilitating the achievement of intellectual outputs (book, short didactic films and e-learning platform). The study visits will take place in Poland, Latvia and Spain, and the intellectual outputs will document the results of our work and ensure the availability of developed methods and tools for all interested teachers. In order to properly implement the «MathemaTIKs» project, we have also planned 3
international project meetings: Kick off, an intermediate meeting and an evaluation meeting, and three multiplier events, one in each of the partner countries.

We expect that the project will help to improve the quality of mathematics teachers’ work in primary schools, and, therefore, the process of acquiring knowledge among the students. Teachers participating directly in the project will increase their ability to carry out research, introduce innovation, create teaching materials and improve their language skills which will also improve their ability to work in an international environment. Through an invitation to participate in the study visits issued to other educational institutions and local and regional organisms, the Strategic Partnership will strengthen its international network of contacts which will allow the project to have an increased impact and enrich it significantly. Our European activity will also improve and result in the promotion of further development and implementation of Erasmus + projects aimed at introducing innovative improvements in the teaching system.

1. To examine the teaching techniques and materials used by NSP Klasyk, PASOS and Skibes.

2. Develop pioneering pedagogical strategies in mathematics at school level
primary. After researching and sharing best practices, our members will be able to develop new teaching tools and methods by writing a book and creating educational films for teaching staff.

3. Access to developed pedagogical strategies at the primary school level, new
tools will be made available via the e-learning platform that will remain created especially for this project. In this way, every teacher will be able to count on easy and free access to high-quality materials, and the book, movies and platform will be in addition disseminated through various means to increase the impact of our project.

4. Strengthening the education system of each country by reviving relations and cooperation between educational institutions at regional, national and European level. In the project, we will count on the participation of institutions that will fulfill the role of multipliers and will support us in his dissemination. In this way, we will expand our network of contacts as we hold meetings with various actors at the European level to establish future forms of cooperation.

The participant selection process is divided into 2 stages:

STAGE 1

This stage was carried out before submitting this application and consisted of selection teachers and dissemination coordinators (responsible for the campaign
disseminating the project) from each entity.

We took into account both the selection of teachers and dissemination coordinators the following criteria:

– Willingness to travel
– Age over 18 years
– Experience and good work results in the organization
– Willingness to actively cooperate within planned tasks and participate in activities international.
– Motivation to participate in the project and further support the organization in future initiatives.

STAGE 2:

This stage will be carried out after approval of the project and will consist of choosing from organizations of participating teachers who will participate in study visits. During during these visits they will be able to learn about other tools and methods used by them teaching, and take part in round tables with various educational institutions: organs public, schools, etc. They will also contribute to generating intellectual results and, as experts, they will be responsible for assessing the previously prepared book.

Specific criteria for choosing teachers who will participate in study visits and
developing intellectual results:

– Over 2 years of experience as a primary school teacher.
– Willingness to travel.
– Ability to analyze new teaching methods. Ratings and feedback for the book,
new tools and methods.
– Experience in teaching mathematics.

Participants

• Increasing their skills in curriculum, research and implementation
  innovation.
  
• Increase their motivation and self-esteem.
  
• Improving their language skills (English level).
  
• Improving the ability to disseminate work results.
  
• Developing the ability to assess teaching materials.

Teachers of primary schools

• Improving their professional competences and teaching techniques.
  
• Improving their ability to teach mathematics in an innovative, effective, stimulating and satisfying way.

Our strategic partnership

• Creating strong and long-lasting relationships between members of various organizations.
  
• Creating future partnerships with new entities met during the project.
  Lifelong learning: improving the skills, abilities, knowledge and motivation of our teams.
  
• Increase our experience in large-scale projects.
  
• Contributing to the improvement of our current position in the PISA ranking.