EUROSPINEUROpean Students Press INitiative

Open Days, 5th May 2001

PartnersECCHATEUROPE & Liberte College Jean MoulinCollege Alphonse DaudetFree University of BerlinGymnasium PhilippinumLambrakis Research FoundationEllinogermaniki AgogiEPINOIACreative Marketing

KURIERBG & BRG SCHWECHAT

The idea

To sensitize youth to current European issues, and especially on issues concerning European political conscience by promoting an innovative methodology on civic education through the active participation of students

based on student cooperation throughout Europe and taking advantage of the power of press.

AimsDevelop an innovative model of co-operation between schools, experts and the media throughout Europe,Develop a model of active civic education, allowing students to participate in research efforts,Implementation of this model through advanced Web based technology.

School networkEUROSPINEllinogermaniki AgogiCollege Jean MoulinCollege Alphonse DaudetPhilippinumMarburgMartin-Luther SchuleElisabeth SchuleBG SchwechatBG MoedlingHigh School of Pallini

ActivitiesField ResearchInterviews

Data gathering and submissionData interpretationArticlesTeachersExpertJournalistsSTUDENTS

InterviewsOur tool: the questionnaireWay of workingInterviews in the cityExchange between schools in order to conduct the interviews

Data interpretationGreeceInformatics, Elements of Democratic Regime, Civic Economics

AustriaGerman

GermanySocial Studies

FranceHistory, Geography, Informatics, Bibliographic research, French

Article writingUsing information from the Internet and from other media,Writing articles first of our own and then exchanging views with other members of the group,Completing the articles with the support of the journalist.

ResultsBeing involved in current issues and social developments,Collaboration at European level,Familiarization with the social research methodology,Responsibility for their learning,Being engaged in authentic and interdisciplinary tasks.

DifficultiesFind interviewees & fix a date for the interview,Non cooperating people,Not enough time,Some people didnt know a lot about the topic (e.g.questions on politics & economics),The web-site could not be easily accessed from computers outside school,We live far away from each other and we could not meet outside school to work.

What we liked

Collect interesting information,Know how students in Europe think,Communicate with other young people,Experience of being active researchers,Experience of being a reporter Find out how an inquiry works,Contact with students from other schools,

What we liked

It was something else than the usual lessons,The cross subject approach,Knowledge acquired on the EU,The contact with students from other countries & the new insight on the views of young people in EuropeSurfing the Internet,

What we liked

Daily grind vs. project 0:1,Getting acquainted with the work of a journalist,Collaborating with a newspaper,Designing the layouts of the articles with a real layout program at the office of newsapapers,Our views have been published and in fact translatd and published also abroad!

What we gained !Exchanging opinions and learning of the lifestyle in other countries,Advantages & disadvantages of handling this kind of data,Knowledge about the Internet.