NaviNatur-School Exchange

January 2012 – July 2013

Prof. Adnana Mihaela PătrăşcoiuŞcoala Gimnazială Sfântu Gheorghe

„Discover and present sustainability in a transnational way and by new media: Education for

a sustainable development (ESD) in a student exchange program with/through GPS-education

tours between schools from Romania and Germany-Navinatur-School Exchange”

Project title:

Project initiator: SCHUBZ - Centre for Environmental Education (SCHUBZ) in Lüneburg;

Funding: “Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt“; (German Foundation for Environment)

Partner schools: Haupt- und Realschule Salzhausen, IGS Lüneburg

and Secondary School from Sfântu Gheorghe, Marion-Dönhoff-Gymnasium Mölln and Liceul Teoretic

„Joseph Haltich“, Sighișoara.

About the project:

The Institute of Environmental Communication (INFU) of the Leuphana University Lüneburg,

Bucharest University,

The Biosphere Reserve Administration (BRV) Lower Saxon Elbe Valley,

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Administration.

Partners:

February 2011 – we received, through DDBRA, the project proposal of SCHUBZ and expressed our cooperation interest;

May 2011 – we met personally at the school to discuss further details;

July 2011 - has been approved by the “Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt“ beginning with January 1st, 2012.

How did we become partners?

March 2012 – first teachers training seminars, each two days long, in Sighişoara and in Tulcea;

31 May – 8 June 2012, Sf. Gheorghe – first school exchange between Secondary School of Sf. Gheorghe and Haupt- und Realschule Salzhausen and IGS Lüneburg;

8 – 17 October 2012, Lüneburg /Salzausen - second school exchange between the three schools.

How did we become partners?

working on the POIs– Points of Interest) which will be on the project site: www.navinatur.de;

introducing the topic of sustainable development in class;

students provide coaching to each other and reflect and develop their models based on cultural influences through the "twinning model“;

face-to-face meetings complemented by virtual and theoretical presentations;

communication by webpage, www.navinatur.de (multilingual) in Web 2.0 mode, and GPS and audio-, picture-, and text-based tools.

Activities:

15-16 March 2012 - DDBRA, Tulcea

15-16 March 2012 - DDBRA, Tulcea

31 May-8 June 2012, Sf. Gheorghe

31 May-8 June 2012, Sf. Gheorghe

31 May-8 June 2012, Sf. Gheorghe

2-11 October 2012, Lüneburg/Salzhausen

2-11 October 2012, Lüneburg/Salzhausen

2-11 October 2012, Lüneburg/Salzhausen

2-11 October 2012, Lüneburg/Salzhausen

14-15 March 2013, Tulcea