Raport
for visit in Romania, 29.10-2.11.2012
At week 29 October to 2 November 2012, No. Technical College.
2, Targu-Jiu hosted the first study visit of the multilateral School
partnership "The European teenagers between fast food and culinary
tradition" (1 August 2012 - 31 July 2014) - project included in the
program of Lifelong Learning, sub Comenius ANPCDEFP being approved earlier this
year.
The six foreign delegations were represented by 15
teachers: two teachers from Spain, Italy, Poland, and three teachers from
Greece, Portugal and Turkey.
For each day of the week were offered interesting
activities while enjoyable, especially relevant to the project.
ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 29. X.2012
Monday, 29.10.2012, it started the Programme of the
Comenius Week's visit
Objectives of activities:
• Presenting of The Technical College No.2 , tour
school (offices, laboratories, classrooms, workshops, fireplace, dining room,
library);
• assistance / observation sequences teaching /
practical activities, laboratories and workshops;
• presenting and describing specific culinary partner
institutions of the countries involved in the project;
• debate about healthy eating.
The activities started at 9:30 in club students and
were conducted according to the following schedule:
September 30 to 10 - discussions, presentation of the
program of work10-12 -
The tour of the host school;
observation activities
14-19 - Roundtable
During the
first part of day it was presented the host institution regarding tour of the
school, laboratories, offices, shops, boarding, dining room and library. Were
presented to all the places where our students study, work or spend their
leisure time. The teachers from partners’ schools were interested to know how
it works lessons in the classroom, participating in some of them.
In the
afternoon, each partner schools presented its own school, country-specific
issues, focusing on education systems, the manner of approach to education for
a healthy lifestyle and defining elements of culinary tradition. The
presentations were interactive and engaged discussions and thematic debates.
Presentation
of the educational system in Romania was made by Mr. Marius Badea deputy
inspector general that has warned that
the learning process is defined as a deliberate activity undertaken in pursuit
of finality well defined.
The materials used in the course of type roundtable
were: PPT presentations, flyers, folders containing brochures, maps, Comenius
week work program, sheets, films and photo montages.
ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 30. X 2012
Tuesday, thematic visit -
cultural and culinary heritage of Gorj County
The objectives in planning the visit to the Monastery and at The
Housewife Art from Tismana
• Defining culinary tradition by understanding the spiritual relationship
between orthodox and specificity gourmet,
the place of orthodox fasting in
worship and community life,
recommendations of Christian church;
• The share of food in the daily menu and healthy cooking methods;
• Identify historical landmarks, myth and legend, the importance of the
worship in people's lives;
• Discovering the craft tradition and folklore (Oltenia carpet weaving,
embroidery clothes, traditional folklore elements present in the grounds woven
costumes, traditional dishes).
During this visit to Tismana, the partners have
discussed in English with a representative of the monastery about history and
culinary tradition of the place and the place of worship, fasting and
recommendations of the Orthodox Church regarding healthy eating.
Hobiţa, Memorial House of Constantin Brancusi
• Discovering of the specific elements of the Romanian
traditional house: architectural, structural, reasons (wooden works, seams and
fabrics, furniture, rooms intended dominance of wood and clay;
• Identifying of the traditional Romanian kitchen: low
table, chairs, pottery, food pantry and conservation methods, used for proper
preparation and storage cellar beverage, household annexes, bed, utensils used
in field work;
• Knowledge of Brancusi’s creation and identification
into his work, of the emblematic transcription of the archaic personality and
folkloric motives.
At the Memorial House of Constantin Brancusi visitors
could saw specific objects and tools used in traditional Romanian kitchen. Our
guests appreciated the simplicity and way of using the space for cooked dishes
or food store. They were interested in conservation methods and tools used to
work on the fields.
Hunter House in Peştişani was the last stop of the
program, an opportunity for our partners because there they were able to taste
some traditional recipes and to appreciate hunting.
Thursday 01.11.2012
The activity that took place on 01.11.2012 was the application through TarguJiu - Novaci
- Baia de Fier - Horezu - Măldăreşti.
The purpose of the application was to make known for
the project's partners the cultural
traditions of the Carpathian area east
of Jiu, to show them to the dairy factory at Novaci (built with EU funds) and
to taste traditional cuisine products in Oltenia a place full of history.
At the application was attended by 15 partners from
Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Poland, Spain and Italy and team members from
Romania.
The departure was made at 9.00 in the Technical
College Nr. 2, and the first objective was visited dairy factory of Novaci.
Guests were explained the need to open the factory in
a region where dairy farming sheep and goats is an activity with ancient
traditions. We visited the factory, the invitations received information about
each process technology suffered by milk.
The second stop was near Novaciului at Cave of old
women an important tourist attraction for Northern Oltenia.
At Horezu was visited the Paloş Ceramics workshop. The
craftsman of pottery workshop did a
demonstration of manufacture a product,
providing information about the materials used and the stages through which one
passes to reach the final product. For the
guests have been presented different ceramics, usefulness and their role
in traditional cuisine.
The last part of the application was the visit of
Vestiges architectural complex of Măldăreşti where guests were introduced to
the traditional lifestyle of the nobles from Northern Oltenia. At Maldar
Mansion held a tasting of a traditional menu (The Menu of the house's
lady).
At 17.00 hours the group left from Măldăreşti the
arrival at TirguJiu being at 18.00.
Wednesday, October 31, the third day of the visit began with a practice
walk: the seven teams' members, guests and hosts, went to town with map in
hand, to see what is offered by the community for young people, in terms of
food.
Participants were considered areas near schools.
Following this raid we found all that near schools in the city, including the
Technical College No. 2, students have few opportunities to eat healthy, to buy
fruit, dairy and other healthy foods, because
schools have too many fast food centres nearby.
The second activity performed on this day was the
visit of the Central Park and of architectural ensemble "Constantin
Brancusi".
Representatives of the seven institutions involved
enjoyed themselves by this oasis of tranquillity, right in the heart of the
stunning works and Brancusi: from the Table of Silence, alley seats, guests
passed under the Gate of the Kiss, continuing its path towards Heroes' Way to
Infinite Column.
At noon, the entire team returned to school, where it
was waited for a traditional meal prepared by the students involved in the
project under the careful guidance of teachers.
The directors of the school, along with two deputy
mayors of the city, representatives of foreign schools, with a welcome message.
In
the afternoon, the whole team was invited to a workshop on the topic of work
was discussing details of the following activities and mobility of students and
teachers. Following a brainstorming name was chosen project's blog: "Mum's
food or fast food?" Also the Spanish team proposed to choose an
appropriate logo design. At the last part of the workshop we talked about the questionnaires developed for students on the fast food diet.
ACTIVITY REPORT 02. XI. 2012
Friday - plan of the future
activities of the project
As planned in
the original program, the Friday, was dedicated for discussions about
development of the project.
Because Spain
wants to achieve student mobility only in families (in return) and they have
only a limited number of families to accommodate students from other countries,
requested a further visit to Portugal, to enable them to achieve the minimum
number of planned mobilities. The proposal was accepted, but it generated a
long discussion about recalculation of the visits' dates, so that all
participants agree. Also Spain has required a change of the date for visit in
their country, following that this visit to take place in September 2013.
After some lengthy discussion, have been set visits at
the following dates:
Number of the visit
|
COUNTRY
|
Initial date ( application form )
|
FINAL DATE
|
1
|
TURKEY
|
May- June 2013
|
15-20 April 2013
|
2
|
ITALY
|
Sep – Oct. 2013
|
18/23 FEB 2013
|
3
|
SPAIN
|
March- April 2014
|
30 sep-4 October 2013
|
4
|
GREECE
|
May- 2014
|
7-14 .04.2014
|
5
|
Portugal
|
|
8.01.2014
|
|
|
|
|
It was also made a draft about students' mobilities,
in the event of students exchanges in families. Turkey has offered the
possibility to accommodate a larger number of students in school's hostel.
The project's
coordinator also discussed the problem of project’s site to be launched in
November 2012. Site would be managed by the Spanish partner as defined in the
application form would contain separate sections for album project (created by
Turkish partner) healthy eating guide virtual variant (created by Portuguese
partner) respectively Recipes virtual grandmother-in version (made by Polish
partner).
Spanish representatives have said only now, that they
want to replace the site with the blog (that they created during the meeting of
Wednesday), adding that this blog is free and the site requires payment of a
domain, that they are not willing to do.
The coordinator of the project tried to explain that
there may be technical problems with this change, so that the partners could no
longer pay the tasks undertaken in the project, considering that each country
would only put their all materials. To clarify this point it was decided that
each coordinator to seek opinion of the Agency in his country following the
final decision belonging to the project coordinator, who has the duty to
oversee the implementation of all final products to fulfil all tasks undertaken
and partners.
The last part
planned for this day, about how project activities, have been undertaken to
date, has been reviewed briefly, given the very short time left available.
Discussions
were followed in an atmosphere more relaxed for the final working day of the
visit in Romania respectively, reflected in ceremony of giving certificates of
participation for all present.
There were
done final photos, there were recalled with pleasure moments of the week spent
in Romania, and that are made promises and hopes of review with the occasion of
the following visits.
Until then, each partner has to perform the activities
mentioned in the program, also keeping in touch with the project coordinator,
and representatives of other countries.
Prepared byAncaPeptan