Conclusion to self-evaluation survey

We still need to focus on increasing the awareness among young people when it comes to a healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits.

Parents should really pay attention to and develop healthy habits in their children from the very beginning because later in adult life will be more difficult to change these habits. According to the saying ‘a healthy body, healthy mind’ we have to take care about the future of the new generations of young Europeans.

The role of European education - teachers is to promote a healthy lifestyle among young people through physical activity classes, culinary workshops, different meetings with specialists, doctors, nutritionists, psychologists, etc. And also to develop intercultural awareness among young Europeans as well as a sense of European community spirit.

All three groups of respondents were satisfied with the project activities as evidenced by the survey results presented graphically in the form of graphs.

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SHORT RAPORT OF THE PROJECT (2012-2014)

SHORT RAPORT OF THE PROJECT (2012-2014) (TURKEY)

Romania: 28th  September, 3rd October 2013

At the beginning of the new educational year, Comenius Project was introduced to the teachers and students.Between 28th of October and 3rd of November The first meeting of the Project was held in Targi-jiu, Romania participated by the teachers of the partner countries.

Emin Kutlu, Recep Batu and Osman Yılmaz participated the meeting from Turkey.In this meeting, each country introduced their own cities, schools and educational system on the first day. Moreover, in the two- year- project period, activities to be done was planned, partners agreed to cooperate and the meeting date for the following partner was decided.The  other activities planned are preparing a web site, deciding the name of the site, which was named ’’ Mum’s Food’’, and choosing a logo. The partners decided for each country to design their own logo and to choose the best by voting. After returning to Turkey, Certificate of Presence was given to the Project teachers.

 

Italy: 18th -23rd February 2013

 To the second project which is in Italy; Emin KUTLU, Sevtap ÇAM and Burcu ŞAHİN as teachers, Barkın YİĞİTBAŞI, Ebru KÜÇÜK, Diba TOPAÇ, Yağmur ERSOY and Sevdiye Esra EKİCİ attended as students. The school of Istr. Sec. Sup. D. Sartor ‘which is a farming vocational school’ in Montebelluna, Castelfranco was visited.On the first day,the house and the farm of the founder, the main building of the school and the other units related to the farming and stock raising were seen. The students presented the film slides about the projects in the meeting room. Later, the guests saw the classes,labs,computer room and the cheese production place of the school and they were informed about them. The guests ate lunch at school dining hall and were offered traditional meals and drinks of Italy. Our students joined the preparations of the Italian meals at the school dining hall and the meals were serviced at lunch. The Mayer of Montebelluna joined the lunch at school and he was presented Turkish delight as gift.Our students stayed with the Italian families and learnt the Italian culture better. They were happy to be there and represented our country well. They practiced English, which they learnt at school. 

 

Turkey: 15th -19th April 2013

 The Turkish teams welcomed teams on Saturday and Sunday, and hosted them in families chosen before. There were 32 students and 17 teachers from other countries hosted by 32 Turkish students, their families and 8 teachers. During the trips, we tried to make our guests participate in several lunches and dinners in order to introduce them the beauty and taste of the culinary traditions of our area. Every activity is documented with photos and videos.    The visit in Turkey was very helpful and made the students feel connected and self-confident about how to communicate with people from other countries. All the families who hosted students thanked to the teams as their students were kind, warm-hearted and respectful. Moreover, the atmosphere was really friendly.     

 

Spain : 29.9.2013-5.10.2013

We visited the Institud Europe school in Barcelona in Spain between 29/9/2013 and 5/10/2013  at the framework of the Comenius project, teenagers between fast food and culinary food, which our school belongs to. During our visit, our students made good friends, talked to them and had good time. They leant a different culture. They also recognised their own culture beter. They saw the modern and historical buildings. They noticed the similarities and differences. They improved their confidence. They experienced a foreign culture. They practised their English and had good friends. Our teachers also experienced and learnt a lot.

 

Portugal 12-18 January 2014.

Our school visited the Maria de Lama school in TORRES Novas İN PORTUGAL to join the meetings of the Comenius project of EU, 12-18 January,2014. The project coordinator Emin Kutlu, the assistant manager Mevlüt Uğur and English teacher Zeki Demir participated   thevisit.The students who joined the Portugal meeting were Esranur ELVAN, İdea Nehir ÖZLİMAN, Sevgi BAŞEĞMEZ, Musa Serkan DÜNDAR, Berk TOSUNve Ahmet Emre BOYACI. During the visit our students had good relations. they learnt about different culture, compared to their own culture. They had good friends and overcame the fear of foreigner. they saw some historical buildings, people and towns. They noticed the similarities and differences, they improved their self confidence. They practiced their English all the time and improved their level. And our teacher had the chance to see their schools, classes and education system. We had good information and developed ourselves. İt was a very useful visit.

 

Poland: 30th March-5th  April 2014

Comenius Project, Polonya Lubliniec, Zespol Szkol Zawodowych  school. In order to take part in the European Union Comenius Project, we visited Zespol Szkol Zawodowych School, Lubliniec, Poland between 30th March and 6th April for the Project meeting.Project coordinator Emin Kutlu, Vice principal Şakir Öztürk and English teacher Burcu Şahin participated to the Project meeting. The students who took part in the Poland visit are, Dilan EFE, Berkay DENİZ, Fatma Sena SONGÜR, Hilal KARAYILDIRIM, Ayça ACIR, Güner Can DÜNDAR,  Mert POLAT, Arif YILMAZ ve Gizem CAN.During the process of our trips, our students had great dialogues with the foreign teachers and students. The had the awareness towards their own culture. They had a lot of information about the cultural and historical side of the countries they went to .They had self confidence. they found out that travelling abroad is not as difficult as they thought it would be. They always spoke English efficiently through the visits. as far aa teachers are concerned, they had the opportunity to observe the educational systems in the partner countries.Between 2012- 2014 the visits to Romania, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland were completed.

Report on the implementation of project activities carried out in the framework of multilateral Comenius partnership project from September 2012 to June 2014
September 2012
In September, we began the implementation of project activities. Everything was new to us because it was the first partnership project of Comenius program at our school. The first project activity was an article in the local press informing about our project in the local community. Another project activity was to prepare by our students Wall school newspaper relating to the project. The next project activity was to select from among students of our school the project target group formed to implement the project activities.
October 2012
In October, the next project activity was to organize a meeting for the students of our school - the target group with specialists from Psychological and Pedagogical clinic. The purpose of the meeting was to increase students' awareness of healthy eating and changing eating habits. The students were interested in the subject of this meeting, filled out a survey prepared by the guests and watched a film promoting healthy food. The next project activity was to prepare the presentation of our school and our town for the first project visit in Romania in Tg-Jiu which was held between 28 October – 03 November 2012 year.
November 2012
In November, the next project activity was to write the report of the first project visit to our school project folder and the article in the local press. The next project activity was to organize a meeting for the students of our school - the target group with specialist dietician. It was a continuation of the previous meeting in October. The purpose of the meeting was to increase students' awareness of unhealthy eating habits. Students watched special presentation prepared for them, and concluded that it would be better to change some eating habits and lead a healthy lifestyle.
December 2012
In December, the next activity was to organize a design contest for the best logo of our project. It was one of the project activities planned during the first project visit. Each partner school was supposed to send its best logo offer selected from the students’ works to the website - on the blog of our project. Our students were interested in this contest and eagerly began to accomplish this task. The students presented their works done in various techniques, and our jury chose the best proposal of the logo which was posted on the blog. Our proposal took third place in the competition. The next project activity was to prepare an artistic performance called “Nativity play” and Christmas school eve for teachers according to traditional recipes by some students of our school.
January 2013
In January, the next project activity was to perform posters in different techniques with descriptions by the students of our school to promote our partner countries. All posters relating to all partner countries participating in the project, and there were six, were placed on individual walls on all floors of our school which formed a kind of exhibition. This action was educational in nature because the students through the exhibition could obtain information about these countries. The next project activity was to organize a training course for the students of our school for workshops to the local confectionery Polmarkus in Pyskowice. During these workshops, our students could learn about the production process, and then were able to perform independently a variety of confectionery. The next project activity was to prepare and carry out a survey developed during the first visit project in Romania in Tg-Jiu among fifty students of each partner school about eating habits. The results of the surveys conducted in our school have been placed in the presentation prepared for the second project visit.
February 2013
In February, the next project activity was to prepare the presentation for the second project visit in Italy in Castelfranco - Montebelluna which was held between 17 - 23 February 2013 year. The next project activity was to write the report of the second visit to our project folder and the article on our school website.
March 2013
In March the next project activity scheduled during the second project visit was to develop student profiles for our students going for the third project visit. The next action project was to develop, prepare and conduct two surveys among fifty our students about healthy nutrition and their family and material situation. The results of these surveys were placed in the presentation prepared for the third project visit to Turkey to Antalya.
April 2013
In April, the next activity was to organize a design contest for the best Easter cake. Our students who participated in this contest drew their pastries according to traditional recipes. Then all made products have been exposed at a specially decorated table and subjected to tasting by the jury that chose the best product. The next project activity was a screening of the film for our students titled "Supersize Me," which aims to raise awareness among young people about risks of unhealthy eating. The next project activity was to prepare the presentation for the third project visit which was held between 14 - - 20 April 2013.
May 2013
In May, the next project activity was to write the report of the third visit to our school project folder and the two articles in the local press and on the school website. The next project activity was to cook a traditional Silesian dinner by our students as part of extracurricular activities which was presented to and consumed by them. The next step was to organize a training course for our students for workshops called "sandwich vertigo" to the local confectionery Polmarkus in Pyskowice. The aim of the workshops was to promote healthy eating habits among young people through their individual preparation of healthy sandwiches.
June 2013
In June, the next action was to organize a design competition for the best salad of the European partner countries participating in our project. Students willingly volunteered to participate in this competition, divided into teams of two and three-bed and proceeded to accomplish this task. The aim of the competition was to make different salads Europe according to the recipes previously prepared by the participants. All salads after performing at a given time have been exposed to a specially decorated table and subjected to tasting by the jury that chose the best salad assessed in terms of appearance and taste. After the competition the students and teachers of our school with gusto consummated all made salads. The next action project was to fill out the form on-line progress report, which had to be sent immediately to the end of the month, ie. Until 30 June 2013 year for each partner school taking part in the project. Our progress report was sent 26 June 2013 year.
July and August 2013
In July and August not performed any project activity because it was the time of summer holidays in Poland.
September 2013
In September, shortly after the holidays first action project scheduled during the third visit was to organize a design contest by each partner school for the best poster of the food pyramid. Some of our students were interested in this contest and eagerly began to participate. Best food pyramid proposal selected by the jury in each of the partner schools was sent to the partner school in Portugal in Torres Novas. The next action project also planned and worked out during the third visit to the project was the development by each of the partner schools a brief historical outline of the food pyramid, and a selected group of products. Our school chose cereal products, which has developed nutritionally. All these measures have been put in a presentation prepared for the fourth project visit in Spain in Barcelona which was held between 29 September and 05 October 2013 year.
October 2013
In October was held the fourth project visit in the partner school in Spain in Barcelona between 29.09 - 04.10.2014. During this visit was set another project activities which had to be conducted in the partner schools and the results presented during the next project visit in the partner school in Portugal in Torres Novas. In addition was established deadline of the sixth - final project visit planned in Poland in Lubliniec despite the fact that this visit was not included in the schedule of the project. This situation was caused by falling out of the partner school from Greece and the final visit was planned according to the schedule of the project just in Greece between May and June 2014. After return the next project activity was to write a report on the fourth visit to our school project folder.

November 2013
In November next project activities prepared for the students of our school were to organize a cooking competition for the best breakfast in the framework of the International Day of Healthy Food and culinary workshops under the theme "traditional Christmas foods". Students involved in the project willingly acceded to these project activities as evidenced by the great culinary products made by them which were assessed visually and taste.
December 2013
In December, another project activity was to conduct a survey among fifty students from our school under the title "Be Active" prepared by the partner school from Portugal from Torres Novas. The results of this survey were attached to the prepared presentation, which was presented at the fifth visit to the project partner school in Portugal in Torres Novas. The results of this survey, together with the conclusions were be included, inter alia, in the "Healthy Eating Guide" for which the Portuguese school was responsible. Then our students and teachers worked on the 10 principles of healthy eating (called 10 commandments) that were given to school coordinator. School with specialist teacher chose from all the proposals the 10 best coomandments.
January 2014
In January, the next project activity was to complete all materials prepared for our presentation that was presented during the fifth project visit in Portugal in Torres Novas, and held this month on between 12.01 - 01.17.2014. During this visit was set another project activities which had to be conducted in the partner schools and the results included in the presentations prepared for the final project visit in the partner school in Poland in Lubliniec. After return the next project activity was to write the report of the visit to our school project folder.
February 2014
In February, the next project activity was to organize and conduct three workshops in computer classrooms for selected students from our school most involved in the project. Their task was to find resources in your grandmother's homemade traditional recipes that were needed to carry out these activities. During these classes, students compared their recipes with the recipes presented in the culinary search portals on the Internet which were then translated into English under the supervision of a teacher of English.
March 2014
In March, we took a detailed development and the writing of the schedule of our final visit based on the outline of the design generated in the month of February. This month, all project activities were closely related to the organization of the visit, such as transport, accommodation, meals, trips and educational tours. In addition, we organized a meeting with host families - the parents of students receiving host foreign students from partner schools involved in the project. The final product of this project was to prepare a cookbook entitled "Recipes Grandma" in English as the official language of communication in the project. For this book were responsible two partner schools - Polish and Italian - Polish school for all recipes developed by the different partner schools received via e-mail and graphic design and Italian school - for print and framing.

April 2014
At the turn of March and April in days between 31.03 - 04.04.2014 was held the sixth - last visit project partner school in Poland in Lubliniec. The visit was successful according to the schedule developed earlier in the month of March. During the visit at the coordinator meeting was presented our cookbook “Grandma’s Recipes" printed and bound by a team from the partner school from Italy. In addition the project coordinator from the partner school from Romania from Tg-Jiu just presented the questionnaires for students, parents and teachers - proposals for survey questions prepared by her team. Then it was discussed and determined what had to be put on our blog. After the visit the next project activity was to write the report of the visit to our school folder and the article which was placed on our school Facebook.
May 2014
In May, the next project activity was to organize a training course for our students for workshops called "chocolate vertigo" to the local patisserie Polmarkus in Pyskowice. During these workshops, students have the opportunity to explore different kinds of chocolate, performed alone by them bars of chocolate and a variety of chocolate products under the supervision of a master confectioner.
June 2014
In June the last activity was a brief summary of all our multilateral partnership project for school project team meeting convened for that purpose.
Reported by school project coordinator: Jarosław Jassak

Report Italy

FIFTH  REPORT ITALIAN ACTIVITIES: June  2014 - July 2014

ITALIAN ACTIVITIES “COMENIUS FOOD”

By teacher Paola Amadio - Italian Coordinator Comenius Project

 June

-          We divulgated the “Grandma’s Recipes Book”  in the classes of ISISS Sartor – Montebelluna (TV)

-          We posted some materials on the blog and supervised all the products.

-     Italian Coordinator (with some students),  made a PowerPoint presentation of the most relevant moments of the Project (visits made in the different countries and work) and posted it on the blog.

-     Italian Coordinator had  Meeting with  Leadership (Headm and DSGA) for the  summary of project

-     The students began their holidays

-     During the last meeting of teachers ISISS Sartor (Collegio Docenti  16 giugno 2014), Italian Coordinator showed to all other teachers of school: aims of the projext,  works, materials, meetings and photo

                                                                                                                                             July

     -   Teachers were involved in other schools for statal exams and spoke about the Comenius experience

-          The coordinator of the project began to write the official final report and prepared all the official papers

Teacher Paola Amadio

Portuguese Comenius Report

5th Portuguese Comenius Report (June – July 2014)

       June 2014:

§  We divulgated the “Grandma’s Recipes Book” at the “Comenius Corner” at school as the final product of the project. Later it will be donated to the school library.

§  We posted some materials on the “Virtual Guide” that were still missing.

§  The Portuguese students made a PowerPoint presentation of the most relevant moments of the Project (visits made in the different countries and work done in the framework of the Project) and talked to their mates about their experiences in order to motivate them to take part in future projects.

§  The students began their holidays.

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       July 2014

§  The Coordinator of the Project wrote the official report and posted the materials in the EST website.

§  The official papers were sent to our National Agency.

     The Comenius Project Coordinator

Gabriela de Azevedo

Spanish report ( June t- July 2014)

SPANISH LAST REPORT: JUNE- JULY 2014                                    

June

We made a copy of the Grandma’s recipe book which was donated to the school library.

We posted the last materials on the blog and supervised all the products.

In the school farewell party we organized a sports day activity related to the second part of the Virtual Guide  ”Be Active”.  Then we held an official ceremony where the students who had participated in the Comenius, got the diploma of participation.  While the diplomas were given, there was an exhibition in Powerpoint of the best and the most important moments of the project.  The students explained to their mates their experiences and tried to encourage other students to take part in the next project “Erasmus plus” if possible.

The students wrote an article about the project in the school magazine and a free copy was given to the parents in the final ceremony of 4^th ESO where the General Certificate of Secondary Education was given to the students who had succeeded.  During the event, a brief report about the Comenius project was explained

The coordinator of the project began to write the official final report and post the materials in the EST web site.

July

The students began their holidays.

The coordinator of the project continued writing the final report and prepared all the official papers.

The headmaster of the school, ICT coordinator of the project, posted the last materials and checked all the products.

The materials were posted in the EST website and the official papers were sent to our National Agency.

Written by Pilar Belloc

Turkey raport june-july 2014

June – July Turkey raport In order to widespread the products of the project, the book of Grandma’s recipes were copied in two. One copy was donated to the school library .The other copy was sent to the Department of Education in order to be a sample to the other schools. The blog ”Mum’s food or Fast food”, where the products of the project are demonstrated, was given as a link to our school’s official site. Trials were done to the access to the blog from our school’s site. The controls of the photographs and Turkish parts were completed. During the process of the project, the choices posters of the food pyramid and physical activity pyramid which had been prepared by the students were made .At the opening ceremony of our school these posters will be hung tot the certain places of the school building. Since July, the final report, Ecas membership and the activities were loaded to Est. The mobility coming to Turkey and the ones having visited the foreign countries were loaded to the web site. As it was stated in the agreement, the certificates of presence and documents about transformation were sent to the National Agency.

Polish report (September 2012- April 2013)

Short report of done activities by the Polish team

September 2012-April 2013:

September

1.Writing the article about Comenius in the local press;

2.Desining newsletters wall (Comenius corner);

3.Creating of target group;

4.Meeting with a psychologist about healthy eating.

October

1.Preparing of school’s presentation for the first project’s visit.

November

1.Meeting with a diet specialist about eating habits.

December

1.Logo competition for the best logo of our project;

2.Presentation of traditional Christmas foods.

January

1.Promotion of partner’s countries – posters made by students;

2.Workshops for students about healthy food in the local bakery;

3.Survey for students of target group about eating habits.

February

1.Preparing of school presentation about done project activities for the second project’s visit.

March

1.Preparing of Comenius students’ profiles;

2.Conducting of two surveys among Comenius students  about healthy eating and about family and  material situation.

April

1.Film presentation for students “Supersize Me”;

2.Preparing of school presentation about done project activities for the third project’s visit.

Coordinator

Jarosław Jassak

GREEK REPORT

REPORT OF GREEK TEAM

SEPTEMBER 2012 - APRIL 2013

SEPTEMBER 2012

Information about the Comenius Project (OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES)

Creation of Comenius team of 1^ST and 2^ND grade

OCTOBER 2012

Suggestions

Interviews of scientists and specialists on the topic

   Information for students on course program

28 October-3 November 2012 first meeting in Romania

Comenius team (3 Greek teachers)

NOVEMBER 2012

Logo creation

Creation of questionnaire

Interviews from fast food

Creating three teams of action to achieve project goals

First team: aiming at creating the logo

      Second team: aiming at the making and the spreading out of the questionnaire also working on the results of the research

      Third team: interviews with qualified scientists and visits to food places

     Each activity group informed the others about their activities

Select students for the next trip

DECEMBER  2012

     The second group printed and studied the questionnaire that had been filled out at the meeting in Romania, divided in 5 classes of 20 students they collected 100 questionnaires and elaborated the outcome of the research

JANUARY 2013

      The students decided after interactive discussion to visit and interview a psychologist of our town for scientific validity of the program

Preparation of visit in Italy

Creation of portfolios

FEBRUARY 2013

      Useful and valuable has been the interview with our gymnastic instructor at school who believes that regular exercise and healthy diet contributes to extend long- living

18 -22 February 2013 second meeting in Italy

Comenius team (4 Greek teachers and 3 students)

MARCH 2013

The three activity teams get informed by their Comenius project teachers about the creation of a questionnaire related to food pyramid survey

First part of virtual guide

Preparation materials for Turkey

APRIL 2013

The students found out the benefits of healthy nutrition and daily physical exercise

The accomplishment of food pyramid

14 -19 April 2013 third meeting in Turkey

Comenius team (3 Greek teachers and 3 students)

PREPARED BY GREEK COORDINATOR

VASO  ALEXAKI

Romanian report for June- July 2014

Report about activities of the Romanian team

June- July 2014

June 2014

 In the first part of this month the Comenius team prepared the materials for the Seminar of dissemination about the second project year.

The Seminar took part on 16th of   June in the Club of the school. 

The purpose of the seminar was to make known  for other educational institutions   from Gorj county about  the project development, activities and objectives. Were invited and attended the seminar: Assistant Inspector General of Gorj CSI Director of  Gorj CCD, the  inspector for  European projects in the CSI Gorj, directors and teachers  from Technical College Nr. 2 Tg Jiu, teachers from schools in Targu Jiu, representatives of the target group. Work has been conducted by the implementation team: Anca Peptan (coordinator), Elena Contras, Romeo Bibirigea, Eliana Bistreanu.

The activity was conducted according to the following schedule:

- Receiving of guests was conducted between 13.00 to 13.15;

- Brief word of welcome forthe participants addressed by the headmaster of Technical College Nr. 2, MergeaTeodor

- Project Coordinator, Anca Peptan, made a brief presentation of the project stating:

 motivation behind the writing of this project : the need to acknowledge by youth that their health or behavioral problems are caused largely by unhealthy eating style

 the fulfillment of objectives: defining and understanding the concept of healthy eating rediscover culinary traditions, discover other cultures through culinary tradition, intercultural and communication skills in English, using complex methods of research;

 materials resulting from project activities

- Representatives of target group members who participated in mobilities presented following:

•  Rusu Mihai and Vlad Iriza showed mobility in Italy

• Andronescu Claudiu presented the mobility in Turkey

• Cristina Babalau presented the mobility in Spain

• Adrian Vilan presented the mobility in Portugal

• Soichiţoiu Madalina presented the mobility in Poland

- Members of the target group presented the ​​materials  realised  during the project.

- Between the hours 14,40-15.00 held open discussions with guests, about European projects, and the opportunities   for a continuous improving of teachers and employees from educational institutions.

In 6^th June the coordinator of the project took part at the meeting of  Comenius coordinators with representatives of the National Agency  for the final report and the completing of  EST base.

July 2014

 Was the last month for project implementation and for students was the beginning of the holiday.

 During this month the local activity was addressed to the management of the project.

 All the teachers of the Comenius team involved in the second year of implementation presented their personal reports for this period.

The coordinator and part of the implementation team verified the documents of the project and began the preparing of the final report and the loading on EST base.

 Prepared by coordinator,

 Anca Peptan

Comenius sport

INTRODUCTION

TEENAGERS THROUGH CULINARY TRADITION AND FAST FOOD

We have begun a Comenius multilateral school partnership project with seven schools from: Poland, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Spain. This project began in September 2012 and will finish in July, 2014. Our first meeting was in Romania, in November, 2012, where we decided to create a general blog called “Mum's food or fast food? “and it will be the place where we are going to post all the photos, comments, activities mentioned in our application form, such as the album of the project, Grandma's recipes, the healthy eating guide and the new ones we decide to do.

The aim of this project is to make student aware of the importance of having healthy eating habits. So during this project we are going to focus on the following objectives: to define and understand the meaning of healthy eating, to rediscover the culinary tradition of each country and to know  other cultures through their culinary tradition. The target language will be English.

The project aims to involve teenagers in a debate with the topic of intercultural food style of young generation and the consequences in cultural identity’s field. Students from partner institutions will be helped by coordinators teachers to explore the issues of unhealthy food, and probe the medical, social and cultural implications. They will oppose two concepts, (food type) fast food and culinary tradition, understand the break that happens in the individual mind by assimilating artificial culture that tends to become universal food code.

The teens will reflect on their food preferences, the culinary tradition and family backgrounds. They will explore areas related to nutrition, food technologies, traditional and ecological agriculture they will also confront cultures and traditions by extending the dining experience in partner countries.

Each partner will initiate an investigation in two directions: a foray into the fast -food that will give the possibility to study chemical compounds used in preparing menus (will talk with nutritionists and sociologists, will confront opinions and ideas.

  On the other hand, it will be  a culinary journey in the region to which it belongs, approaching  tradition and customs. The students will be invited by a family that keeps cultural tradition of the place. There they can assist to the preparation of a traditional menu, they will taste the products and  find recipes, ingredients,   traditional ways to  prepare food and natural conservation of food .

These experiences will be shared within   the project visits, on the web site and materialized in the final products (European guide of healthy menus, book of traditional recipes , brochures,

This project will help students improve their English competence, raise awareness of belonging to a common European culture and know their own culture and their partners’.   We will also promote culinary and cultural traditions, having easy access to the results obtained in the partnership.