Eumind

Europe
Meets India

Eumind is a non-profit school network that creates and supervises virtual exchange projects in which Indian and European students have the opportunity to work together on projects regarding real-life issues such as sustainability and human rights, and creative projects based on theatre and arts.

Indian Schools
Europe Schools
Exchange program

School Collaboration

We match each European school with a suitable Indian school and ensure a direct line of communication.

Mission

Eumind believes that the world of tomorrow needs global citizens that can communicate and work together across borders. Who are socially responsible and aware of their responsibilities towards our planet.

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Eumind Seeks

Intercultural Communication
Understanding Cultural
Differences
Political & Economical Knowledge
Social
Responsibility
Promotes Sustainable Developent
Sensitises Students to Alleviate Poverty
Project

Key Players

International Jury

Our international jury is made up of highly experienced and motivated (ex-)teachers from all over the world.

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International Coordinators

Each coordinator is responsible for a specific project and is always available for queries or advice.

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Certificates of Excellences & Participation

Eumind projects run from the end of September until the start of February. In general, all projects follow the same structure

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Reflections

Project

An overview of the projects, the preferred age group per scenario and the link of the scenario’s to subjects within the curriculum can be found below.

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Projects Successfully Completed

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Europe Meets India

EUMIND 2022

Project Structure

1

Sub-Grouping with Partner School

Students are divided into subgroups of about 4-5 students and are matched with a subgroup of their partner school..

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2

Project research and scenario

Carrying out the research
or the task based on
the project scenario
(and subtopic).

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3

Comparison with Partner Group

Comparison: reflecting on the research of the students’ own group and assessing the work of the partner group.

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4

External Assessment

Filling out a self-assessment after finalizing the project. Based on the criteria, a number of subgroups will be nominated for external assessment.

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Key Aspects

Eumind believes that the world of tomorrow needs global citizens that can communicate and work together across borders. Who are socially responsible and aware of their responsibilities towards our planet. As such, our central aim is to connect as many students from India and Europe as possible, in order for them to learn from each other’s strenghts and develop their intercultural competencies.

Topics

Overview of Project

Topics

Quality: International jury and certificates of excellence
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Quality: International jury and certificates of excellence

 

Guidance

  • Each scenario is supervised by an International Coordinator to guide teachers throughout the project
  • Via our online portal, all project scenarios and additional materials are made available

Certificates of Excellence

  • At the end of the project, students fill in a self-evaluation in consultation with their teachers.
  • Based on the criteria, a number of student groups will be nominated for external assessment
  • Our international jury will evaluate the work and determine which groups have earned a certificate of excellence.

Quality

Quality Assurance

Quality

Eumind projects are a strong element of the school policy to make the schools more international and global
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School policy to make the school more international and global

  • Eumind projects are a strong element of the  school policy to make the schools more international and global
  • Sustainable integration of Eumind activities into the curriculum and school life . A growing number of schools in India and in Europe are linking the topics of the on-line projects to the curriculum (see outcomes evaluation by teachers 2015) and are using the Eumind activities to showcase the internationalisation of the school
  • Certificates of excellence and of Good practice are appreciated highly
  • Eumind teams headed by a Eumind coodinator are established in almost all schools

Structure

Important dates, features & actors in the network

Structure

A vital part of the Eumind projects, are the video conferences the students partake in.
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Video conferences

 

A vital part of the Eumind projects, are the video conferences the students partake in. This way, your students stand in direct contact with peers on the other side of the globe.

Every year, more than 1500 students partake in a Eumind video conference.

Your international coordinator will help you to schedule the video conference with your Indian colleague. In addition, a training session is available for European teachers at the start of the school year. All to ensure you get the most out of this experience.

Project

Online Projects

Project

About 100 (50 Indian and 50 European ) classes with about 2500 students take part yearly
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Online projects

  • About 100 (50 Indian and 50 European ) classes with about 2500 students take part yearly
  • Schools are matched bilaterally in online projects by Eumind management (June-July)
  • International coordinators coach schools and monitor progress
  • The methodology
    • The projects Go Green, Regions, Values, Human Rights, World of Work , Maths are  research focused project and  (over broad general project themes which are divided into subtopics. Each subtopic has its main research question and its subquestions. The subgroups of the participating schools deal with the same subtopics.
    • The projects On Stage, Arts drawing, Creative entrepreneurship follow a more creative scenario.
  • Project scenarios for each project are available
    Teachers get a booklet with a detailed description of the time line, the topics, the nomination  procedure and the self-assessment sheets. Students get a clear description of all assignments and a self-assessment sheet to be filled out at th end of the project.
  • Video conferences
    • Eumind has been a pioneer in  implementing video conferences in online projects.
    • The number of video conferences has risen spectacularly. About already  1200 students yook  part in one or more video conferences in 2015.  Since the pandemic Zoom, Google meet and other tools are being used very frequently
  • Certificates of excellence and of good practice. (February – March)
      • Students fill in the self-assessent sheets. Teachers nominate their groups for a certificate of excellence and a certificate of good practice.
      • International jury.
        About 18 jurymembers from the Netherlands, Belgum, Italy, Rep. Macedonia, India assess the nominated projects.