Name: Gabriela
Rodriguez Santos Olmo
Role in the project: Coordinator
Subjects taught: English language
Personal interests and hobbies: Reading XIXth
century women's literature, travelling to exotic places. Internet cafés.
Family: A bonny 4 years old daughter called Natalia
and a very handsome charming prince (WOW!)
Pets: A tortoise
Reasons for teaching: It's not boring. It's always
changelling.
Reasons for being in the project: I love meeting
new people and exchanging ideas. I am a great Euro fan.
Role in the project: Jefe de estudios
Personal interests and hobbies: Drawing, movies, music.
Family: I'm married with a little girl
Pets: A dog.
Reasons for teaching: I like to learn. I like my students to discover the possibilities of drawing so that they can create new things which can have an artistic value.
Reasons for being in the project: I believe it is very important for boys and girls to leave their surroundings and know new cultures and other ways of thinking. Also for me it is very important to know new cultures and to make friends with people from other countries.
Name: Juan
Senìs Fernandez
Role in the project: Teacher.
Subjects taught: Spanish language and literature.
Personal interests and hobbies: Reading. Watching
movies and TV series. Writing. Sport (jogging, tennis, swimming). Travelling.
Listening to operas and classical music. Singing (I sing in a choir).
Pets: One cat aclled "Umbriel".
Reasons for teaching: I like to share my knowledge
with other people. Teaching is never boring, sometimes it is hard, but
never boring. It can be very satisfying.
Reasons for being in the project: Kowing other
European educational systems. Meeting teachers and students from other countries.
Anything else... : I'm 31 years old. My favourite colour is orange.
Name: Oscar
Sànchez Yanel
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects
taught: Photography and audiovisual
Personal interests and hobbies: Painting,
drawing, travelling, filming, going to the cinema
Reasons for teaching: I love helping
people and I enjoy myself with young people and I feel I grow up
with them!
Reasons for being in the project: Because I think
it's a great opportunity for learning and meeting new people. And for knowing
another European educational system.
Role in the project: Teacher from coordinating country, Spain
Subjects taught: Techynical drawing
Personal interests and hobbies: Music, nature, cinema
Family: Not married
Pets: No pets
Reasons for teaching: I love being in contact with students and learn more and more
Reasons for being in the project: I love foreign language and communicating with people from other countries.
Role in the project: Teacher from Spain, coordinator
Subjects taught: Graphic design, photmechanis, Initiation of design
Personal interests and hobbies: Pictures, photographs, design in general
Family: Not married
Pets: A very special dog called Chao-Li
Reasons for teaching: It is a sort of vocation more than a profession. It is a very good work. I love students
Reasons for being in the project: It is a good opportunity to know Italy and enjoy it. Different cultures meeting each other is something very interesting to students.
Role in the project: Lecturer
Subjects taught: Management
Personal interests and hobbies: Visiting and travelling throughout Europe and Latin America. Also interested in world affairs, history and geography.
Family: Married to Miriam. We have one daughter, Stephanie, 16 years.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: To inspire enthusiasm and understanding of management and its transferability and relevance.
Reasons for being in the project: I am very interested in other cultures, enjoy travelling and meeting people from other countries. I also think that travelling contributes to the lifelong education process.
Name: John
Allan
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: Lecturer Law
Personal interests and hobbies: History, Geography,
current affairs, football (he knows everything about Italian and Spanish
championships), swimming,
travelling Europe, visiting historical places,
Family: Extended family
Pets: A dog + a cat
Reasons for teaching: To prepare students for university
to achieve their goals.
To improve students' knowledge and understanding of
law.
Reasons for being in the project: To improve the
students' knowledge and understanding of our European Partners' cultures.
For the students to find out how similar they all are. To improve my language
skills and also the students'. To show Scottish students there is another
Europe other than holiday resorts.
Role in the project: Teacher.
Subjects taught: English, German.
Personal interests and hobbies: Literature, art, music, travelling, good food.
Family: Married, separated. Two children.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: I like to work with young people.
Reasons for being in the project: Getting to know colleagues from other countries. Giving pupils the chance to meet fellow students from other countries and to broaden their (and my) horizons.
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: German and History.
Personal interests and hobbies: Travelling on holidays, jogging, reading, in winter snowboarding.
Family: Not married and not divorced, no children, just a boyfriend.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: I ask this to myself everyday. Maybe I like working with teens.
Reasons for being in the project: Because I like to get to know new teachers from other countries, promote the idea of European communication.
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: German, History, Politics
Personal interests and hobbies: Movies, reading
Family: A cat called "Oscar" ;-)
Pets: Look above!
Reasons for teaching: Try to be serious ;-)
Reasons for being in the project: Exchange ideas with colleagues from abroad.
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: ICT
Personal interests and hobbies: Travelling
Family: married with a daughter.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: Why not?
Reasons for being in the project: As above.
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: English and Computer Science.
Personal interests and hobbies: Drawing protraits, making jewels and developing websites.
Family: a husband and two sons.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: High school teachers live in a world where people stay young for ever (students at least!)
Reasons for being in the project: It's a great opportunity for meeting colleagues from different European countries and getetting new insiration for work and life.
Name: Leo
Lombardi
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: Maths.
Personal interests and hobbies: reading novels
and history books.
Family: a wife, a daughter and a son.
Pets: None.
Reasons for teaching: "We were not made to
live as beasts but to seek virtue and knowledge" quotation from Dante
Alighieri's "Divina Commedia".
Reasons for being in the project: I believe
in Europe values and I want to share them with colleagues and students.
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: Building Construction.
Personal interests and hobbies: cooking (I'm a great chef!) and tending my garden.
Family: a wife, a daughter and a son.
Pets: a dog and several cats.
Reasons for teaching: do you know a more fascinating job?
Reasons for being in the project: With the help of my colleague Leo I make sure that Maria Antonietta and Lorenza do not get lost in some European airport. Not joking!
Name: Lorenza
Vitale
Role in the project: Teacher
Subjects taught: Science.
Personal interests and hobbies: .
Family: a husband, two daughters and a son.
Pets: a goldfish and an iguana, not in the
same bowl!
Reasons for teaching: I am a mother, besides
being a teacher, so I feel very near my pupils' lives and problems
so I like watching them grow up under my protective wing. At least,
I try to protect them!!!
Reasons for being in the project: I'm very
curious and I like exploring new cultural realities. I think it's extremely
interesting and engaging to find similarities and differences between
us (the Italians) and the rest of the world. So, let's start with Europe!
The Scottish students
The Spanish students
The German students
