Education ‘in’, ‘for’ and ‘through’ culture and heritage Erasmus Project

Project Title

Education ‘in’, ‘for’ and ‘through’ culture and heritage

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Over the past centuries , much of our heritage has been irretrievably lost. We have witnessed, and continue to witness, the destruction and deterioration of irreplaceable treasures due to natural disasters, wars, extreme poverty, industrialisation, and pollution. Other underlying causes of this prolonged and continuing tragedy are ignorance, indifference, lack of care and lack of appreciation.Traditional and cultural values are ignored by today’s generation and the young face cultural degeneration. The aim of the project is to help young people be more aware of the cultural prosperity and their own identity and characteristics, transferring them to the following generations, since those who have no awareness or value of their own heritage can hardly have bright future.
The future of our remaining heritage will depend largely on the decisions and actions of the present generation of young people who will soon become the leaders and decision-makers of tomorrow.
Building up responsible citizens is advocated as an essential aim for education, preparing people to become more creative and innovative in a society in search of new values, equality, social inclusion, and justice towards a more sustainable world in which cultural heritage education may play a key role.Education, culture and cultural heritage should not be seen as solely a response to the market-based economy; it is recommended to consider them as tools towards sustainable development.Our target group are students 14- 18.
General Objectives:
-Encourage young people to explore Europe’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space.
-Develop intercultural skills of participants through creative activities .
The specific objectives are :
*Enhancing students capability to become not only fulfilled citizens able to live in society but also responsible citizens regarding the protection of cultural heritage.
*To foster awareness of cultural heritage, emerge its uniqueness, emphasize the individuality of our countries and encourage dialogue amongst different cultures.
* Develop young peoples’ emotional intelligence and effective communicative, collaborative and creative skills;
* Discover different cultural identities and to what extent these different identities live together in Europe or in their own countries;
* Introduce a sense of European dimension of education, introducing the idea of an international collaborative work and the amelioration of a European dimension on linguistic and cultural contents in the curriculum;
* Increase the motivation of direct and indirect beneficiaries of lifelong learning to develop ICT skills as a way to communicate and to use them as a purposeful everyday tool, to learn a new language and as a means of communication and mastering English for project work;
*Encourage the cooperation within 6 organisations in Europe and the exchange of good practices.
Students will accept the fact that cultural heritage should be protected and developed by understanding the fundamental elements of their countries and partner countries’ culture and history .Students will be able to identify the similarities and differences between people, objects, events and facts and understand change and continuity by questioning historical evidences belonging to different periods and places.Students will show sensitivity towards issues concerning their own country and the world by having the awareness that they are part of the humanity.One of the achievements of this Project will be the production, testing and evaluation of this Resource Kit which will become a valuable tool for teachers for sensitising young people to the importance of preserving their local, national and world heritage, for providing them with the necessary skills to do so and for instilling a life-long commitment to this worthy endeavour.
Schools and organizations involved in the project will establish relations between the leadership of their assets to achieve project activities and the exchange of experiences and management solutions. Implementation of new pedagogical techniques and the use of new teaching materials learned during the project will result in changes in the curriculum, introduction of optional (school curriculum) based on the ideas introduced in the project.We believe that, in accordance with the “Lifelong Learning” strategy our project will strengthen the communication between our schools, representatives of education and local and international structures.At international level, we will be given the opportunity to introduce to our partner countries the uniqueness of the traditions and culture of each country.The project results will have a lasting impact on local, regional, European and foreign target groups.The project will undertake collaborative activities aimed at raising awareness about the value of cultural heritage and incorporating its education into various school subjects.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 108290 Eur

Project Coordinator

GENESIS ZS & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• 2o Gymnasio Geraka
• Profesionalna gimnazia po transport “Goce Delchev”
• Středni průmyslova škola Otrokovice
• Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Mandralisca
• Incirliova Genclik Kultur Sanat ve Gelisim Dernegi