Towards A Better Individual With Value Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Towards A Better Individual With Value Education

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Values: Values are a combination of beliefs, feelings, thoughts, behaviours and rules that are agreed upon, adopted and shared by society. Educational Values; This form of education was first implemented by the UN Educational Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) with the project “Living Values Education Program”. This was within the framework of the 50th anniversary celebration of the United Nations in 1995. Living Values Education / Living Values Education Program (YDEP) is an education program that focuses on the education of values. European Union, general / basic values such as peace, unity, equality, freedom, solidarity, meeting economic and social security needs, basic rights, European traditions, European awareness. Social inclusion, collaboration, celebration of diversity and the promotion of equal rights are among the primary goals of Erasmus +. Values Education is prominent in all European Union countries. For this reason, our project is in line with with Erasmus + .Values Education is carried out under various names and systems in many countries. There are differing approaches, in the content and context of the education and in teaching methodology. Although there are varying social, political, religious and economic structures in each country, Value Education aims to nurture an individual to become a respectful and valued member of society. Value education does so by transferring cultural, moral, national and universal values to the individuals.Therefore, Values Education is a vital part of our school system. Values are not inherent. They are facts that must be taught and learned. As we are not born with values, it is our responsibility as educators to teach them. People learn how to act according to the situations they encounter. Children learn social cues from adults or peers in their local and school communities. Values are, above all, an educational issue. The teaching of values should be child led and experience based, taught explicitly but practiced in a nurturing environment. According to data updated by the European statistics agency Eurostat in 2018, the crime rate of EU countries increases exponentially each year. The main problems we face both globally and locally indicate that we all should give importance to values education. Values are an integral part of democratic citizenship education. In recent years bullying, disrespect, lack of empathy and other behaviours have become more prevalent. This development is evident in all partner countries that we have collaborated with. With this project we aim to foster empathetic, compassionate and inclusive children. Children that are tolerant and respectful of others.
Our Project Aims To;
To enable each child to reach their full potential socially, emotionally, spiritually and academically.
To ensure that each child develops respect for others.
To promote understanding and tolerance.
To develop each child’s sense of responsibility within society.
To foster an inclusive and ethical society.

Therefore, Ireland our coordinator, 2 schools from Turkey, France, Germany and Croatia came together to achieve our goals in line with EU priority objectives .
Project activities will start in October 2020 and will end in October 2022. The key people of our project are the contact person, teachers and a school manager, a school guidance teacher. People who will take part in mobilities are students, school administrators and teachers. Participating students will be between the ages of 6-17. It is expected that there will be a total of 3000-4000 people participating in the project.

Finally, our primary goal is to enable children to reach their full potential in order to contribute invaluably to society. This priority of ours will be achieved in the following ways:

Ensure that they develop meaningful friendships and relationships with others.
Ensure that they value friendship and cooperate well with others.
Promote respect for the environment. Develop an understanding of environmental issues, climate change and preventative measures.
Empower the value of feeling empathy for others.
Foster positive self-esteem.
Promote creative thinking, problem solving and the relationship between cause and effect in society.
Ensure that individuals develop respect for nature and animals.
Transfer and appreciation of traditional values.
To develop their personal interests and character traits.
To be individuals who are honest, respectful, comply with moral values and courtesy rules, can communicate comfortably, care for human relations.
To improve their social skills with LTT and in between activities.
Learning to give value and respect to elderly people while visiting institutions such as elderly care centers.
To gain tolerance and respect for foreign cultures by communicating with peers from different cultures.
To gain the value of friendship by developing foreign language skills.
Application of values in everyday life, school and local communities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160990 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ballyroan Boy’s National School & Country: IE

Project Partners

• Kurfürst-Balduin-Realschule plus Trier
• MERSIN NAMIK KEMAL ORTAOKULU
• Osnovna Skola Lapad
• Kasim Sacide Ener Ortaokulu
• Collège de Verny