Disability – Inclusive schools – Respect – Europe – Social dialogue Erasmus Project

Project Title

Disability – Inclusive schools – Respect – Europe – Social dialogue

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 Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Inclusion – equity; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

The world has changed and the educational policy in Europe has changed, too. Since 2005, one of the main educational objectives of each country is to make the inclusion of disabled students everyone’s business.
Six schools in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Turkey (2) have built an innovative partnership in this field of inclusion in education. The schools are very different, work in five different languages and face various educational contexts and social environment. However, they were able to become complementary by developing inclusion with a European dimension.
“Our Lady of Fatima Special school” in Ireland, “Istituto Comprensivo J.Stella” in Italy, 2 Turkish schools “Fatih Vefik Kitapcigil Ilkokulu Primary school” and “Murat Germen Secondary School”, a German special school “Helen-Keller-Schule” implemented together a KA2 project coordinated by the Institution du Sacré-Coeur (I.S.C.) in France.
The D.I. R.E.S. project, acronym for Disability, Inclusive schools, Respect, Europe and Social Dialogue had a big impact in education by allowing them during 2 years (2015-2017) to:
-Implement a rich and effective European cooperation
-Reduce disparities in learning activities but also in European mobility by integrating disabled and mainstream students
-Share this inclusive experience of students, staff and families on school and on European levels
-Strengthen the profile of the educational staff facing often a complex inclusive situation
In the D.I.R.E.S. project 5 transnational Learning Activities included in total 197 participant, , 83 staff members and 114 students (54 disabled and 60 mainstream). During three Transnational Meetings for staff 21 participants met in France, in Germany and in Ireland.
We used various approaches and strategies:
-Managed creative workshops on different subjects: cooking, games, matches, music, art, dance, traditional European tales, use of wheelchair, etc.
-Explored and compared structures and methods of inclusion in the six schools
-Built an active and innovative European network of inclusive schools
-Facilitated the inclusion of disabled and mainstream students
-Developed innovative approaches, using ICT, social networks and European platforms as eTwinning
-Helped teachers to deal with complex classroom realities
-Integrated and disseminated the project to families, other organizations and associations on local, national and European levels
Results published in different languages prove the added value of the 2 year D.I.R.E.S. project: a better inclusion and cooperation of all students and staff in the six partner schools and the development of a European network of inclusive schools. Some important results:
-A cookbook made by students: “What’s cooking in Europe?”
-A European powerpoint “Our Kamishibaï tales”
-A powerpoint about the workshop: “Students’ Map activity”
-PowerPoint presentations of students and staff; “Preparation for the mobility” and “Report about the week”
-Videos and a film about the week in Germany (for intern use). Student diaries
-Workshops with concrete, multicultural and inclusive learning activities adapted to the educational needs of disabled and mainstream students
-2 methodological information sheets for staff:
“Erasmus+: Elaboration d’un projet sur l’Inclusion”
“Erasmus+: Elaboration of a KA2 Project on Inclusion”
-2 pedagogical booklets for Erasmus+ projects managers:
“Inclusion européenne dans les projets scolaires : une diversité riche et effective”
“European inclusion in Erasmus+ school projects: a rich and effective diversity”
-A D.I.R.E.S. Flyer to disseminate the project

These educational outputs were integrated in the curricula of the six partner schools and can be found on:
Erasmus+ Projects Results Platform: E+PRP
eTwinning : https://twinspace.etwinning.net/16234/home

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 205930,13 Eur

Project Coordinator

OGEC de l’Institution du Sacré-Coeur & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Fatih Vefik Kitapcigil Ilkokulu
• Our Lady of Fatima School
• Murat Germen Secondary School
• Istituto Comprensivo”J.Stella”
• Helen-Keller-Schule Maulburg