Love Life – Improving students´self-esteem, social skills and emotional intelligence Erasmus Project

Project Title

Love Life – Improving students´self-esteem, social skills and emotional intelligence

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Health and wellbeing; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

The Love Life project is based on activities that encompass the importance of all components of personality development for a healthy and fulfilling life, namely physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. With more and more students struggling for guidance and their place in life in general, it is of utmost importance that we provide them with the necessary skills and reflection skills to help them cope with life, develop a holistic well-being, and actively participation in society .

Our project is aimed at students in the age group 12-15 years. These will be selected on a voluntary basis and we will encourage the participation of people of disadvantaged background.
We foresee openness, creativity, critical curiosity, and consciously target students who are prepared to bring in their digital literacy and language skills, and will also consult with class leaders when selecting participants. Our project will be projected very transparently and openly in the school communities and it will be made clear that we want to involve the widest possible group of participants, which naturally also includes interested parents or supporters of the school, in our project. Since essential building blocks and contents of the project correlate with learning contents of our curricula, the direct work in the classroom will lead to many valuable project results. Furthermore, we want organizations for health, for the protection of minors, for the cultural support of our students, for social learning as well as experts like school social workers, school psychologists, lecturers of the university. to consult with socially relevant representatives of our public, IT specialists and other professionals who support us in the individual modules in order to benefit from their profound knowledge as experts. At the project meetings at our schools, we want to make sure, through the design of the program, to involve the entire school community and thus to get in touch with our European partners.

Short description of each module

In the Physical Wellbeing module, participants will engage with topics that help them gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to make informed choices about fitness, eating and eating habits, mental health, unhealthy addictions and substance abuse.

In the Emotional Wellbeing module, participants will learn to recognize, understand and control their emotions and emotions in order to develop an optimistic outlook on life and to deal with the stress and other difficulties they may face in life.

In the Spiritual Wellbeing activities, participants will address topics that deal with values and beliefs in life, such as cultural awareness and acceptance, tolerance, non-discrimination, gratitude, forgiveness, gender equality, global human rights issues, and tackling negative attitudes such as racism, xenophobia, mobbing and violence.

In the Intellectual Wellbeing activities, participants will experience the creative use of the mind to unleash their full potential. Such activities will address critical thinking, curiosity, problem-solving, lifelong learning, strengthening their intellectual interests and sensitizing them to issues that affect the world around us.

In the Social Wellbeing activities, participants will improve their ability to interact with people and relate positively to others. They are encouraged to think about how people communicate effectively, build and maintain meaningful relationships, respect themselves and others, and develop a sense of belonging.

When working on the modules, it is important for us to be practical, innovative and creative, to conceive and publish a large number of digital products in order to make our findings available to the broadest possible range of educational staff.

Project Website

https://lovelifeerasmusplus.blogspot.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 112700 Eur

Project Coordinator

Realschule Plus Bad Ems Nassau & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Osnovna skola Marije i Line
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 16 im. Fryderyka Chopina w Lublinie
• FURNESS ACADEMIES TRUST
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO MODUGNO GALILEI
• 1st Gymnasium Amarousiou