Fair Play – Games in Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fair Play – Games in Europe

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: Creativity and culture; Inclusion – equity; Social dialogue

Project Summary

Fair Play is a catchy concept that is used in various sports. Nations, international organisations and associations promote Fair Play through various actions. The football association FIFA, for example, defines fair play as playing according to the rules, using reason and respecting team mates, referees, the opposing team and fans.
However, the concept has been expanded to fight racism and build bridges between opponents.

This is where we start and ask ourselves:
-How can Fair Play promote an education of positive values among the pupils, how can we fight against racism, discrimination and exclusion?
-What experiences do pupils make in their social environment that help to apply the rules and values of Fair Play to other contexts?
-What role does Fair Play play in economy and politics?

In our projects we will search for answers to these questions.

In a variety of very different game situations (theatre, movement games, board games, role plays, sports games) the pupils will have experiences while playing and interacting which they will reflect and document in various forms.
Games from the European regions are reinvented and reinterpreted, with the focus on the fact that every game needs rules which must be fair and transparent for every player. Different activities are planned inside and outside of each school, with a different focus depending on the country.

Each country has a different culture and its own traditional games. In this project we will learn the traditional games of our partner countries and thus realise intercultural communication. This project will thus also contribute to the promotion of cultural heritage in the partner countries. Fair rules of international cooperation will be simulated and tested in a political and economic game.
All our project partners are teachers of German in their countries. At the request of our partners the project language is going to be German. For this reason, the project will also contribute significantly to the more effective use of the German language in the partner countries and to the promotion of German as a foreign language. Nevertheless, English will also be used by all students as their demand of English as a second language will most probably be stronger.

These games can be repeated and taken up in everyday teaching at the various schools. The experiences gained should motivate the pupils to shape their cooperation in other contexts according to the rules of fair play.

The documentation of our work results via video, podcast and a European game book, which we will publish on the appropriate platforms, will offer access and suggestions for fair play to all interested parties.

The main goal of the project is to raise the students’ awareness of morally correct behaviour, tolerance and respect for human values. The focus is on the acquisition and use of foreign languages in addition to the playful and sporting components. The pupils communicate in German and English and are supported by the foreign language teachers of the respective schools. The expansion of foreign language skills (both as the person who has to speak the foreign language as well as the native German speaker who helps the guest students to express themselves) is another learning goal.
The participating students will be between 15 and 18 years old and will be in grades 9 – 11.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 152400 Eur

Project Coordinator

Städtisches Ruhr-Gymnasium & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Lubelska Szkola Realna Niepubliczne Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace
• IES GRANADILLA DE ABONA
• karatay mehmet-hanife yapici anadolu lisesi
• Johannes Hedberggymnasiet