Fostering tolerance and respect against violence and bullying. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fostering tolerance and respect against violence and bullying.

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

Schools are learning spaces for educational actors who should feel comfortable and attracted to the educational environment. The constant changes in the educational systems, new educational policies and the increasing demands of the society have not enough positive influence when it comes to student’ well being, as there is noticeable the pressure of the bullying phenomena , violence and harassment among children. EU schools are asked to create prevention and intervention plans for facing students’ violence and discrimination tendencies. For creating a better strategy regarding the preventative measures needed to be considered, we consider that a stronger involvement of the students in this process can have a strong impact. Creating a strategy to decrease discrimination at the school level, with students’ help, will make them more engaged and responsible as citizens of a united community. Teachers will have key roles in bringing students together and empowering them to contribute in finding the adequate preventive measures to improve students’ behavior.
We want to foster the idea that anti-bullying behavior is something that should be part of our lifestyles and values, and not just a project topic. For this, it is necessary to tackle the inner motivation of the educational actors and find a balance in terms of human and material resources. In promoting the active citizenship and positive attitudes of our students, teachers’ initiatives need the support of the families, local authorities and whole community.
The project objectives aroused from our common needs: to foster social inclusion, promote a cultural of care, and develop interpersonal and communication skills, decrease fear of expressing the own identity.
Our main aim is to help institutions to develop better prevention and intervention plans to deal with aggressive and violent students. To reach this core aim we have designed the following objectives:
-to equip teachers coming from 5 EU schools with theoretical and practical knowledge to face bullying, discrimination and violence at the school level
-to create a common strategy for preventing violence during a two years project
-to foster tolerance and respect among teachers and students from 5 EU schools
-to promote social inclusion in 5 EU schools
-to expand participants’ soft skills
-to facilitate peer learning environment
-to encourage creativity, freedom of speech and self-expression
Participants
The target groups to which the project is addressed are student and teachers. Teachers deal with students’ aggressive behaviours, and through this project they can develop the internal school strategy. Students’ aggressive and discriminatory tendencies are increasing every year. An international contact will encourage peer learning and students will get in touch with other realities which will help to better understand themselves. The cooperation will help to create a friendlier and peaceful atmosphere based on respect and tolerance in all partner schools.
The project will involve 250 teachers and 2500 students (aged 16-19), from which a number of 80 students and 48 teachers will attend the mobilities.
Activities
The 5 LTTA meetings, 1 is a short-term joint staff learning event and 4 are short-term exchanges of groups of pupils. The titles of these meetings are:
C1 – Discrimination and violence– common and different aspects in our schools
C2 – NO place for stereotypical thinking in schools
C3 – NO place for violence in schools
C4 – NO place for bullying in schools
C5 – YES equality
The concrete results are:
-common strategy connected to prevent violence in the partner schools. This strategy will illustrate the reports of LTTA meetings.
-1 magazine – containing materials produced during the international meetings
-1 calendar – illustrating important project moments
-1 common website of the project
– photo stories CDs
-films
-pictures
Teachers will better understand students’ behaviors, what determines them to lose temper, how to help them control their feelings, and they will be better prepared to implement similar projects or activities related to the topic in collaboration with other educational institutions and local authorities. The project topic and activities will strengthen the communication process between teachers-students-families. Students will feel closer to their teachers, gain some confidence to share their feelings, and on the other hand, teachers will learn how to approach the young generation. Therefore, the gap generation will decrease.
The methods exchanged during the project will be used in the daily school practice, the schools will promote a culture in this area aiming to develop students’ habits of fighting against discrimination, and contributing to reduce discrimination, bullying and violence. Participation in the project will greatly benefit to the development of our schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 163840 Eur

Project Coordinator

I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Rodu Leszczynskich w Lesznie & Country: PL

Project Partners

• COLEGIO SALESIANO HERMANO GARATE
• NECIP FAZIL KISAKUREK ANADOLU LISESI
• LICEUL CU PROGRAM SPORTIV PIATRA NEAMT
• Professional Textile High School “Gjoce Stojceski”