Be a True Buddy, Not a False Bully Erasmus Project

Project Title

Be a True Buddy, Not a False Bully

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Social dialogue; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Bullying in schools is an ongoing issue of international concern and, despite more than three decades of concerted attempts in many countries to deal with it, extensive research continues to reveal increasing levels of persistent bullying — with serious consequences for students — in schools worldwide. There are four types of bullying; Physical bullying , Cyber bullying, Social bullying and Verbal bullying.
According to the OECD datas, Adolescents engaged in bullying as perpetrators, victims, or both are more likely to skip classes, drop out of school, and perform worse academically than schoolmates who have no conflictual relationships with their peers.

By this project we aim to overcome the bullying via Forum Theatre. Forum Theatre uses theatre to achieve social aims. Students learn best in safe environments that are characterized by active student engagement; where students have opportunities to share, reflect, and imagine possibilities; and where their oral, written, and artistic voices are heard. One such learning environment can be created with the use of Forum Theatre.
Some of our objectives are:
-We aim to teach the students the types of bullying and the ways of overcome.
-We aim to give a chance to the students to play a major role in generating the content related to bullying, rather than relying only on an adult to tell them what to do.
-To increase students’ awareness of their own roles as bullies, their experiences of being bullied, and the issue of bullying in school more broadly.

The students , teachers, other school staff, parents of all partners will be the participants of our project. We will engage as many participants as possible and also each partner will do their best to include the whole community of their institutions and inform them about the project activities and objectives.Apart from the participating organizations, the other education centers in their region will also be the indirect stakeholders of the project.

Education is the key factor for the students who expose to the social explosion. It is also necessary for the students who want to take their own decisions and take their responsibilities. By this project we want to make the students to aware of the bullying and its effects via Forum theatre. By Forum theatre, students understand the mechanisms of challenging social issues, such as exclusion, discrimination or violence. It encourages students to actively search for creative and more effective ways to respond to such situations.

This project will help the teachers in the involved schools to overcome the lack of motivation among the teachers that have problems related to adapt to the new realities.In the long term the teachers and the students will improve their visions and thinking styles and this project will allow them a better understanding of each other through participation in the activities in an intercultural dimension. They will develop combined cultural awareness. They will strenght the open conversation on educational and pedagogical level.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127665 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zakladni skola logopedicka s.r.o. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Spojena skola internatna Zdana
• Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Einstein De Lorenzo Potenza
• Pales pamatskola
• Aydın Adnan Menderes Anadolu Lisesi