“Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: How to Prevent and Fight the Violence at School” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: How to Prevent and Fight the Violence at School”

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

CONTEXT
I.I.S. “G.A. Pischedda” includes several addresses. Many studies, over the years, have shown a very high degree of suffering of the economy and this is one of the poorest provinces of Italy.
Among the critical issues have been highlighted:
-high number of unemployed, the consequent emigration;
-spread of microcriminality linked to drug consumption;
-increasing number of ESL and failure in education; (25,8%, among the highest at the regional and national);
-low level of the school performance (30%, among the highest at the regional and national);
For years the school has been attended by students coming from different socio-economic contexts; also training opportunities were not equal for everyone.
Some students have show aggressive behaviour towards his companions, others excluded them, others were closed in the silence and waive communicate in the group class.
Many incidents of bullying for many time did not emerge out, for shame or for fear.
Through social media were frequent insults, slanders, harassment, identity theft; many minors who have knew people on social media have been invited to meetings at high risk for all kinds of abuse.

All these facts have had serious consequences about the safety, bad affects in school performance and in ability to grow in a peaceful and civilized environment.
All schools in the partnership have shared the same kind of problems.

TARGET: All classes groups from 14 to 17
NEEDS
The most relevant need has been the prevention of the violence at school and the conflict management in an international approach; because exchange ideas, experiences and practice is fundamental if we really belief in the European citizenship.

OBJECTIVES
This is why, according to the objectives of our project, the most relevant horizontal priorities has been:
1. Supporting school to tackle early school leaving (ESL) and disadvantage,
2. Strengthening quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation,
3. Enhancing digital integration in learning, teaching, training and youth work at various levels.
This project has become an integral part of the strategic plan because his actions have been combine to reach School’s priorities and long-term goals that like in this project are:
• Prevent and fight violence at school
• Reducing (ESL), creating a better educational environment
• Improve attainment of basic skills,
• Enhancing quality education and care of adolescents,
• Improve professional skills in teaching, reducing conflicts,
• Promoting multilingualism, the use of ICT, through international, cultural exchanges
• Promoting positive interpersonal relations, cooperative learning, peer education.

PARTNERS EXPERIENCES/COMPETENCES
The partnership:
– was formed thanks to Etwinning: all candidates have clarified their background, interests and needs
– has involved people with competences in foreign languages, ITC, and with previous experience in EU projects;

OBTAINED RESULTS, BASED ON THE EXPECTED RESULTS
-have been built tools/strategies to prevent bullying and cyberbulling
-through education/awareness, have been create conditions for the protection of minors online
-has been provided training for teachers involved with these types of behaviors
-has been set up a path of good practice to be a permanent resource of the school/community
-there have been reduced disparities in learning outcomes; has been prevented ESL
-have been address all students from the lowest to highest end of academic spectrum
-has been spread use of European tools for the recognition, validation of competences/qualifications

MAIN ACTIVITIES
•Organization of the project team
•9 International Meetings for plan, monitor and evaluation of the activities
•Creation of the website project, PPt presentation, contests/competitions, questionnaires; calendar
•Creation of the volunteer group, student-tutors and group of self-help
•“Safe Internet Day”, meetings with experts and advisers
•Publication of the brochure: “Ten rules to protect ourselves from bullies”
•Final project exhibition

TEACHING/LEARNING METHODS: Personalised learning approaches, collaborative learning/critical thinking, ICT,Virtual mobility.

DURATION: 36 months.
RESULTS AND IMPACT: project has had a major impact on the elements involved: Staff, teachers, students, parents, school; local community, district have been involved through an awareness campaign and exploiting other events for interaction/discussion.
Teachers/student have had improvement in social/communication skills, developing creativity, innovation, flexibility, empathy, autonomy, responsibility. The change in teaching/learning has had create better relationships.

DISSEMINATION. All worked to make accessible the results of the European experience in a space as wide as possible especially the school website, Erasmus dissemination platform, Etwinning

LONG TERM BENEFITS: Better results in school performance, reducing rates of ESL, innovative curricula/internationalization of the school’s mission

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 159000 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “G.A. Pischedda” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Escola Técnica e Profissional do Ribatejo SA
• ROTARY 100. YIL ANADOLU LISESI
• 6TH Secondary School of Drama
• Gymnazium, Cesky Tesin, prispevkova organizace
• B Periferiako Gymnasium Nicosia(Klirou)
• Kedainiai Sviesioji Gymnasium
• IES Vega del Argos