BUTTERFLY EFFECT WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE Erasmus Project

Project Title

BUTTERFLY EFFECT WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Promoting active citizenship across Europe, as defined in the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020), has become one of the main objectives of education systems. Citizenship education is included in the education system of all EU member states.The content, duration and grade level of citizenship education varies from country to country. The International Student Assessment Program (PISA), conducted by the OECD, is conducted every 3 years and measures the extent to which 15-yearold students can produce solutions to the problems they will encounter in life. PISA analyzes are also important in terms of providing information about the success of countries’ education systems. However, citizenship education is ignored in PISA evaluations due to the differences in citizenship education of countries.
WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) applied an online “EU citizenship in 100 questions” questionnaire to a total of 2644 students between the ages of 15-18, who are our target audience of the project. According to the results of the survey application; 64% of the students stated that they do not know their EU citizenship rights.The rate of students who say they do not know about the European common culture/art is 72%. As can be seen from the data of surveys, citizenship education provided in schools is not enough to give students EU citizenship competence and awareness of European common culture/art.
In order to increase awareness about EU and EU citizenship, joint steps to be taken in the citizenship lessons given in school education are of great importance for the EU and its future. Citizenship education is considered as a common field in social sciences and other branch teachers do not provide EU citizenship education. (Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2017). Therefore, teachers’ professional knowledge and experience about EU citizenship is insufficient. However, the EU; In the context of EU citizenship competence and creating a European awareness, it sees ‘education’ as the main tool to encourage ‘citizens’ to participate in active cultural, social and democratic life. In this context, by including EU citizenship competencies and European common cultural/art awareness, citizenship education in European countries, there is a need to expand the scope of citizenship education within the EU framework and to eliminate the differences in citizenship education in EU countries.
According to the road map to be followed in our project to meet this need;
*European teachers have professional equipment and competence on EU citizenship (EU citizenship professional development training)
*Including families in the EU citizenship education process (EU citizenship family education),
*The contents of the school lessons; Integration of EU citizenship and European common cultural elements (Intellectual output: EU Citizenship Common Education Program / Module)
*Supporting students with in-school and out-of-school activities in the triangle of school, teacher and parent (Intellectual output: European Youth Culture and Art Club)
*It will be ensured that they communicate, interact with their European peers, assume duties and responsibilities together, and gain a European culture/art awareness. (Intellectualoutput: Mobile Application)

In our project, the number of students who say I know their EU citizenship rights is 30%, with the studies of European Youth Culture and Art Club and mobile application; We aim to increase the number of students who say I have information about the European common culture/art by 40%.

With our project; Measuring the quality of WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) project activities, which will scientifically investigate the effects of EU citizenship education through a common education program in European countries and the European Youth Culture and Art Club’s activities on the acquisition of a European identity in the axis of common culture; is responsible for the scientific and educational evaluation of the project. WSBINOZ, which will create samples from the students of partner schools in our project, in this context; will collect, analyze, interpret and evaluate data in a planned and systematic manner. WSBINOZ, which will use descriptive, causal comparative research methods;
From quantitative research techniques,
-Cohort Scanning
– Structured (supervised) observation / observation schedule
-Survey
-Structured interview
Among qualitative research techniques; will use unstructured (unsupervised) observation.

Our project; With the common education program to be implemented in schools in EU countries; It will contribute to the development of young people as educated and civic participant individuals who have adopted the European identity, have become aware of their own country’s culture and Europe’s common culture/art, have internalized EU common values, know and use European citizenship rights.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 213665 Eur

Project Coordinator

Europeans, z.s. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Istituto Tecnico Statale “G. Garibaldi”
• 3rd Lyceum of Veria
• Özel Akant Anadolu Lisesi
• SARAR KIZ ANADOLU IMAM HATIP LISESI
• WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU