eMotions mapping Erasmus Project

Project Title

eMotions mapping

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: Inclusion – equity; Health and wellbeing; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Changes of our digital era highly affect young people emotionally as media consumers.Advertising, disinformation, fake news, manipulation, hate speech and cyberbullying lead and design pupils’ ideas, feelings as well as their behavioral approaches.Lack of emotional intelligence skills puts students at risk when they are exposed to media messages.Thereby irresponsible, negative online and real life behaviors arise; offensive and emotional responses supersede rational and analytical approaches.The current Coronavirus pandemic we all experience is the best proof that media affects people emotionally exploiting their fears.Social distance created virtual addiction and virtual addiction affects emotional balance.
Therefore, we consider that EI skills are unfairly called soft skills as they are essential skills and we share a common view about the need in schools to focus on MIL and enhancing EI skills such as self awareness, self regulation, motivation, social skills and empathy.
The aim of the project is to equip students with EI skills and MIL competences in order to help them tackle challenges of a digital era which is impacting their emotional side. By experiencing methods and tools to increase competencies in the field of emotional intelligence, MIL,we will directly contribute to the capacity of students to resist disinformation and fake news, to control emotions according to their status of media consumers facing algorithm -driven media platforms.Our main aim is ,thus, to foster inclusion by building Social Emotional school environments based on well-being and develop innovative educational approaches.
Our specific objectives are to exchange good practices in order:
O1- to equip students with emotional intelligence skills (self awareness, self regulation, empathy, social skills, motivation)
O2- to equip and improve students’ media literacy skills in order to effectively interpret/use the media content
03- to make students aware of the way algorithm-driven media is addressing directly to their emotions
04- to make students aware of the way they can regulate their emotions in order to resist media manipulation and make free and informed decisions
05- to create a safe/critical and positive well-being school environment
06- to have international, cultural exchange
Results
R1- Emotional intelligence guide (a digital resource containing 5 chapters according to the 5 components of emotional intelligence, toolkits for students and parents )
R2- Emotional Intelligence and algorithm-driven media guide (a digital resource containing theoretical background from behavioral sciences and concrete examples of the way platforms integrate biases and human heuristics – the reward for interaction;
R3- Strategies for incorporating Social Emotional Education in classrooms( a classroom management toolkit incorporating mindfulness, model persistence and determination, listen with empathy, classroom cohesion, emphasize gratitude, growth mindset vs. fixed mindset, starting positive,motivational moment)
-R4-1 set of MIL tools (a digital resource aims to alter the behavior of students to the preferred outcome of their media choice instead of making irrational, emotional choice)
R5-The video bank- tutorials, testimonials
R6- The ETwinning- Twinspace
R7-a project website
In order to achieve all objectives and obtain results we planned 7 transnational meetings, one short term joint staff training event for teachers and 6 short term exchanges ofgroups of students.
Activities will be implemented using a variety of activities:workshops, games, seminars, interactive learning activities,experiential learning.We will combine physical mobility with virtual exchange.
The profile of participants is students in grades 9-10, 11 (ages 14-17),25 students from each partner school, who prove interest in the topic, capability to communicate in English, are willing to share experiences and participate in dissemination activities. Teachers involved will prove expertise in MIL and EI and willingness to participate to training sessions, Implementation and dissemination activities.
We believe the project will contribute to the development of our schools, impacting students, teachers, families and that some results can be transferred at national and international levels.We expect a long-term impact since many of our expected results: guides, tools, strategies are conceived as instruments that can be used in any school at both curricular and extracurricular levels.
Teaching students nowadays focusing only on academic performance and on face-to face-learning at school, without taking into account the virtual world which keeps them permanently on-line, is like leaving them alone in a dark, dangerous forrest. We want to give our students a map which will guide and help them

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 190050 Eur

Project Coordinator

Colegiul Dobrogean “Spiru Haret” & Country: RO

Project Partners

• Istituto Maria Ausiliatrice Soverato
• IES MAR DE ALBORAN
• Kauno Valdorfo mokykla, VsI
• ENSINUS — Estabelecimentos de Ensino Particular, S.A
• Manavgat IMKB Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi