Ict, Non-formal learning, Creativity and Life skills. Universal Democracy for Entrepreneurship Erasmus Project

Project Title

Ict, Non-formal learning, Creativity and Life skills. Universal Democracy for Entrepreneurship

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Social dialogue; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

We started by acquiring these statements:
Europe is no more a land of opportunities like twenty years ago and we need to open minds and change education to face this challenges.
The objectives of this projects were:
1. contributing to build a new school with four pillars (Ict, Non- formal learning, Creativity and Law), a base (Universal Democracy) and a direction (Equality) because we cannot work together without recognizing our universal human constitution based on equal rights.
2. Being aware of a multicultural world
3. Giving more possibilities to disadvantaged people
4. Promoting citizenship
5. Increasing Right, Respect and Responsibility for all cultures
6. Combatting discriminations
7. Researching and experimenting innovative techniques-
8. Developing skills for the changing world
9. Supporting ICT-based teaching
10. Introducing more non-formal and informal activities
11. Giving more space to creativity
12. Strengthening the critical thinking
13. Placing the student at the centre of learning process
14. Creating a cooperative teaching and learning environment
15. Motivating teachers and students
16. Enhancing European cooperation and reinforcing networks
17. Stimulating students and teachers to cooperate
We selected participants (students, teachers, members of staff) with high motivation, good skills and English fluency, with an accurate selection process.
Our schools were involved at the highest level.
ALL the activities were strictly connected. The project was divided in four terms, each of them characterized by one topic, one main activity, one output.
1. Democracy and participation – Output: guideline: how to promote a campaign without losing a friend
2. Creativity and social inclusion. During this LTTA has not been possible to act as previewed because, due to terroristic menaces in that period, we couldn’t perform the theatre in prison with the foreign students and teachers. The spectacle (involving prisoners and students) was actually performed but in a close, reserved space, without foreing delegations. We substitued this output with the Ravenna Manifesto (a guideline to increase volunteering at school) and a spectacle with a music band exclusively composed by refugees.
3. innovation in education – Output: collection of ict tools for education
4. non formal learning and life skills – Output: a collection of tools to promote NFL
Our plan of activity was perfectly respected: a 6-day schedule with A. Two days at school to work on the topic. B. Two days of visits to:NGOs active in social fields (inclusion, democracy, participation) C. Two days of cultural and social activities:Historical sites, museums, librariesD. A social/cultural event: an exhibition, a concert, a comedy, a festival
We met NGOs actives in many inclusion fields (disable people, ex prisoners, people with mental disease, ex drug addicted and so on)
Project was based on some methodological assumptions:
1. Student- centred methodology
2. Creative and Critical Thinking
3. Promoting empowerment and self-esteem, especially for women
4. Space to ICT and languages
5. Experiences more than knowledge
6. Sharing and communication of every part of the process, process as important as result
7. Problem solving, case studies and authentic assessments
8. Ensuring Accountability and Promoting Responsibility-
9. Addressing Discrimination
10. Non formal learning
11. Peer education
12. Seeking Sustainable Results
13. Enjoying the school time
We assessed the results of the project and we have noticed that
Students:
1. developed competences, especially in language, ICT and transversal skills
2. had and ethical approach
3. gained a broader understanding of: critical and creative thinking, problem solving
4. rose awareness of citizenship, democracy, social inclusion, participation
5. became more active in our communities, at local level
6. enjoyed more the school time and participated more actively
Similar results we had in teachers and also the school were changed by this project, opening them to networks with others schools, NGOs and private companies.
So now we had school more active in the community and people more involved in the society.
The dissemination was accurately planned and managed: more than 30 articles on newspapers, magazines and webtvs; hundreds of posts in different social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Google+, Pinterest, Edmodo: each of them with an Include dedicated account), hundreds of pictures and movies published (Youtube, Vimeo and Flickr).
We created solid networks with people, companies, associations, and met influencers and inspiring people (i.e. Lucio Melandri, UNICEF Refugee & Migrant Response Country Coordinator and many others)
The project involved directly approx. 1000 people and not directly more than 3000 and was successful at every level. We had visitors in our website from all over the world, France 308, Usa 196, Brazil 28, Russia 23, Kenya 20, Peru 14, Philippines 13, United Arab Emirates

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 75025 Eur

Project Coordinator

LICEO CLASSICO DANTE ALIGHIERI & Country: IT

Project Partners

• 4o Geniko Lykeio Kalamatas
• Siauliu Lieporiu gimnazija
• STICHTING AOC DE GROENE WELLE