Learn in peace Erasmus Project

Project Title

Learn in peace

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: Gender equality / equal opportunities; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Adolescence is a decisive period in life. A teenager has continuous ups and downs, mood swings and insecurities caused by a wide range of situations: poor marks at school, social exclusion, discovery and acceptance of their own sexuality, lack of self esteem, personal appearance, relationship issues, etc. For this reason we will propose that groups of students aged 15 to 18 participate in this project. Every centre participating in the project will select their own students following their own pre-determined criteria, aiming to make them as objective as possible. To give the best results, the number of participants will be limited. Although this will depend on the size of each school, we would like to include 60-90 pupils in the activities, limiting the number in every trip to 6 students accompanied by 2 teachers.

With the “Learning in Peace” project we express our will to highlight the problem of violence at our schools, especially where it stems from the use of social media because this is more difficult to identify and therefore more dangerous as it is less visible and in most cases it is kept secret out of a sense of shame. Teachers, families and students must become aware of the different types of violence in order to be able to create a safe learning environment, and to prevent and combat antisocial behaviour, reduce the rate of academic failure, reinforce self-esteem and prevent suicide.

We are aware that this problem can only be solved by a plan which includes all the agencies involved in it: the educational establishment and our society in general, including teaching staff and families, but above all, the students themselves, who have an important role in the eradication of these harmful practices and attitudes. We will address the risks of the internet and social media; we will enlist the help of qualified professionals (police, psychologists, etc) to demonstrate different approaches to the problem through talks and presentations. We’ll guide our students in their investigations and creations. We’ll offer fun educational activities and we will promote contact between participants of the 5 involved countries confident that we are laying the foundations for a better learning environment.

The Project will offer useful products and materials about the topic we are working on, such as brochures, videos, theatre roleplays, games, etc. These materials will made available on the ETwinning space created for this project and which will have the same name: “Learning in Peace”. However, the most important expected outcome of this project will be the most difficult to quantify: both teachers and students will find new motivation and energy for classroom innovation, we will also benefit from cultural and linguistic enrichment, an improvement of our digital skills and a unique experience.

The “Learning in Peace” project is part of the curriculum of every school involved and of a number of our complementary projects and other activities. Information about our participation, how it is financed, the aims and the activities to achieve them, will be included in our school syllabus. We think that extending the project to surrounding areas, publicizing it to our society via the media is essential because our long-term objective is to change the mentality of our society towards violence in the school environment, an underestimated problem which marks many lives.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160960 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUTO DE ENSEÑANZA SECUNDARIA. DOCTOR RODRIGUEZ DELGADO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• I.S. ITN-ITG-IPS RIPOSTO
• VI Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Joachima Lelewela w Lodzi
• Profesionalna gimnazia po stopansko upravlenie, administraziq i uslugi “Atanas Burov”
• Colegiul National “Ecaterina Teodoroiu”