Music: an escape from the social issues Erasmus Project

Project Title

Music: an escape from the social issues

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: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Creativity and culture; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

A more different multicultural environment and changes in societies, are the factors which effect today’s education system. Schools have to adapt with these changes and develop a social environment that promotes citizenship and European values, respect for ethnic and cultural diversity and promote each child’s initiative and ensure his/her prosperity. Today’s teacher must not only develop their professional skills and knowledge, but also foster values such as care and commitment, creativity, open-mindedness and positive thinking.Our project ‘MESI’ deals with some of the most important social issues of our time. Although they are well-known topics for the teachers, future generations will constantly need to develop their own awareness on social issues. Through the framework of an international project, the students and teachers involved can discover how social issues are global challenges of our time, and how solutions both can and must be found jointly with other countries. brings together six European countries with different experiences in order to consolidate their knowledge, teaching methods, possibilities and desire to find the best means to educate young people in a multicultural society to have civic responsible, to be creative and active. During the two year project, pupils will perform different project tasks and participate in interactive activities. They will improve English language skills and get acquainted with the native languages of partner schools, as each school introduces their mother tongue.
The project group is composed of different types of schools from six countries ( Italy, Spain, Portugal,Slovakia,Croatia and Turkey). Some of the schools work in integration, which will reflected in the composition of the group involved in the project, are more academically orientated. The age group targeted are students between 13-15 years old; the project group will be put together with students of these ages. The student body will be socially mixed, and the project will also involve students from both urban and rural schools. Of course social inclusion is incorporated in composing the project group.The six schools have very different levels of experience with international projects. Some schools already have experience of both Comenius and Erasmus projects, whereas others are getting their first experience through this project. Viewed as an overall group, the different experiences of the different schools complement each other well In the course of the two-year project, the pupils will take part in numerous age-appropriate activities. Central to the project is the formation of aTeam in each school, and working on differing themes developed in the project. Further important parts of the project are creative work around the project theme. To achieve this, photo albums and videos will be created, slogans and songs will be composed, and much more.In two years we have planned to create a DVD to collect all the songs,video-clips and presentations produced during the project; an e-book which will be illustrated with photos and tell about the most significant and interesting moments in the LTTA of each country; a calendar where readers will find the highylights of the social issues carried out at schools; a series of video clips and presentations which will tell about the most important activities of LTTA’s. All the project outcomes will be available on the project website and twin space.
In this way, the pupils will learn about the use of ICT and social media in real-life situations. Furthermore, the international nature of the project will make it possible for students to enhance their language skills, while at the same time acquiring respect and responsibility for cultural heritage in the different countries, experiencing differences in culture, acquiring respect for different habits and mannerism, and learning to accept all differences.
Above all, the project aims to institute numerous changes to the participating schools through working together. The Teams should become an integral part of the schools’ lives, as should the annual celebration of International Days about the topics of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 164110 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Comprensivo “Francesco Minà Palumbo” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Özel Antalya Akant Ortaokulu
• IES Sedaví
• Zakladna skola Komenskeho 6
• Osnovna škola Jagodnjak
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Cister