PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS & DIVERSITY & TOLERANCE Erasmus Project

Project Title

PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS & DIVERSITY & TOLERANCE

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Inclusion – equity; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

Critical thinking is an essential skill for our contemporary school and society. Critical thinking enlarge our cultural dimension and our spiritual dimension because if offers us the suitable ways of understanding the type of society we live in. globalization, changing climate, digitalization are actual challenges. Through critical thinking we support our effort to find solutions for equity and cohesion in our students life, at school, at home, in the society. We want to offer our students the chance of high quality education, and to offer them the large image of European education, of European dialogue, student to student, student to teacher, student to authorities representatives. Our activities are designed to satisfy the needs, the skills, the abilities of all students, including those from disadvantaged groups. We want to promote inclusion, European values, cultural diversity, migration challenges, democratic values, civic involvement and to face and recognize media manipulation. They can debate these topics in direct meetings and on Etwinning activities, or on Active citizenship platform of the project.

Our target group are students in our schools of 15-19 years old, of all specializations, we give chance of participation to all students, but, as we promote social inclusion, we want to help students facing obstacles. We intend to challenge in this project all students, mainstream or from disadvantaged groups. Also, they will be guided and helped by 35 teachers. They will coordinate and offer guidance, monitor, encourage their work. Teachers will create a friendly space where they can express their thoughts and feelings in order to get critical thinking abilities.

The objectives :
-to develop students critical thinking and civic competence
-to develop life skills and students involvement in real life
-to expand the basis for social interaction , non-discrimination , diversity
-to promote European values, democracy, mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship
– to strengthen intercultural learning, language learning
– to promote civic engagement and European cooperation

Main activities
Through this project , students will be encouraged to reason critically. They will exchange
opinions, thoughts, ideas and find solutions to the problems they detect in real life at different levels: integration in communities of people of different cultures, of different ethnical background, facing different types of disabilities or being the subject of discrimination. They will work in international teams, attend debates, so will be in contact with specific information.
There are 5 LTTA , each of them on a special topic:
C1- Joint Staff
C2 – Immigration
C3 – Democracy – human rights
C4 – Discrimination
C5 – Civic involvement
Methodology
Preparatory activities suppose different stages: documentation. Everything starts with an idea, who gets the information, gets the success. Our students will inform themselves on internet, their information will be evaluated by teachers that guide them to understand media manipulation, the relevance of some information, how to access good, relevant information, on institution sites, on impartial newspapers, etc. they will be prepared to be active on a network of active citizens. During the exchanges, they will work in multicultural teams, present their products, watch interviews with authorities, analyse their discourse, compare data, debate, develop their critical thinking skills, communicate in English, exchange cultural and national values.

Results and impact
We see the student as the engine of our schools, and our schools are the places where we educate students in real time with social changing. International collaboration during exchanges will encourage students to have a multidimensional perspective on life issues and to take decision in the spirit of self-confidence, self awareness. Their intercultural knowledge will be developed through analyzing four of the main themes of our society. They will actively collaborate, develop technological skills, English language skills, strengthen their authonomy and tolerance.

Tangible results include powerpoints presentation, presentation films, recordings of debates, research work, school exhibition, brochures, posters, calendars, photos, critical thinking skills – collection of activities for teachers, the platform of Active citizenship for students.

Our project impact is expected to involve students, teachers, parents, educational, professional institutions, local communities. As the cultural awareness is a result of education, of working together, of changing ideas, practices we intend to use online platforms , dissemination materials (printed, online) to cover in real time and to get the essence of our international experience. For teachers the impact will be especially at the level of good practice exchange and the educational materials for improving their teaching methods and class management competence.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 85823 Eur

Project Coordinator

I.I.S. A. Ferrari & Country: IT

Project Partners

• 1st Vocational High School of Aridaia
• Carsamba Anadolu Kiz Imam Hatip Lisesi
• OGRES TEHNIKUMS
• EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA