RACe for humanISM Erasmus Project

Project Title

RACe for humanISM

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: Creativity and culture; Inclusion – equity; Ethics, religion and philosophy (incl. Inter-religious dialogue)

Project Summary

As a result of the observations and researches we have made in the common schools, we have found that xenophobia and racial discrimination among our students is a big problem. Also; students see the people from different backgrounds and identities as potential enemies because of their differences, and racism becomes a threat among them. So this harms the European Union integration project that the European Union is trying to create to globalize and respect for differences.
Considering the recent increase in refugees in European countries, it was inevitable to address the school’s impact on racism. Our main goal in writing this project in the light of all these researches and observations is; to reduce the negative thoughts of the students from the different backgrounds and identities of the students who study in the partner schools.
Our special goals are;
a) To make students aware that all individuals may be different,
b) To reduce the influence of media and social media on students.
c) Providing cultural fusion by breaking prejudices among children,
d) To teach the students the basic elements of different beliefs,
e) Adopting the importance of respecting individual differences on ensuring peace in the society for the students, their parents and teachers.
With a seminar and 6 transnational meetings there will be 7 mobilities. Mostly 3 teachers and 3 students will attend the meetings. One of the students will be disadvantaged. Students will be selected on a voluntary basis. Gender balance will be provided among the students.
The teachers will be volunteer teachers who take responsibility throughout the project, follow the activities closely and contribute to the project. They also need to know enough English to communicate.
“Seminar on Awareness of Differences” will be given to participants in the presence of an instructor. Thus, in the first place, trainers and the students will be aware of differences.
– Photographs by our Italian partner will be sent to all partner schools and teachers will ask for students’ interpretation to show them that each individual can think and be different.
Students will prepare a film to show the problems caused by prejudice against different cultures.
Artistic activities reflecting cultural items will be prepared and exhibited. A folk dance, a traditional song will be performed and a traditional meal will be introduced by each country.
Each country will write a traditional tale of their own culture in English with the drawings of students.
A traditional arts exhibition will be prepared to show traditional products of each country in the field of literature, painting and handcrafts.
The video work will be done on the negative effects of media and social media.
The places of worship will be visited and short conversations will be held with the religious leaders in the mobilities for respect and awareness of different beliefs.
The project corners will have three words from the partner country languages and this will be updated every month to support language dicersity.
Prejudice handbook and a handbook which summarizes the project will be created in the last 2 months of our project.
In our project, we base our students and teachers on learning by doing and living. Also, methods and techniques such as videos, short films, various visuals, exhibition dances and songs, project corner creation, language preparations, interactive presentation, discussion, brain storming, question-answer will be used for our activities. Materials such as posters, brochures, newspapers and handbooks will also support the quality of our activities.
With the seminar on individual differences teachers and students will raise the awareness on individual differences. Students will prepare video about the bad effects of media so they will be aware of the disadvantage of it. And this will decrease the negative effect of media on students. They will learn about different cultures, beliefs, art, lifestyles and so on. That will help them to understand the differences and will gain them the ability to live together.
Students and teachers will have the chance to exchange their experinces and knowledge. So it will contribute to the school athmophere and teaching profession. They will also develop their communication skills in english. Disadvantaged students will be more active and open to changes. With a positive climate in schools, education will be of high quality.
Educators whose capabilities will improve by trainings and activities will be more component at educating students from different backgrounds. We will share the project activities on social media; on interactive environment and social fields like facebook, twitter and blogs. Therefore the people and the related institutions will be able to reach them and raise awareness about racism and xenopobia.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 32263,2 Eur

Project Coordinator

istilli ortaokulu & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Istituto Comprensivo “B.Gigli”
• Scoala Gimnaziala “Anton Pann” Craiova
• IES DIAMANTINO GARCÍA ACOSTA
• Pendik Fatih Anadolu Lisesi
• AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE ARRIFANA, SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA