Raising the conscious citizens of tomorrow;THE NECESSITY OF A NEW MULTICULTURAL DEMOCRATIC CULTURE Erasmus Project

Project Title

Raising the conscious citizens of tomorrow;THE NECESSITY OF A NEW MULTICULTURAL DEMOCRATIC CULTURE

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: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Inclusion – equity; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Contex of the project:
The alarming developments have risen up in all about Europe.Populist and extreme political tendencies have strengthened rather than rising of democracy.Therefore,we should defend our democratic values and consolidate social cohesion while rising of social and cultural diversity.We should be engaged with the civic competencies such as communication skills,critical thinking and joining willingly to the social life.Social and civic competencies were defined as one of the important competencies by the Council of Europe and the European Parliament,in 2006.The Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education which asserts the youth should have the right skills,knowledge,and commitment to active democratic participation approved in 2010.Also,2010-2018 the EU Youth Strategy announced that enriching social inclusion,active citizenship,and solidarity are some of its main targets.According to researches,students who have been active in democratic school culture and civic education programs are more activated rather than those who have just known dates or facts about the events.To give citizenship education successfully,we need a school culture in which attendance of democratic principles is supported and students can have a right to make up their minds.Different good practices for active citizenship education have been carried out by European schools.For example,some have it as a subject of their curriculum and some have an extra curriculum for it.We would like to create a model with the help of our project for schools about how their curricula can be useful for students who need to have civic skills.And the competence and project-based approach will be included to focus on students’ active learning using learning by doing step: being involved in discussions as a witness to learn past and present violations of democratic principles,being eager to be volunteer and representative of NGOs and attending excursions to places of remembrance.

Objectives:
*to teach a better and democratic class and school atmosphere through moral values like tolerance,respect,honesty,fairness,
*to be more positive attitudes towards the European Union values such as fundamental rights of human,social inclusion,non-discrimination and critical thinking,
*to examine the conceptions of citizenship and the extent to which these conceptions accommodate ethnic and religious diversity in today’s schools,
*to make the students apprehend moral values,
*to enable democratic atmosphere to students in order to regain their self-esteem and sense of security,
*to promote cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and social cohesion,
*to strengthen a sense of European identity.

Number and Profile of Participants:
This project is a result of the collaboration of six European schools from Germany,Turkey,Portugal,Spain and Hungary.
*approximately 30 teachers in the given schools assure to provide an understanding of human rights as a part of their educational curriculum and project,
*approximately 50 students in each school take an active role during project studies.
Each partner school has specific responsibilities to fulfill such as;
*Running the project according to the time schedule and plan of the activities,
*Preparing the activities held in international meetings properly beforehand,
*Disseminating the subject of the project to reach large masses

Description of Activities:
*Through the project,we will raise awareness in society concerning the issue of war and its negative effects on children.In the meantime,we will promote positive attitudes towards European Union values,human rights,nondifferentiation and critical thinking.
We will focus on activities such as;
*organizing campaigns,exhibitions,competitions,
*creating pages on social platforms,
*creating a webpage of the project,
*holding training sessions,seminars and workshops,
*producing materials made the project prominent.

Methodology:
*Guidance for students:With the help of social learning strategies,we will provide awareness about values, equalities, human rights and democracy.
*Training for school staff:We will provide preservice and in-service training for staff in terms of teaching strategies for behavioral change.
*Family and community:We will involve families and community in every phase of the project by motivating to embrace and disseminate the principals of our project.

Description of the results and impact:
*We will raise our students as respectful individuals towards human rights,
*We will create a school atmosphere in which students feel free to express themselves and put themselves imaginatively in other places and respect one another’s’ differences

Longer Term Benefits:
As a long-term benefit,we aim to promote a policy that supports our curriculum adopting moral values to maintain a positive educational atmosphere and fostering democratic participation and an open,pluralistic culture,based on values of tolerance and moderation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 150334 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gertrud-Koch-Gesamtschule Troisdorf-Sieglar & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Mehmetçik Anadolu Lisesi
• Compañia de Maria de Granada
• Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves, Valadares, Vila Nova de Gaia
• Budapesti Gépészeti SZC Öveges József Szakgimnáziuma és Szakközépiskolája
• Darica Neset Yalcin Anadolu Lisesi