Say NO to violence and discrimination by games Erasmus Project

Project Title

Say NO to violence and discrimination by games

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Access for disadvantaged; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

In schools,teachers and students cooperate,develop professionally,and all need to feel safe.Unfortunately,discrimination,harassment and aggression are present in schools,although there is legislation to counteract these phenomena and to provide safety and comfort.
To reduce the number of cases of violence and discrimination,partner schools must work together to find ways and means of eliminating these behaviors.Schools will share experiences,good practices,similarities and differences between prevention plans.The authorities’ involvement in addressing these issues will be analyzed.By implementing this project we want to share our experience and acquire new knowledge,by comparing prevention plans in partner schools to help children.We chose the topic as a result of the problems in schools.Our goal is to promote games in close connection with friendly attitude,harmony and continuous tolerance,with the development of communication skills,teamwork and elimination of violence and discrimination,responding to the challenges set by the Europe 2020 Strategy.Since children love games,they are willing to invest more time and effort,so they’ll learn better when being involved actively in the game than in classroom activities.The exchange of experiences and practices allows us to observe good examples and apply them to our schools.We want our students to be aware of the negative effects of violence and discrimination and to help them tolerate, respect and accept each other,to create a friendly atmosphere in our schools.Our project will use traditional, modern and PC games to provide new ways to tackle violence and discrimination,and we want this to be the key to solving the problem.
The project partners are: Scoala Gimnaziala “Vasile Mitru” Tasca- Romania(coordinator), Osnovno uciliste “Krste Misirkov” Skopje- Macedonia; Szkola Podstawowa Specjalna- Poland, Dalyan Naciye Tinaztepe Ortaokulu- Turkey, Osnovna skola Darda- Croatia,Nauksenu novada vidusskola- Latvia
The participating groups are: 1981 secondary school students aged 11-15 from partner schools, approximately 3,500 students’ parents, except those who work abroad, about 1500 students’ grandparents, 240 teachers and representatives of the local community.
The objectives of the project are:1.To reduce violence and discrimination among 1981 pupils aged 11-15 in Romania, Macedonia, Poland,Turkey, Croatia and Latvia over a 24- month period.
2.To improve the abilities to deal with violent or discriminated students by developing specific skills of 55 teachers who take part in mobilities and to exchange best practices.
3.To develop a strategy to fight violence in schools by games;train 100 students to become conflict mediators in school.
4. To raise empathy,mutual respect,social and communication skills,communication,emotional and social intelligence and tolerance among 1981 students aged 11-15 from the participant countries.
5. To increase acceptance and diminish avoidance of disadvantaged students among 1981 pupils aged 11-15 in Romania, Macedonia, Poland,Turkey, Croatia and Latvia.
6.To improve connections in relationships with others.To develop interpersonal and intercultural communication skills,stimulate positive emotions and well-being, prevent bullying among pupils aged 11-15 in Romania,Macedonia,Poland,Turkey,Croatia and Latvia.
Activities:C1-Discrimination and violence in schools-common and different aspects;C2-Say NO to stereotypes;C3-Let’s be against discrimination and violence;C4- Say YES to empathy;C5-Let’s be tolerant through games;C6 – STOP bullying!
Results:Concrete results- a detailed report on tackling violence and discrimination at school,the project magazine with the most important activities ,a site that will contain all the activities,information about the project and its objectives,students’ work during LTTAs, CDs with games,photos,movies and images,a guide of good practices, the friendship perfume,positive message Tshirts,an e-learning platform.
Planned results-students and teachers will increase their awareness of equality,become more open to engaging with all colleagues,increase respect and tolerance towards others,develop their English communication skills, relationships and skills interpersonal. In addition, participants become more aware of cultural differences, more prepared to cope with aggression and violence.
Effect: Participating in this project will be a real benefit for our institution.
We want the number of violent incidents among students to be reduced due to their conscious involvement.
We will involve as many students as possible to transfer the acquired knowledge to other students.
In the long run, teachers: they will know how to better address these issues at the institutional level by initiating collaborative projects with local education authorities; they will cooperate and work with their colleagues in partner schools, which will allow them to diversify the methods they will then adopt in their own schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 140600 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala “Vasile Mitru” Tasca & Country: RO

Project Partners

• SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA SPECJALNA
• Osnovno uciliste “Krste Misirkov” Skopje
• Nauksenu novada vidusskola
• Dalyan Naciye Tinaztepe Ortaokulu
• Osnovna skola Darda