Show courage Erasmus Project

Project Title

Show courage

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: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

Students and youngsters of our modern age are highly talented at using the technology, the internet and social media, but at the same time in one way or another they are inevitably suffering from various problems such as: lack of communication and collaboration, bullying, violence and exclusion.
School bullying concerns all EU member states. Its effects are serious and may be long-term.
According to the OECD PISA assessment (Pisa 2015 Results (Volume V)) of collaborative problem solving, on average across OECD countries, 28% of students are able to solve only straightforward collaborative problems, if any at all. In Europe, among the 9-16 year-old participants in the EU Kids Online survey (2011): 12 % were bothered or upset meeting online contacts offline, and 80 % were fairly or very upset by cyber-bullying and 17% by bullying at school. Prison studies shows that 6 in 10 criminals never had any friends in secondary school.
Considering the results and needs we have decided to work on the project where students learn how to prevent problems like bullying, violence, exclusion, how to work on 3 values and 4 principles: to show courage to say NO, to live and to care. Students will learn why the skills such collaboration and leadership, critical thinking and problem solving are essential, what approaches can be used to practice and improve them. We strongly believe, if students have these skills developed, they won’t allow others to bully them and they won’t want to humiliate others. It is very important because the world is opened, there are a lot of refugees in all countries, and it is a challenge to provide their real well being at school and out of school.
Also we will pay attention on how young people can transfer the knowledge they have learned to other people and become coaches among their peers.
Considering the results we would like to organize the project, during which we will teach our participants how to prevent problems like bullying, violence, exclusion, how to show courage to say NO, to live and to care. We will teach why the skills such as leadership, critical thinking and problem solving are essential, what approaches can be used to practice and improve them. Also we will pay attention on how young people can transfer the knowledge they have learned to other people and become coaches among their peers.
There are a lot of programs and activities run by different associations, but most of them are out of school or some organizations are visiting schools from time to time. We would like to create a program with methodological materials which will be involved in schools’ curriculum, it will be as a part of learning process.
The aim of the project is to bring students to social life as young people who have high self- confidence and the ability to work in a team, can express their thoughts freely and are sensitive to their environment and society. We aim to ensure that young people with high level of awareness will be able to discuss local or global issues in a tolerant, polite, formal manner within the framework of their own world views as well.
With this project we also aim to develop awareness of European citizenship.
Students from five partner schools (Turkey, Latvia, France, Portugal, Spain) at the age 14-18 will actively involve the activities of the project in their everyday life. Students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds as well as gifted students will have a chance to attend the meetings.
There are many reasons why this project should be carried trans-nationally. First of all, to create a program which will be useful in different countries and students will understand each other, it is necessary to understand the traditions and environment of different schools. It is a fun way of learning about different cultures. In this era of globalization, being globally aware is more important than ever. When students debate or work together on different problems, they improve their performances, can work in a team, support each other and care of themselves and of each other. Students will recognize their skills and qualifications and will make contribution to the efficiency of education, employ-ability, innovation and active citizenship as the European Commission has announced as priorities. In short, teenagers best learn the skills to participate actively when they act it. Thus, our project will allow them to learn leadership and collaboration principles not only in word, but also in deed. Students will form relationships with their peers, teachers, school leaders and community members.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 159818 Eur

Project Coordinator

Namik Karamanci Fen Lisesi & Country: TR

Project Partners

• lycée général et technologique de Bellevue
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Muralhas do Minho
• Jelgavas Valsts gimnazija
• Luis, José Manuel y Antonio Molina Galdeano C.B.