Sports is a Game, No Fight Let’s Play Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sports is a Game, No Fight Let’s Play

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: Access for disadvantaged; Inclusion – equity; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

Context
Discrimination, phenomena of violence, bullying, hate speech can have a significant negative impact on victims in terms of social status, well-being and health. The incidents generated by the discriminatory behaviors represent an alarm signal, which signals the need to implement preventive measures that schools can implement.
Due to this growing trend, schools must develop their own prevention plan to find solutions to problems such as bullying. Focusing on a fair and non-discriminatory treatment plan is necessary. Thus, schools are trying to develop preventive measures that they can implement, and students’ opinions in this regard are taken into account.
Five European schools have partnered up to share educational practices, experiences and analyse the ways of actions in our prevention plans, the collaboration with authorities in the process and further actions to assist schools dealing with such issues. Partner schools in the project are interested in investing time, knowledge and human resources to tackle and reduce violence, bullying, hate speech in their schools’ environment. “Sports is a Game, No Fight Let’s Play” will provide a series of opportunities to share educational practices, teaching experiences, cultural exchange and develop lifelong skills.
Objectives:
– Addressing the problems of violence, intimidation and discrimination at the institutional level by teachers;
– Develop a common strategy for long-term violence prevention;
– Promote a culture of equality, respect and tolerance;
– Facilitating equal opportunities for the inclusion of disadvantaged students;
– Improving the communication, social, interpersonal, intercultural competences of the participants;
– Creating a significant international context for peer-to-peer learning;
– Promote self-expression and creativity among participants.
Participants
The project will address two target groups:
Teachers who will have learning experiences in an international context and exchange of best practices on addressing a sensitive issue. Their participation and involvement in this project will have benefits in terms of professional development, as well as reducing the negative behaviors of the students, improving their attitude.
As for the students, the project aims to improve their sense of tolerance, to encourage cooperation between students from different categories, to promote inclusion and equal opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to interact with other students, develop their cultural knowledge, improve their communication, become more motivated and gain self-confidence.
The five scheduled LTTAs will bring together an overall number of 80 students and 48 teachers from all partner countries. We estimate that at least 20 teachers and 100 students in each school will be beneficiaries of this project results.
Activities
Main project topic will be divided into 5 sub-topics:
C1 – Dealing with violence and discrimination issues in schools – comparative study (short-term joint staff training event) – 16 teachers;
C2 – Stereotypical thinking (student exchange) – 20 students and 8 teachers;
C3 – Strategies to deal with and prevent violence (student exchange) – 20 students and 8 teachers;
C4 – (Re)act against bullying and hate speech (student exchange) – 20 students and 8 teachers;
C5 – Promoting equality (student exchange) – 20 students and 8 teachers.
Project concrete results will consist of: detailed guidebook on ways to address violence, discrimination, hate speech and bullying at school level. Student magazine, a calendar comprising the most important events in the project, project website which will contain all the activities implemented and general project information, students’ works during LTTAs, digital photo stories, pictures, videos.
Expected project outcomes are: participants will boost awareness regarding the concept of equality, thus becoming more open to differences and sensitive towards other people’s needs. They will also increase their sense of respect and tolerance for their peers, practice and develop English communication skills, interpersonal competences and social skills as a result of working in multinational teams and spending quality time with host families.The project will increase participants’ intercultural awareness, reduce in the number of violent and discriminatory behaviour cases, positive collaborative working atmosphere.
Impact
We estimate thanks to this Erasmus+ project, the number of violent incidents among students will be reduced, as a result of the activities centred on the topic which are designed to raise their awareness, bring about positive emotional impact on them. Through dissemination sessions and events after exchanges, we target as many students as possible, so that to multiply the impact of the project on their behavior and attitudes, transferred to other students.
Teachers are expected to approach more confidently and professionally these issues in their own institutions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 140466 Eur

Project Coordinator

Silales r. Laukuvos Norberto Veliaus gimnazija & Country: LT

Project Partners

• 2 GENIKO LYKEIO POLICHNIS
• Centrul Scolar pentru Educatie Incluziva Targu Jiu
• ISTITUTO D’ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE G.Boccardi
• Ozel Butik Egitim Ilgi Anadolu Lisesi