Together against discrimination Erasmus Project

Project Title

Together against discrimination

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Context
Nowadays schools do their best to provide an open educational place where quality educational activities and students’ wellbeing are top priorities. However, although society places high demands on schools and the current legislation has been improved to secure student’s wellbeing, the phenomena of violence, bullying, hate speech and discrimination on various grounds are still common in some schools. Because of this growing tendency, schools are required to devise their own plan for prevention in order to find solutions to problems such as acts of intimidation. Focus on a fair and undiscriminating treatment plan is required. Thus, schools are trying to devise preventative measures they can implement and students’ opinions on the matter 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. The project will provide a series of opportunities to share educational practices, teaching experiences, cultural exchange and develop lifelong skills.
Objectives
1. To enable teachers address violence, bullying and discrimination issues at institutional level
2. To develop a joint long term strategy of violence prevention
3. To promote a culture of equality, respect and tolerance
4. To facilitate equal chances for inclusion of disadvantaged students
5. To enhance participants’ communication, social, interpersonal, intercultural competences
6. To create an international meaningful context for peer learning
7. To foster self-expression and creativity amongst participants
8. To improve foreign language skills
9. To improve digital skills
Participants
Target groups: The first one are the teachers who deal with issues related to violence, hate speech and bullying in their daily activity. They will exchange experiences and practices related to the topic, thus being able to consider common elements and differences, identify good practices and apply them in their own schools.
The second target group is that of students. They represent the core of the project; we wish to change their negative attitudes. The project activities are designed so as to enhance their awareness of causes and effects produced by violence and discrimination, make them embrace tolerance, show respect and acceptance towards diversity to create a positive atmosphere in our schools.
Activities
Main project topic will be divided into 5 sub-topics:
C1 – Dealing with violence and discrimination issues in schools – comparative study
C2 – Stereotypical thinking at work
C3 – Strategies to deal with and prevent violence
C4 – (Re) act against bullying and hate speech
C5 – Promoting equality
Results
Project concrete results will consist of: detailed guidebook on ways to address violence, discrimination, hate speech and bullying at school level. Logo, poster, brochure, 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
Participation in the project will generate various benefits for institutions. 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 and will be able to implement further initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders. Thus, the project will allow them to diversify their methods and gain more pedagogical practices, adapt them to their own schools.
Partners will continue cooperation after the project end date

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145690 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Istruzione Secondaria Superiore “Rosa Luxemburg” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• IES Clot del Moro
• High School of Economics and Finance Vasil Levski
• Scoala Gimnaziala Certeju de Sus
• SULTANAHMET SUPHI PASA MESLEKI ve TEKNIK ANADOLU LISESI