Together, beyond differences- Accept me as I am! Erasmus Project

Project Title

Together, beyond differences- Accept me as I am!

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: Inclusion – equity; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

Project Summary

Every year in all partner schools there are threats such as low motivation, absenteeism, verbal and physical violence, including bullying and cyber-bully, school drop-outs. It has been found that those most affected by these types of behavior are especially students at risk:with a precarious material situation, from single-parent families or with departed parents, of other ethnic groups, students who have learning difficulties. In order to ensure the inclusion of these students from different socio-cultural backgrounds, different ethnicities, with special needs, it is necessary to include them in appropriate educational programs that offer, at the same time, to all students from the partner schools behavioral models that promote tolerance, solidarity, respect beyond any differences, to increase their learning motivation and to help them establish functional relationships based on mutual acceptance and respect.
The project”Together, beyond differences- Accept me as I am!” is focused on to increase the institutional capacity of the parterer schools to meet pupils’ needs aged between 10 and 15 through programs and educational activities that offer attractive learning alternatives and contexts capable of developing those social competences that ensure the educational and social inclusion of all pupils, programs and activities which promote diversity and intercultural exchange. The project also aims to develop skills for teachers in designing and implementing formal and non-formal learning activities and educational projects adapted to the needs of all categories of students, that ensure equal access to education for all students to combat social exclusion and integrating European values in education and training,thus contributing to increasing the motivation for learning and educating students in the spirit of tolerance and interculturality and limiting negative phenomena affects the school life of the students, contributing to increasing motivation for learning and student education and reducing the risk of school dropout. The objectives were set in accordance with the chosen priorities, related to the development of new competences for both teachers and students involved in the project,by capitalizing the non-formal education valences in activities that will both increase motivation for school success and educational and social inclusion.
Our project provides 6 international learning opportunities: 4 short-term mobility for 150 students (25 from each school) and 2 short-term mobility for 60 teachers (10 from each school) -valuable sources of examples of good practices and materials that can be used in the long run in the schools involved to promote Europe values,to collect 3 non-formal strategies, 2 methods/techniques, innovative methods of working with pupils with special needs, sharing best practices and developing a Guide to Good Practices of Inclusive Education and a Strategy for combating violence in partner schools and other activities designed to develop to the students attitudes and abilities of social inclusion – acceptance, mutual respect, solidarity.
The project activities were structured in three directions:
A. Activities to help students understand and enforce unanimously accepted moral codes of conduct, basic concepts that highlight the nature of interpersonal relationships – gender equality, nondiscrimination, multiculturalism etc., to improve teamwork skills, social skills, to provide them with the opportunity to interact with other educational environments that can be models of harmonious coexistence.On this line is also the Campaign for information and prevention of bullying in schools and eTwinning project “Hate speech…”.To ensuring the educational and social inclusion of all students to acquire new skills for students: teamwork skills, improve their social and civic skills- acquire attitudes of acceptance and combat intolerance, appreciate diversity and reduce intolerant behaviors, improved interpersonal and which will help to achieve a comfortable level of functional communication, tolerance, empathy, openness to understand different points of view, manage conflict situations, develop resistance to stress and frustration.
B. Learning and teaching activities and exchange of best practices for teachers which intended acquiring new non-formal methods and techniques in educational activities – acquire new working skills for teachers through which it is intended acquiring 3 strategies including methods, techniques and non-formal learning tools,2 methods/techniques with pupils with special needs, develop project implementation abilities, work on the eTwininng platform,used to this type of project, build confidence in their ability to develop and implement projects, including Erasmus+ projects.
C. Activities aimed at intercultural exchange by promoting the values of the cultural heritage of partner countries and developing the European dimension of partner schools through the strategic partne

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 175370 Eur

Project Coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala B. P. Hasdeu, Municipiul Campina & Country: RO

Project Partners

• 7th GYMNASIUM OF KATERINI
• Vilniaus Adomo Mickeviciaus licejus
• Osnovna škola Jasenovac
• I.C.Torrenova
• IES MANUEL TÁRRAGA ESCRIBANO