Together we can “Theater is an art without borders, it is the art of freedom” Erasmus Project

Project Title

Together we can “Theater is an art without borders, it is the art of freedom”

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: Disabilities – special needs; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

The integration of the disabled students, aims to prevent prejudices, overcome biological, social, cultural, linguistic disadvantages and remove the mental barriers that truly limit the social life of all the individuals.
Our project has been inspired by the belief that drama is an extraordinary device for growth, as pedagogy and drama are always strictly related. Both of them focus on humans and try to unveil their complexity and their multiple forms of being in the world.
The drama experience aims to let the differences between groups come out and enhance its value as a source of enrichment for the group itself.
The Objectives of this project are:
-overcome the idea of integration between disabled children and children without disabilities to get to a broader idea of interaction between people each of them with their own diversities and multiple ways of being in the world;
– Exploring new opportunities related to one’s individuality and to one’s own way of staying with others;
– Knowing the dynamics that determine the behavior in a small group;
– Developing forms of communication related to interaction, reciprocity and participation;
– Developing active listening and the ability to elaborate emotional contents in body movements;
– Exploring the emotional contents through the “circular” interaction of the body signs with sound and musical signs and with the voice.
The project involves teachers and school students primary school and secondary level , from 6 partners countries. : Italy, Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal and Italy.
Partners will take care of the production and dissemination of information materials. E-mails and materials will be exchanged between students and teachers from the various countries. There will are 6 mobility of project.
Thanks to the project mobility, teachers, headteachers and students will visit foreign schools. From a purely didactic point of view, we will make a monthly magazine where students will tell the events of their school, a CD with all the activities carried out over the two years, a virtual “Log book” with photos, a film with the ITC (Movie maker). We will also organize theatre performances and a final Event ( where will be showed the films made) and an exhibition of all the work done.
The methods used will be : learning by doing, cooperative learning, peer to peer, peer tutoring.
We intend to use a set of methods which include improvisation techniques, the analytical methods of perception/observation of oneself and the others, the physical and vocal training, the active imagination joined to classical therapeutic methods. These methods aim to better understand children’ emotional system, overcome the automatisms of gesture, awake the inner rhythm and the strength of voice and take possession of the movement in relation to space.
The envisaged results:
– Promoting equal opportunities by integrating children, including, above all, children with disabilities;
– developing basic skills and expertise;
– developing and strengthen the intercultural education and its contribution to social integration promoting the “European citizenship”;
– using the information technology for a wider purpose;
– developing a sense of belonging to the European community based on the understanding and the respect for other people and their culture;
– promote teamwork;
– develop problem solving skills, feedback;
– strengthen their cultural and linguistic identity.

The above programs aim to strengthen the learning profile of all participants through the production and co-modulation of educational, learning and social actions / practices.
Students who participate in the project will be aged between 7 and 13, they will be selected to benefit from them on different levels. Since the groups of pupils will be heterogeneous, each school will contribute by sharing the results of the proposed activities with their experience and creativity. All teachers involved in the project are highly motivated and competent.
It will be important for students to communicate through writing, listening, speaking and reading. They will communicate via: Skype, eTwinning, e-mail, will share documents with Drive Google, etc …, in this way they will enrich their skills in L2, and in ICT.
The basic objective is work successfully together in the chosen activities and make students understand that language, age, handicap, social disadvantage and different training/educational needs are not an obstacle to cooperate and grow together as European citizens.

Project Website

https://www.primocircolopaterno.edu.it/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 196981 Eur

Project Coordinator

SCUOLA PRIMARIA “G.LOMBARDO RADICE” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Altinova Ilkokulu
• Upesleju pamatskola
• ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO CAPRAIA E LIMITE
• Kauno Kazio Griniaus progimnazija
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Alcochete