In our global world, social interaction is an outstanding factor to establish an inclusive and cohesive European community. Therefore, we need to include all kind of individuals in these interactions and all individuals regardless of their background and capabilities, namely abled, disabled, gifted and talented, must play an active role together for being future citizens of Europa. We should find ways to integrate all kind of individuals and in such a case music gets significant value as an effective instrument. Music includes cultural elements and their reflections for each society and also has a universal language. In our project, by means of music we aim to integrate different kind of individuals which can be specifies as abled, disabled and gifted. As understanding social, emotional and physical needs of different individuals can vary and especially disabled individuals face the threat of social isolation and we aim to gain our participants social identity and mutual respect and necessary skills to interact to each other in a European context. Regarding the European priorities, the project is based on cross cultural experiences which support cultural diversity and international understanding. All participants will discover the value of respect. Teachers and members of association will share and exchange their experiences and practices in order to develop educative and social skills by sharing ideas, tasks, knowledge and materials. The students will have abundant opportunities of social skills while interacting with each other which will promote self-confidence, cooperation skills and inspire acceptance. All participants have greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity and more positive attitude towards other European communities. All the participants will be able to have opportunities to enhance the use of information and communications technology and to see it as a tool for communication, collaboration and production to be a part of future digital society easily. Students and especially disabled students will find new ways to convey their feelings nonverbally and be aware of each other and special musical instruments that can be developed for disabled individuals. All the participants will be aware of the value of learning and embracing European languages as well.We will make use of musical practices in the form of presentations, videos, Internet, social media, bulletin boards, and posters, brochures in order to learn and compare different lifestyles. We will learn customs, traditions, folklore of each other. We will also our own songs of love, improvised and peace song and have the joy of living and sharing together in a European context. Apart from cultural events and public displays, we will have e-book of our project songs, pocket calendar and songs CDs for dissemination purposes.All the partners share the same need namely integrating their participants with different kind of individuals and they have strengths and different backgrounds which will enrich the scope of the project and share of practices in various aspects. We will carry out the project according to the planned activities, budget and time schedule. The responsibilities of the coordinator and of the partners are determined. We will work cooperatively.All the participants will acquire lifelong skills of establishing an inclusive society and teaching and learning skills having cultural respect and European added value.
In this project we use the power of music to establish our own inclusive and cohesive European community. We include all kinds of people, with different abilities, disabled, gifted and talented, because everyone must play an active role together to be future citizens of Europe. We bring together Spanish children from the standard primary school, disabled students from Poland and Romania, young gifted and talented musicians from Turkey and adult musicians and members of the Italian association. We found a way to integrate them all and we made them create many new and distinctive things through music. As the understanding of the social, emotional and physical needs of different individuals can vary and especially people with disabilities face the threat of social isolation, we wanted them to acquire a little more social identity, mutual respect and skills needed to interact with other people. Regarding European priorities, the project was based on intercultural experiences such as cultural diversity and international understanding. Teachers and members of the association shared and exchanged their experiences and practices to develop educational and social skills by sharing ideas, tasks, knowledge and materials. The students had abundant opportunities to develop social skills while interacting with each other. That promoted their self-confidence, cooperation and acceptance skills. The participants also increased the use of ICTs. We met special musical instruments that can be developed or produced for people with disabilities. ORGANIZATIONS: CEIN MONTERO DE ESPINOSA; Almendralejo, Spain. (Coordinator) It is an educational center for primary and pre-primary that has approximately 400 students from 3 to 12 years old. Our curriculum is adapted to the peculiarities of our autonomous region and with some characteristic elements such as regional, national and European identity. Isparta Bilim sees Sanat Merkezi (TURKEY). Isparta Art and Science Center is an informal school that offers extra-curricular and educational activities for gifted and talented students to study art and music. Centrul Scolar pentru Educatie Incluziva Cluj-Napoca (ROMANIA). The institution offers educational services for children with severe and moderate intellectual disabilities, learning difficulties and motor problems and autism spectrum disorders. ZESPOL SZKOL SPECJALNYCH NR 8 (POLAND). It is a special school for 210 children from 6 to 23 years old with different types of physical and mental disabilities. Associazione Culturale "AccordiAbili" (ITALY): It is a non-profit organization whose main objectives are to develop new technologies that allow people with disabilities to play a musical instrument or engage in any creative activity. The most important activities have been: Show me your rhythm: the partners shared their rhythms and the others played these rhythms. Each partner presented their national anthems. Present your instruments: each partner presented the instruments of their countries. Sing my song with your instruments: each partner sent an original music without lyrics. The other partners wrote a verse in their own language for one of the topics where they shared their feelings. Story of your songs: presentation of a song and its story to the other members and sing one of the songs shared. Show me your dance: presentation of dances and their music and dance steps. These dances were performed and adapted to their own song. The partners made a digital album of traditional dresses. Each partner prepared a video saying "All we need is love". Main singers of Folk: each partner presented the most important popular singers of their country and their music. Music has no barriers: prepare a presentation of musicians with disabilities from their countries. My spiritual relaxing music: introduction of relaxing, instrumental or religious music and its instruments. We made use of musical practices in the form of presentations, videos, social networks, advertisements, posters, brochures in order to learn and compare different lifestyles. We also created our own Love and Peace songs and played together during common concerts. In addition to cultural events and public exhibitions, we created an electronic book of our project songs, a calendar and DVD with songs for dissemination purposes. All partners shared the same need to integrate their participants with different types of skills, strengths and backgrounds that enriched the scope of the project. All participants acquired lifelong skills establishing this inclusive society.