This project stems from the need and hope to create more friendly and fair learning environments which make true Comenius' quotation: "Schools, the places where men and women become truly human, are certainly humanity workshops ".It is intended to fulfill 5,000 potential beneficiaries in all teaching stages: nursery,pre-primary, primary, secondary, high school and vocational training.Our activities have been designed in order to reach the following objectives and goals: 1 To create kind, pleasant, enjoyable, meaningful and sustainable learning environments.2 To rediscover the human conditions in order to achieve a climate of respect and acceptance where all human beings find their own place 3 To update professional teaching skills focused on the new challenges of the XXI century4 To design innovative activities and tasks that will enrich the educational environment by encouraging critical thinking and creativity at all levels.5 To create a network of more human schools6 To promote the improvement of school climate7 To encourage the use of aesthetic codes (word, image, music) 8 To foster an innovative and creative environment 9 To promote respect and tolerance in order to improve cohesion in Europe and an active citizenship.But what does the man do?, what makes him different from other beings?, what are the true pillars of humanity ?Man thinks, man gets excited, man feels, man overcomes obstacles and moves forward ...Our metaphor in this project is the Renaissance Dome built on several levels, of several qualities of the human. And there begins our story. Our plans, our steps, walk through all our partner institutions in an itinerary that represents the human essence. This is the reason why our project is based on four pillars (in four of the training, teaching and learning activities) to help us remember the human condition and it is divided into four workshops and four creative and artistic achievements. The fifth mobility will serve us as a compendium and dissemination of the project (see G.1).These are our steps on the way of the "human adventure":1. Bologna, Italy: the man thinks. Born Humanism, Renaissance, architecture, proportion, the extent of the Universe, reason, confidence ... rationality workshop against the destruction caused by fanaticism, a dialogue between man and his time.2. Villanueva de Castellon, Spain: man gets excited. Emotion is the engine that leads man to act: surprise, anger, sadness, fear, joy, humor, happiness ... empathy and Emotion-art workshop.3. Bucharest, Romania: the man feels. The emotional state of mind is forged on the emotions and the largest and most enjoyable journey is about love.4. Wielizcka, Poland: man stuggles and advances. Because man is both light and shadow at the war, intolerance. Our project was born out of this idea and the need to refocus our destiny. Poland, World War II death camps which warn us of the horror. The workshop on the Declaration of Human Rights will certainly impregnate all our classrooms.5. Aldaia, Spain: the human agora. At the close of the project all the works are held in a manifesto for the future and all of them will be implemented into the plans of coexistence of the partner institutions in order to the project's sustainability. The main difusion activities of the project will be held at this time.The expected results:Tangible:1 "Kit for laboratory humanity." catalogue made after the conclusion drawn after each one of the workshops planned during the mobilities.2 "APP humanity laboratories"3 Personal Travel Diary: reflections, notes, appointments, drawings, etc. students will complete it during each mobility. (craft style)4 Attendance Notebook: signatures and comments from all the participants in mobility.5 Recording Dialogues with our time6 Short-movie and rap about emotions7 Clothes-designing out of feelings8 Book of Poems and illustrations about love 9 Newspaper and notebook on the horror of war (after mobility to Wielizcka)10 3D Dome11 poetic, photographic and musical shows. "Poetry is a weapon loaded with future". Book of Poems and CD12 Guide of Valencia: city tour thinking, excitement, feelings and places to visit.13 Web and blogStrategic: Students:- Improvement of language proficiency- Extending the tasks, cultural, socialization, integration and inclusion- Improvement of coexistence climate.School staff:- Improvement of language proficiency- Improvement of management competence- Improvement of professional profiles- Improviement of teaching qualityThe deep impact expected on the participants, the partner institutions, the school community and the wide community is to create kind, pleasant, enjoyable, meaningful and sustainable learning environments and also to train our students to face the challenges of the XXI century in both their personal and future professional lives by providing them with the necessary tools to be better human beings.
Our project was formulated as a shared school ethos with schoolS conceived as workshops or a laboratorIES with technology put to the service of values and the desire to build a fairer Europe. It has had 5000 direct beneficiaries of Pre-Primary, Primary, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary and Vocational Training stages. The horizontal priorities have allowed us to tackle education from an inclusive perspective and have also encouraged the development of social, civic and intercultural competences, as well as fighting issues like discrimination or segregation. Based on emotion and spirit of inquiry, and supported by neuro-education, our activities have answered questions about the human condition: what does a human being do?, what distinguishes one human being from another?, what are the pillars of humanity? how to re-learn them? A human being is able to think, to feel emotions and excitement, to struggle but also to overcome difficulties. These have been the approaches of our itinerary through human values. Thus, we have satisfied the need that encouraged us to design this European project with these goals: 1 To create friendly, pleasant, meaningful and sustainable learning environments; 2 To rediscover the human being from a welcoming and respectful perspective; 3 To update our teaching skills; 4 To design innovative and challenging tasks and activities; 5 To create a network of more humane schools 6 To improve school atmosphere; 7 To encourage the use of aesthetic codes (word, image, music); 8 To foster a creative and innovative environment; 9 To promote respect and tolerance for the cohesion of Europe and experience active citizenship. The activities have been a journey through the thoughts, emotions, resilience and celebration of the unequivocal signs which evoke our humanity and mark us out as human. The markers of our humanity have been centered around these main categories: 1 Dissemination of the project to the wide community in order to multiply the impact 2 Establishment of Teams in every partner school: commissions (school ethos / project management / quality and evaluation / dissemination and impact) 3 Teacher training: eTwinning platform, coexistence and mediation, active methodologies and neuroeducation. 4 Pedagogical implementation with PBL methodology (project-based learning) and the latest findings in neuroscience the Cognitive and Humanistic Learning Theories. 5 Study on improvement of school atmosphere and activities. Campaigns for a inclusive school. 6 Service-Learning: learning among peers, combining learning and community service and the training developed by students in the international workshops 7 On-going assessment as part of our Quality Plan. To summarize the impact, we will discuss different outcomes: http://www.humanlabs.es/productos/productos.html 1 Strategic results: 1.1 Students : - Extension of transversal, cultural, social, integration and inclusion skills with international teams both in Twinspace and in the physical mobilities. - Improvement of school atmosphere: campaigns against bullying, prevention of gender and domestic violence, prevention of xenophobic behaviours; analysis and report of the school atmosphere; Humanlabs Manifesto and sustainability actions. 1.2 Faculties and staff: - Improvement of the management skills. - Improvement of the professional profile. Training in eTwinning, improvement of school atmosphere and mediation; Neuroeducation and Active Methodologies. http://www.humanlabs.es/socios/socios.html - Fostering of international relations. Groups enriched with job shadowing and shared classes - Improving the quality of teaching. 2 Technological Results: - Gmail account and storeroom account in drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9lfq7Ah9uQXUjRVZXBiOHFyMDA?usp=sharing - Twinspace for collaborative work https://twinspace.etwinning.net/19555/home - WebSite: www.humanlabs.es and Blog in each partner school 3 Graphical Results: Logo and others 4 Presentations Products: P1 "Kit for a laboratory of humanity". Datasheets and educational guide for peer learning training available for all centers. P2 APP Humanlabs P3 Travel Notebook: student reflections P4 Notebook of autographs from relevant people who supported our project. P5 Dialogues with the time. Creative show based on the Renaissance dialectic. (Patio I) P6 Creating a Falla monument. Creative show about cultural heritage. P7 Short film and Rap on emotions. P8 Clothing collection based on feelings. P9 Booklet about reason, emotion, love and hope P10 Newspaper about the horror of the war P11 Dome in 3D (visual metaphor of the project) P12 Poetic, photographic and musical performance. "Poetry is a weapon full of future." P13 Guide of Valencia: places to visit in a city which is able to think, to feel and to look to the future. P14 Manifesto and schools’ ethos. Acknowledgements: good practices, national and European eTwinning QL, Move2Learn scholarships, Made for EU Prize