Globalization by opening borders has accelerated the mixing of populations and today in youth groups, we find a very diverse audience that does not always know how to speak or understand.That is why we believe it is necessary to improve the conditions of teaching in classrooms and understanding in youth groups through the analysis of different modes of behavior and communication. Many young people find themselves in difficulties of integration in groups because they have a difference, whether cultural, physical or otherwise. In cooperation with four European high schools (Italy, Romania, Poland, France), we wish to analyze the different modes of communication and group integration problems to find and implement ways to address them.Among these means, we propose to create a video on tolerance that’ll focus on the difficulties encountered by some young people every day, one or several collaborative games to youth groups to make them aware that everyone in his individuality and difference can bring to other. There will also be a booklet presenting the differences in lifestyles, communication and expression between the different European countries, which sometimes can lead to stigmatization. The main objective is to advance tolerance and acceptance of others to help improve working conditions particularly in schools but also to make young people aware of the cultural wealth they can acquire accepting the exchange many refuse for fear of the unknown.To achieve our goal, we plan to create within the participating institutions a referent association which can offer a training package created from the perspective of students and / or interventions on the theme. These will be offered to requesting agencies.At the end of the project this association will continue to exist and develop. Students in institutions can take an active part there but also enrich new external members who can bring their experience and expertise on the subject. At the same time, this association will allow youngsters from involved schools to make a first step into the professional world.
Diversity of youngsters in a group whether it is cultural or physical or other brings often misunderstanding and put some people on the sidelines. The main goal of this project was the creation of simple and efficient tools for professionals working with these youngsters. In order to reach this goal we have worked on several topics such as prejudices, communication, tolerance, social inclusion or social integration of a young within a group. This work is the fruit of the collaboration of four countries of Europe: France, Italy, Romania and Poland. Three of the four schools involved are public general high schools and the fourth is a rural private high school. This European collaboration enabled us to debate, analyze get informed, compare and enhance differences and open minds. This European partnership was a real richness for this project not only in sharing experiences, knowledges but also in creative brainstorming. In our fours schools about two hundred pupils, thirty teachers, several administrative officers and headmasters actively participated to the creation of this project. We also worked with association already working on these issues in order to take advantage of their experience. In order to carry out this work, goals have been set. The first is the creation of a pedagogical kit including a video on the theme of knowledge of the other and tolerance, a leaflet which underlines the different ways of living and communication of our four countries, the barriers which can hamper the meeting, collaborative games which have different objectives (group cohesion, social inclusion…). In order to ease the promotion of this kit and our different projects, we have created an association “Include me” as well as a website “http.incude--me.weebly.com”. This objective was also, thanks to the stays in families and in the different schools of the pupils and teachers, to allow everyone to discover new cultures, new ways of life and new educational systems but also to improve the skills in foreign languages. During these two years several activities have been created such as: - Implementation of surveys in order to list the reasons for exclusion amongst youngsters, - Debates around the welcoming of foreigners in our four countries, - Meeting associations working on inclusion and integration in order to broaden the discussion, - Sketches and workshops on these themes (prejudices, tolerance, freedom, fraternity…), - Pedagogical tools creation: video, booklet and cooperative games, - Tests of the tools and improvement proposals, - Association creation - Creation of means of dissemination (logo, flyers, website, roll up, pens, mugs, USB keys…) - Creation of satisfaction surveys to assess the kit presentation The realization of all these activities enabled us to present the pedagogical kit to about thirty different organizations such as schools, associations working on inclusion theme as well as leisure associations. After this presentation some of these tools have been used by head teachers or leisure association animators and they have showed their efficiency. These tools enable to improve professional working conditions but also to make youngsters aware that the exchange with others and the acceptance of the difference is a real richness for them. The results of our researches and of our creations have been broadcasted thanks to the web site and the association. This project has also enabled not only to the pupils, the staff involved but also to the whole of the pupils of the schools, to be aware of their membership to the European Union and to the opportunities that it represents. The association will remain in the long run because every partner has committed itself to answer to every need which concerns the presentation of this kit. The web site will carry on to develop particularly thanks to new projects ERASMUS and new parternships.