Requirements for high school students, which are currently changing very dynamically and constantly changing situation in Europe concerning migrants, became a challenge for us to create the project. European countries need citizens involved in social and political life not only to enable the development of basic democratic values, but also to increase social cohesion in the face of increasing social and cultural diversity. Teenagers need knowledge that will prepare them to develop awareness of multiculturalism in the face of changes occurring in the contemporary world, which will help young people in the development of life skills in a multicultural society, assimilation and overcoming the barriers of prejudice in choosing their educational or professional path.Students in Poland, Slovakia and the UK have insufficient information about multiculturalism and transculturalism. They do not have access to the knowledge of multidisciplinary solutions of problems and information - guidance on critical thinking and interpretation of various social phenomena. Teachers and teaching staff are searching for modern and interesting teaching resources for young people from this area.Looking at the facts the Leader of the project has diagnosed a key problem - the lack of modern tools adapted to the changing situation today in a multicultural Europe - together with Partners they have analyzed this issue in the partners’ countries, and defined the lack of a comprehensive solution to this problem.This confirms the diagnosis in the European Council 2016 report for migrants: shows that there is a lack of comprehensive solutions concerning making aware youth about life in multicultural society. A social and civic competences are an important element of European cooperation in the field of education. They are a part of the eight key competences of citizens living in a knowledge-based society, which in 2006 was described by the European Council and the European Parliament.The main target of the strategic partnership is to develop a universal multilingual tools and materials, which directly contribute to increasing the level of awareness of school children in the area of multiculturalism and national identity.All of the tools will be generally on a common, dedicated to youth website.Selected areas are part of the principles of respect for human rights in European Community law, ie. The respect of multiculturalism and the protection of people belonging to national and ethnic minorities. Supporting multiculturalism is the value adopted in the legal systems of modern democracy, and also meet the provisions: art. 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union "The Union shall respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity."The innovative project "Multiculturalism in the face of cultural identity - youth educational projects" involves gathering in one place:- Package of educational tools targeted at schoolchildren, which will apply to the parallel target groups (teachers, educators, students, parents) consisting of: digital content concerning multuculturalism, living at the crossroads of cultures in multicultural society.The project involves the development of universal results. The involvement of international partners will develop products that will be able to be used and will be used in the partner countries.Developed products will be useful for customers regardless of their place of residence, which at today's educational and professional mobility is of paramount importance.Implementation of the project will proceed in two stages:STAGE I: Developing innovative multimedia tools for the youth in the field of multiculturalism and identity.In the first stage will be developed innovative solutions in the field of modern methods of learning and cooperation of school youth on the fourth stage of education (according to the Polish classification) - at the age of 15-18 - years through the development of substantive and technological modern tools for school youth. For the production of materials will be involved experts and students in each of the countries of the Partnership.STAGE II: Validation developed educational materials and disseminatingDuring this stage developed tools will be tested in schools, modified after evaluation and validation. There are planned 3 dissemination events (conferences and seminars).The impact of the project will not end with the closure of its implementation. Developed innovative materials will be available after implementation of the project.
The main objective of the strategic partnership was to develop universal multilingual tools and materials that would directly contribute to raising the awareness of school youth in the development of knowledge about multiculturalism and national identity. Based on the experience and analysis of the tools currently available to partner organizations, we have been able to provide comprehensive support for innovative ways to help young people aged 15-18 to identify their own borders, prepare for a mature and independent assessment of social phenomena. Participating organizations: Eduexpert has experience in implementing EU projects, staff with experience and experience in creating multimedia materials and interactive e-textbooks or e-learning materials, available to students with various disabilities. Areas where the company has specialized since its inception. It is the creation of innovative digital materials for schoolchildren and training of teaching staff. Partner I: KATOLICKA UNIVERZITA V RUZOMBERKU The University is involved in the implementation of a dozen or so research and academic projects in Slovakia and international in the field of counseling and education. In their activities they emphasize interdisciplinarity, individual development taking into account market trends, including processes of globalization and digitization. Partner II: UK Butterflies LTD Butterflies supports educational systems that play an important role in supporting the integration of people from immigrant populations into the community in which they live. Turning to the new community and meeting the educational needs of immigrant students is a major concern of the UK Butterflies, and at the same time a major challenge for education systems throughout Europe. As part of an innovative project "Multiculturalism in the face of identity preservation - youth education projects" have been created and assembled in one place: - a set of school-based educational tools that are applicable to parallel target groups (teachers, educators, pupils, parents) consisting of: digital material for multiculturalism, living in the contact of cultures in the community. multikuti. Project implementation took place in 2 stages I STAGE: Developing innovative multimedia tools for school children in multicultural and identity areas. In the first stage, innovative solutions for modern methods of learning and co-operation of school children in the fourth stage of education (according to Polish classification) were developed. Development of modern technical and technological tools for school youth. Experts and students in each partner country were involved in the production of the materials. STAGE II: Validation of developed educational materials and dissemination. Within this stage, the developed tools were tested in schools, modified after evaluation and validation. 3 dissemination events (conferences and seminars) were carried out. The impact of the project will not end with the completion of the project. Developed innovative materials will be available in the market. project. The project has produced results of a universal nature. Involvement of international partners has enabled us to develop products that can be used and will be used in partner countries. The developed products are useful for the recipients regardless of their place of residence, which is of great importance in today's educational and occupational mobility. ). Long-term benefits, if applicable: Due to the fact that the project products are entirely in English (partner language - UK Butterfly and partner language), they are available and can be used by nationals of other countries. This makes it possible to draw examples for similar actions for other target groups, or to extend further support to representatives in the field of multiculturalism, assimilation and identity. At the end of the project the produced teaching materials and the project website are promoted http://www.multiculturalism.eu. Also developed digital tools (adapted to the latest technological solutions - availability on the smartphone, tablet, interesting multimedia interactions). Every partner has declared to inform all channels available in his current activity about the project, the results of the project and its use, during promotional actions, meetings business, training, all IT solutions (other platforms, forums, etc.).