Project’s background The project is born with the aim to offer a solution to the issue brought up during the 1st, 2nd and 4th European Antibullying Network Conference (EAN) financed by Daphne III in 2014, 2015 and in 2017. The conferences have highlighted an increase of the bullying and cyberbullying phenomenon and the need of a coordination on a European level. EAN has given to all the European members precise instructions on how to tackle bullying. In Italy in 2016 the MIUR has presented an action plan of teachers’ training activities to acquire psycho-pedagogical and social competences to prevent bullying. The project aims at responding to the needs highlighted by NESETII, EAN and ET2020 and align with the initiatives highlighted by MIUR and EAN which has suggested the introduction of an European Antibullying Certification and of an "anti-bully sentinel". Objectives: Eirene has, as general objective, to produce an impact on the school education system improving the ability to react to the bullying phenomenon, and involving the main actors that rotate around the school system in tackling this negative behaviour at an educational level. Therefore, the specific objective of the project, is creating methodology to update teachers’ competencies by offering them a set of specific laboratories (based on the Applied Theatre), as a specific tool to tackle bullying. Furthermore the project aims at actively involve the local communities (parents, associations, Institutions etc.). The goal is to create an active and participated web to tackle bullying efficiently. Lastly the projects aims at offering teachers and students, some basic strategies on the use of audio/video programs to design brief awareness campaign on bullying negative effects. Participant’s number and profile: The direct target group is: -School teachers involved in the project -Students between 13 and 16 years of age who will experiment the activity The indirect target group is: -Other schools’ teachers not directly involved in the project -Local training communities -Parent’s associations -NGO (associations, social cooperatives, foundations..) -Public bodies Activity descriptions: The project foresees the realization of activities as: O1 METHODOLOGY TO TACKLE BULLYING IN THE EDUCATION FIELD: it foresees the creation of a training path to develop teacher’s competences to tackle bullying in schools. O2 E-LEARNING TRAINING ON DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF SMALL SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS: it consist of designing, producing and launch of short awareness videos, which are going to be part of a bigger communication campaign to tackle bullying. - Training in the form of JSTE (C1) - Dissemination activities as 6 Multiplier events -Definition of Community engagement strategies -Focus groups -Methodological prototype Training path implementation. This activity precedes the JSTE (C1) PILOT Pilot evaluation Fine Tuning Case studies The O2 realization foresees the following activities: -Web communication fundaments -Technical training -Good practices collection -Video campaign production -Web campaign launch -Impact evaluation The project foresees also 6 Multiplier events. Results: -Effective contribution to tackle bullying in the education system -Teachers will be able to manage bullying situations after acquiring specific competences -Students will be more sensitized on bullying and will be able to bring significative changes in and outside the schools system. -Parents and local communities will be more involved and sensitized on the subject Foreseen Impact: Teachers: will benefit by improving their competencies in carrying out and leading a set of laboratories with the aim of facing and defuse conflict situation (bullying) Students: will benefit from training paths that allow them to be more aware of the issue Educational institutions involved: they’ll be able to bring in their training offer, the project’s training path Long term potential beneficiaries: -Teachers of other institutions not directly involved in the project -Local educational communities -Partents’ communities -NGO’s (associations cooperatives, foundations) -Public bodies
Project’s background The project is born both with the aim to offer a solution to the issue brought up during the 1st, 2nd and 4th European Antibullying Network Conference (EAN) financed by Daphne III in 2014, 2015 and in 2017 that had highlighted an increase of the bullying and cyberbullying phenomenons and the need of a coordination on a European level ,and to support the action plan of teachers’ training activities to prevent bullying presented by the MIUR in Italy in 2016. The objectives of the project were : the updating of teachers’ competences in their action of contrast of the bullying phenomenon in the school environment through the creation of a methodology based on the Applied Theatre techniques and the e-learning training and designing of video campaigns to arise awareness about such issue, planned by 13-16 years old students, aimed at their peers. Teachers from five European primary and secondary schools have taken part in the project, coordinated by three expert trainers in the various steps. During the whole course of the project teachers could personally explore the methodology to contrast the bullying phenomenon designed by partners Playhouse and Action Synergy, on the base of the Applied Theatre and Community Engagement strategies, in particular during the Joint Staff Training Event, getting to the creation of a methodological prototype. Students from the five schools have taken part in several workshops and have launched some short videos to make other teenagers aware of the bullying issue, after improving their knowledge about communicating through the social media. Very important results have come out from the project such as a methodological prototype of a set of laboratories in English to be used with students from different school levels; the prototype brings together the Applied Theatre methods with the Community Engagement strategies. Other relevant products are the translations of the project materials from English into the national languages of the five schools (Italian, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish and Portuguese), five short videos made by the students containing their messages against bullying, five more videos made by the schools about students’ and teachers’ experiences and opinions concerning the method used. Teachers, students, parents, headmasters, field experts , local authorities and NGOs members have appreciated the project results during the six final events organized by schools and trainers, in particular participants have welcomed the application of the Applied Theatre to such context for it has created among students empathy and understanding of the dramatic consequences of aggressive behaviours, as it can be inferred from the videos which have been designed and launched.