In a world of rapid change, education in many countries is becoming a serious problem. It is necessary to redefine the learning process, improve our students with skills that can help them quickly integrate and adapt to change. In this context, the main program coordinator defines social integration as a starting point for the development of mental skills. The program "Active and Responsible Citizen" unites 5 schools from Greece, Italy, Romania, Poland and Turkey. Our children are raised, faced with one of the biggest problems. As a young man, they are trying to improve their citizenship. Identify our students as responsible active citizens of Europe. As part of our project, we strive to understand our students. The objectives of our project: Raise awareness of active citizenship in 250 schools from 5 EU schools during the 2-year plan - develop 250 knowledge, attitudes and skills of students who must act as active citizens in their communities - the ability of active citizenship as a way of life among students from 5 EU countries - create an online school tool, which will include examples of good practices to promote active citizenship The project involves 250 elementary school students (aged 12-14years) who participate in the project. We carefully develop a series of activities that will lead to the goals of the program, using a strategy of social and emotional learning (SEL) to help students immerse themselves in the design of the project. SEL wants to share their knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage their emotions, personal feelings, setting personal goals, Various educational strategies (group discussion, discussion of roles, modeling, discussions, multimedia presentations, external speakers) are aimed at raising awareness of an active civic position. The results of these events are: 5 multimedia presentations "What is active citizenship?" 5 videos: "Cultural values in my country", 5 seminars with a special visitor, external speakers representing the interests of volunteers in each partner country. Developing activities using SEL (comics, stories, group activities, games for group building), we strive to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills of our students as active citizens of their communities. Improve social awareness of students, self-knowledge, self-management, responsible decision-making and communication skills, tangible results of comics, a magazine containing stories, 5 multimedia presentations "Active citizens and the environment" "My school, my country. Therefore, I want to create a common garden Erasmus +. To create an active citizenship as a way of life, the Active Citizens Club wants to be created for students in all 5 schools participating in the project. These clubs are aimed at developing incentives and commitment to facilitating the participation of citizens in life in the long term. Students of the club will purchase general shirts created within the project. One of the club's events will be the creation of jubilee and handicraft products for the project partners. Teachers want to develop a lesson plan using a multidisciplinary approach that will become part of the Active Citizen tool to promote active citizenship. Through this partnership, we strive to develop an active citizenship and accountability, expand the cooperation of schools with members of local communities, encourage schools to adopt social and emotional training programs. organization of activities related to the subject of the project, development of school programs.
In a world of rapid change, education in many countries is becoming a serious problem. It is necessary to redefine the learning process, improve our students with skills that can help them quickly integrate and adapt to change. In this context, the project "Learn 4life: active and responsible citizenship" defines social partecipation as a starting point for the development of mental and soft skills. Active citizenship means people getting involved in their local and European communities at all levels, from towns to cities to nationwide and international activity. Active citizenship can be as small as a campaign to clean up your street or as big as educating young people about democratic values, skills and participation. The Erasmus Plus program “Learn 4life: active and responsible citizenship” connected the schools of the five countries of our Erasmus Plus Project – Greece, Romania, Turkey, Poland and Italy. Through the project acitivities participants were exposed to new contents, met people with a different language and a different culture and impowered them to act as responsible, active citizens of Europe. The project developed a new way of schooling, based on the integration between formal education and non-formal learning. This exchange programme was also an excellent way to get inspired and motivated, to improve English and encourage intercultural education. Thanks to the twinspace, the project’s website and the dedicated Facebook page, participants will continue to keep in touch also in the future. The objectives achieved so far: - Raise awareness of active citizenship in 250 students from 5 EU schools during the 2-year plan - develop knowledge, attitudes and skills of the 250 students involved, who must act as active citizens in their communities and at European level - achieve the ability of active citizenship as a way of life among students from 5 EU countries - create an online school tool, with examples of good practices to promote active citizenship The project involved 250 elementary school students (aged 12-14) who participated directly and indirectly in the LTTAs and in about 120 workshops. We carefully developed a series of activities that led to the goals of the programme, using a strategy of social and emotional learning (SEL) to help students immerse themselves in the design of the project. SEL enabled them to share their knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage their emotions, personal feelings, setting personal goals. Various educational strategies (group discussion, discussion of roles, modeling, discussions, multimedia presentations, external speakers) were employed to achieve awareness of an active civic position. The results of these events are: 5 multimedia presentations "What is active citizenship?" 5 videos: "Cultural values in my country", 5 seminars with a special visitor, external speakers representing the interests of volunteers in each partner country. Developing activities using SEL (comics, stories, group activities, games for group building), we strove to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills of our students as active citizens of local and global communities. Our challenge was to improve social awareness, self-knowledge, self-management, responsible decision-making and communication skills, which were tangible results of a mini comic, a common online magazine, 5 multimedia presentations about the topic "Active citizens and the environment". An Erasmus + garden was also created within the project. It fostered a sense of community, bringing parents, teachers, students, and community members together. To encourage active citizenship as a way of life, Active Citizens’ Clubs were created for students in all 5 partner schools. These clubs were aimed to strengthen incentives and commitment to facilitate the participation of citizens in life in the long term. Students of the clubs created the project logo, the shirt, jubilee and handicraft products for the project partners. Teachers developed lesson plans using a multidisciplinary approach that became part of the Active Citizen tool kit to promote active citizenship. Through this partnership, we aimed to develop active citizenship and accountability, to expand the cooperation of schools with members of local communities, to encourage schools to adopt social and emotional training programmes and to organize activities related to the theme of the project. The cooperation between partners, the collaborative work carried out, the knowledge, the skills and competences acquired by the participants, and the impact on the Partnership's Educational Community met our initial expectations.