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The role of the parents in the protection of a regional dialect - the educational value of cultural heritage

2018-1-PL01-KA204-0510192018Strategic Partnerships for adult educationfinalized
Countries: PL|ES|PT|TR|IT · Grant: €59,672.75
Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningCultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project summary

The project is one of the initiatives of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The problem that the project responds to relates to civilizational-cultural and social changes that have an impact on the linguistic sphere. This leads to transformations, transformations, often to the disappearance of regional dialects, which are important for social and identity integration. In 2003, UNESCO adopted the Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Language is particularly important for maintaining the intangible cultural heritage, and at the same time it is part of it. European cultural heritage co-creates the collective memory and identity of Europeans. The problem for which the project corresponds is the low social awareness about this resource. The needs of solving the problem are important from the point of view of the participating organizations and target groups. The problem was noticed by the Sejmik of the Silesian Voivodeship (debate I.2018). The project takes actions that lead to the preservation and protection of dialects and regional dialects. supported and motivated to participate in parents' curricula so that they can protect the regional dialect in the family. The project is based on an analysis of the real needs of participating organizations and target groups such as parents and educators of adults. The partnership consists of five organizations from regions where a regional dialect is present. These are: Bytom - Silesian, Miranda Do Douro - j. Mirandes, Granada - Andalusian, Palermo - Sicilian, Kastamonu - Turkisch Kastamonu. Project partnerships are made up of organizations that are active in adult adult education, and are committed to promoting and protecting languages. The main objective of the project is to enable organizations to develop and strengthen networks, increase their ability to act at the transnational level, exchange good practices on the role of parents in the protection of the regional dialect. Specific objectives have been defined and will be achieved thanks to partnership experience:  - Exchange of good practices on the role of parents in the protection of the regional dialect.  - Development of competencies of educators in the effective teaching of parents including parents with low competences.  - Increased capacity to act at the transnational level. The proposed activities have been adapted to the identified needs and are aimed at achieving specific objectives. Addressing the problem of target groups will bring significant value to regional communities in the context of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The implementation of the project changes the reality, because it allows to gain knowledge and experience of partner organizations from five European regions. High quality results will be achieved during the project implementation: - National Report. On the example of analysis from five European countries, partner organizations will compare how parents contribute to the protection of dialects in partner regions. The report will concern: Mirandese, Miranda Do Douro (Portugal), Andalusian - Granada (Spain), Silesian - Bytom (Poland), Latin - Palermo (Italy), Turkism Kastamonu - Kastamonu (Italy) Turkey).  - Guide on good practices "Protection of the regional dialect - Past + Future": Examples of good practices, placement of innovations and good practices in the area of regional dialect protection in intergenerational transmission in the family. The contents of the guide are: - Programs of local courses for parents about the protection of the regional dialect - Increased competences in the field of parent education regarding the presence of the regional dialect in intergenerational transmission. - Developing and improving partnership between five partner organizations. - Strengthening the position of each partner organization in local and regional environments. - Improved quality and attractiveness in terms of educational offer addressed to parents. Thanks to the implementation of the project with the support of the Erasmus + program, high-quality, unique results will be achieved.

Final report summary

The context of the project was the initiative of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The implemented project responded to the problems related to civilization, cultural and social changes that have an impact on the linguistic sphere. This leads to transformations, transformations, often to the disappearance of regional dialects, which are an important element of social and identity integration. The convention passed by UNESCO supports the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Language is especially important for maintaining an intangible cultural heritage, and at the same time is part of it. Europe's cultural heritage contributes to the collective memory and identity of Europeans. The problem addressed by the project concerns low social awareness of the resource of regional dialects. The project took action to support the preservation and protection of dialects and regional dialects. The project supported and motivated parents to engage in activities aimed at protecting the regional dialect in the family. The project was based on an analysis of the real needs of participating organizations and target groups such as parents and adult educators. The needs to solve the problem resulted from the point of view of the organizations participating in the project and specific target groups. The problem was also noticed by the Sejmik of the Śląskie Voivodeship (debate January 2018). At the regional level, cultural heritage helps to maintain the cohesion of the local community through the integration of residents. The partnership consisted of organizations from five regions in which regional dialects are used: Bytom - Silesian, Miranda Do Douro - j. Mirandes, Granada - Andalusian, Palermo - Sicilian, Kastamonu - Turkisch Kastamonu. The project partnership created organizations active in NVAE, involved in the promotion and protection of regional dialects and languages. The main aim of the project was to enable organizations to develop and strengthen networks, increase their capacity to operate on a transnational level, exchange good practices on the role of parents in the protection of the regional dialect. Detailed objectives were defined and were achieved thanks to the experience of the partnership: - Exchange of good practices on the role of parents in protecting regional dialects, - Development of educators' competences in the field of effective teaching of parents, including parents with low competences. - Increasing the capacity to act at the transnational level. Project activities were adjusted to the identified needs and were aimed at achieving specific goals. Addressing the problem of target groups has brought regional communities significant value in the context of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The project has contributed to changing reality through the exchange of good practices of partner organizations from five regions. Project activities included: International Project Meetings (TPM), C1 short training course in Poland, meetings in local environments, courses for parents, dissemination events. During the project implementation, high-quality results were achieved: Result 1: National Report. Using an analysis from five European countries, partner organizations compared how parents contribute to the protection of dialects in their partner regions. Reports concerned: mirandese language - Miranda Do Douro region (Portugal), Andalusian dialect - Pinos Genil/ Granada (Spain), Silesian - Bytom (Poland), Sicilian - Palermo (Italy), Turkis / Kastamonu - Kastamonu (Turkey). Result 2 - Slogan promoting regional dialects. Result 3 - Good practice guide "Protection of a regional dialect - Past + Future" containing examples of good practices in the protection of a regional dialect in the family. The project results are: - Programs of local courses for parents on the protection of the regional dialect, - Increasing the competences of educators in the field of parent education in the area of ​​dialect transmission in intergenerational transmission, - Development and improvement of cooperation between five partner organizations, - Strengthening the position of each of the partner organizations in local and regional environments, - Increased quality and attractiveness of the educational offer addressed to parents with low competences. Thanks to the implementation of the project with the support of the Erasmus + program, high-quality results were achieved.

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