The project "In the world of European values with students " will be implemented from October 2019 to the end of September 2021 by five educational institutions: in Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. The project is based on the research outcomes and observations regarding low civic awareness in European societies. It also takes into account the curriculum of lower secondary school which does not focus on sufficient knowledge and training of intercultural skills. Unfortunately the curriculum does not prepare enough students to be active in this particular area. The social and cultural issues proposed by the applicants may be attractive to students from different European countries, especially if they are related to student exchange and enriched with a linguistic and cultural context. The project assumes the implementation of issues related to the following thematic modules : -1, Timelessness of human values, their significance for human development and the development of societies and countries. 2 Diversity among us, 3., My place in a global village - techniques of influencing human minds and bodies leading to the elimination of stress, building self- esteem and training to make conscious choices between values and promoting a healthy lifestyle, healthy eating and being active 4 Discrimination, anti-discrimination including the use of tools to counteract exclusion, determination of its causes, empathy training, workshops indicating the possibilities and necessity of rejecting hate speech 5 Cyberbullying - violence and mobbing and ways to defend against them - familiarizing participants with displays of violence in real life and in the network, classification of violence due to working methods, principles of its operation and psychological foundations that are a real source of problems (including fear and a sense of hopelessness ) workshops that counteract escalation of conflicts 6 Criticism - manipulation and ways of counteracting it - explaining the essence of manipulation, explaining techniques used in its implementation. Conducting the training of the awareness of its existence on a daily basis and the defense against it During 2 years of the project, we anticipate 5 short-term student exchanges (The first meeting will be in the applicant school and other meetings in all partnership countries). Coordinators will communicate via e-mails, videoconferences, e-Twinning Main material results: 1. A lesson plan on preventing violence or exclusion 2. lesson plans / workshops shaping internal values 3. workshop plan - Make something out of nothing 4. creating a place at school where students can leave things they do not need or exchange them 5. brochure – “Healthy Food for a Healthy Life” and “Be Safe on the Web”. 6. materials for educational, school game "We are the same" 7. pedagogical innovation concerning anti-discrimination issues introduced after the end of the project 8. Creating the website of the project "With European youth to values" 9. films about a social campaign against discrimination 10. scenarios of school plays concerning cyberbullying Soft results: 1. increasing intercultural competences of 80 students taking part in the project 2. developing language competences of 80 students taking part in the project 3 Change of attitude towards other people's otherness 4. increased knowledge about network manipulation, misinformation in the network 5 Increased ability to deal with physical and psychological violence 6. Increase in self-esteem Actions and results continued or sustained after the end of financing from European funds: - the possibility of introducing pedagogical innovations in the field of anti-discrimination at schools - broadening the work plans of school self-governments on the subject of tolerance, awareness of multiculturalism, values in schools and grassroots actions by creating of an international blog - running a school club of volunteering, cooperation with local organizations - using permanent project results (films, brochures, games, etc.) during classes at educational institutions - using language competences of project participants to gain new experiences and skills - the attitude of openness project participants, as well as their families to other nations and cultures - conflict-free cooperation across cultural differences, as well as across communication barriers Methodology of activities In the project, we plan to use the following work methods and pedagogical approaches: - stimulating creativity of pupils by creating their own projects - improving competences both students and teachers - learning through exchange of experiences - use of modern ICT technology - supporting individuality of participants - developing social skills through cooperation in a group - panel discussions
The project " With Students in the World of European values" was implemented from October 2019 to the end of September 2022 by five educational institutions: in Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. The project was based on the research outcomes and observations regarding low civic awareness in European societies. It also took into account the curriculum of lower secondary school which does not focus on sufficient knowledge and training of intercultural skills. Unfortunately the curriculum does not prepare enough students to be active in this particular area. The social and cultural issues proposed by the applicants were attractive to students from different European countries, especially because they were related to student exchange and enriched with a linguistic and cultural context. The project assumed the implementation of issues related to the following thematic modules : 1Timelessness of human values, their significance for human development and the development of societies and countries. 2 Diversity among us, 3 My place in a global village - techniques of influencing human minds and bodies leading to the elimination of stress, building self- esteem and training to make conscious choices between values and promoting a healthy lifestyle, healthy eating and being active 4 Discrimination, anti-discrimination including the use of tools to counteract exclusion, determination of its causes, empathy training, workshops indicating the possibilities and necessity of rejecting hate speech 5 Cyberbullying - violence and mobbing and ways to defend against them - familiarizing participants with displays of violence in real life and in the network, classification of violence due to working methods, principles of its operation and psychological foundations that are a real source of problems (including fear and a sense of hopelessness ) workshops that counteract escalation of conflicts 6 Criticism - manipulation and ways of counteracting it - explaining the essence of manipulation, explaining techniques used in its implementation. Conducting the training of the awareness of its existence on a daily basis and the defense against it During 3 years of the project, we anticipated 6 short-term student exchanges (The first meeting was in the applicant school and other meetings were in all partnership countries, Portugal organised 2 mobilities, one of them was virtual). Coordinators communicated via e-mails, videoconferences, e-Twinning, zoom platform, Whats App Main material results: 1. A lesson plan on preventing violence or exclusion 2. lesson plans / workshops shaping internal values 3. workshop plan - make something out of nothing 4. creating a place at school where students can leave things they do not need or exchange them 5. brochures – “Healthy Food for a Healthy Life” and “Be Safe on the Web”. 6. materials for educational, school game "We are the same" 7. pedagogical innovation concerning anti-discrimination issues introduced after the end of the project 8. Creating the website of the project "With European youth to values" 9. films about a social campaign against discrimination 10. scenarios of school plays concerning cyberbullying Soft results: 1. increasing intercultural competences of 80 students taking part in the project 2. developing language competences of 80 students taking part in the project 3 Change of attitude towards other people's otherness 4. increased knowledge about network manipulation, misinformation in the network 5 Increased ability to deal with physical and psychological violence 6. Increase in self-esteem Actions and results continued or sustained after the end of financing from European funds: - the possibility of introducing pedagogical innovations in the field of anti-discrimination at schools - broadening the work plans of school self-governments on the subject of tolerance, awareness of multiculturalism, values in schools and grassroots actions by creating of an international blog - running a school club of volunteering, cooperation with local organizations - using permanent project results (films, brochures, games, etc.) during classes at educational institutions - using language competences of project participants to gain new experiences and skills - the attitude of openness project participants, as well as their families to other nations and cultures - conflict-free cooperation across cultural differences, as well as across communication barriers Methodology of activities In the project, we used the following work methods and pedagogical approaches: - stimulating creativity of pupils by creating their own projects - improving competences both students and teachers - learning through exchange of experiences - modern ICT technology - supporting individuality of participants - developing social skills through cooperation in a group - panel discussions