Overall goal: creating an innovative integrated school educational approach which will improve teaching and learning performance, inclusiveness and equity of pupils at risk of early school leaving through using therapeutic methods into educational activities and ITC tools envisaging expanding the impact at all levels Specific objectives: 01. Increasing learning performance and correct poor behavior of 125 pupils facing with risk to ESL into partner schools by developing intrapersonal and interpersonal connected with social, civic, intercultural and media-literacy skills in the partner schools through applying of therapy-based educational methods, between March 2020-June 2021 02. Supporting introduction and effective usage of digital technology for 125 pupils target and enhance continuous communication about ESL problem across different school system actors (project partners, teachers, pupils and families, other stakeholders) through developing a common educational platform with multiple functionalities (forums, chats, blog), between March 2020 – September 2021 03. Increasing learning motivation and engagement of 125 pupils facing with the risk of ESL in the partner schools through enriching the learning experiences and reducing disparities by accessing digital technologies, using ITC tools and therapeutic digital content in the classroom, between March 2020-June 2021 04. Supporting teachers from partner organizations to adopt inclusiveness methods, applying more project-based and cooperative/peer-to-peer methods, work into collaborative environment and use digital technologies involving them into teaching-learning activities and practicing on an educational platform, between March 2020-September 2021. 05. Increasing the quality of partner’s leadership through learning and applying PM² Open Project Management Methodology, all project duration 06. Increasing the visibility of the partners and extending the impact of results at regional, national and European level, during the project and after its lifetime through applying an intensive communication/dissemination strategy and provide open access to educational resources. The major innovation of this project is introducing THERAPEUTIC METHODS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES and not as a separate approach to increase those skills and prevent early school leaving. The most suitable therapeutic methods considered by project specialists to be included in educational approaches for ESL are: expressive therapy (art therapy, dance therapy/movement therapy, drama therapy, psychodrama, melotherapy, writing and bibliotherapy, photo/video-based therapy), emotion focused therapy, group therapy, color and chromotherapy, game therapy, applied behavioral analysis (ABA), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Occupational Therapy , speech therapy, and others. The main intellectual outputs will be: Therapeutic educational activities for ESL inclusiveness. Handbook for teachers. E-learning platform and interactive therapeutic educational resources. Other results it will be implementation of activities for a target number of 125 pupils at risk to early school leaving. During the project implementation all results it will be open to public and shared/promoted through different media and target. Main impact: Increased learning performance of the target improved behavior of the target Increased in interpersonal and intrapersonal skills of the target Increased social, civic, intercultural and media-literacy skills of the target Improved communications about the ESL problem between all school actors (project partners, teachers, pupils and families, other stakeholders) Improved educational methods, pedagogies and practices of staff regarding ESL phenomena Improved competencies of trainers and specialists concerning new educational approaches Increased awareness about the important role of parents in preventing early school leaving Increased awareness of the cultural/social/economic institution as drivers of knowledge in primary/secondary education Internationalization of innovative practices;
We wanted our students to recognize their own emotions,learn empathy and tolerance development, the ability to cooperate, diversity (cultural, religious and physical differences), communication,develop their skills, broaden civic awareness and interest in the environment. Our main goal was to create an innovative integrated school educational approach which will improve teaching and learning performance, inclusiveness and equity of pupils at risk of early school leaving through using therapeutic methods into educational activities and ITC tools envisaging expanding the impact at all levels
There is a general trend of the ESL rate in all the countries involved in the project, which described the main need of the institution in the project. The project should obtain improved inclusion indicators and at the end it should decrease the rate of students which are at risk of early school leaving. This has been reached and tested though progress tests/final questionnaires/test addressed to students. There are also other needs like improving the educational programs and training materials, especially focused on extra-curricular activities leading to reduce ESL and develop socio-emotional (life) skills, developing activities in cooperation with parents, internal therapists and guidance specialists, etc, improving the teaching practices in the field of inclusiveness and incorporating digital technologies, using more collaborative and peer methods in teaching, creating new partnerships, communication at different levels