CONTEXT The starting point of our project is to bring together different languages and cultures with our partnership of 6 European countries to reduce the negative bias and stereotyping of differences as a member of the European family and thus to gain a multicultural and multi-dimensional understanding. In the observations and interviews of our guidance service in our institution, we have observed that our students may feed negative attitudes, stereotypes and prejudices because they haven’t recognized people from different cultures. For this reason, we have started a project with Greece, our founding partner through eTwinning platform, in order for our students to see different cultures in place and our teachers to share their culture, knowledge and experiences with international schools, and we have met with our other partners for the same purpose. The innovative aspect of our project is that while sharing cultural elements (language, traditional meals, folk dances, dances, music, children's games, UNESCO cultural heritage) with our partners, we will enrich our activities with the methodology supported by the European Commission (content and language integrated learning). Thus, we will contribute to the development of language skills in addition to raising awareness of CLIL methodology and cultures. OBJECTIVES Envisioned Objectives: 1.To develop multi-cultural understanding and acceptance by recognising the cultural values and UNESCO cultural heritage of each of the partner countries (at least 55 percent of the participants will have a wider knowledge of other cultures) 2.Cooperation with different schools of Europe to see cultural diversity in place and develop a sense of belonging to the European family; (at least 30 points will improve positively in the attitudes of participants towards other cultures) 3.Develop ICT and language skills with international activities (approximately 65% of participants will develop digital and language skills) 4.To promote early language learning awareness and multilingualism by integrating CLIL methodology into content to promote a comprehensive approach to Language Teaching and learning NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS Our project consists of six common schools and 108 teachers with 54 students aged between 11 and 16 will benefit directly from our project. The number of students who will benefit indirectly is 4062 and the number of teachers is 395. In our project, priority will be given to students coming from families with low socio-economic level to support students with fewer opportunities and students with lower social intelligence and different cultural backgrounds. MAIN ACTIVITIES 6 Learning Teaching Training (LTT) activities will be carried out in order to encourage intercultural approaches to cultural heritage and to reduce negative prejudices and stereotypes against differences by gaining intercultural awareness. C.1.February 2020-CLIL Education-Italy - short term partner teacher training C.2.May 2020-tell me your story-Greece C.3.October 2020-will you play with me?-North Macedonia C.4.January 2021-our traditional meals-Romania C.5.March 2021-let's dance with me-Portugal C.6.May 2021-our traditional handicrafts and UNESCO cultural heritage-Turkey METHOD Different methods will be used to perform project activities and achieve the best results: questionnaires, observation and interview, CLIL methodology, application-based learning, project-based learning, game-based learning, problem-solving, case studies, analysis and reflection. ABSTRACT RESULTS 1. Encouraging collaboration in multicultural environments and thus enhancing intercultural dialogue 2. To increase intercultural awareness and reduce negative prejudice and stereotypes against differences 3. By recognizing different cultures, reducing negative attitudes towards "others" 3. Active use of eTwinning platform and disseminating Erasmus + program consciousness 4. Improve language skills with lice skills NON FIGURATIVE RESULTS 1. Project website, blog, and Facebook and Instagram pages 2. An e-book with cultural elements of partner countries 3. E-course contents created with CLIL 4. Twinspace page 5. Digital story, music box and e-map IMPACT The expected impact of the project on participants and organizations is to increase awareness of language, communication, ICT and intercultural. It is thought that the projected effects of the project will increase exponentially and will be extended to the long term as the students and teachers participating in the project will spread the applied methods, share their experience and knowledge with other students and teachers. The concrete results of the project CLIL integrated e-courses, e-books, videos, posters and brochures designs, digital story book, Digital Music Box) collected by all public schools and other local schools will be distributed among educational and cultural organizations. Thus, the widespread impact of the project will be increased.
In our pre-project meetings with our partners, it was agreed that our students have negative prejudices against differences. That's why, with the partnership we formed, as a member of the European family, we aimed to bring different languages and cultures together in order to reduce negative prejudices and stereotypes against differences, and thus to gain a multicultural and multilingual understanding.For this reason, we started a project with our founding partner, Greece, through the e-Twinning platform and came together with our other partners for common purposes. Experienced schools and less experienced organizations supported each other by sharing experience. 57 students aged 11 to 16 and 108 teachers from Turkey, Greece, Romania, Italy, Portugal and North Macedonia directly benefited from our project. Indirectly; 4122 students and 402 teachers benefited. Fair and equal conditions were provided for all participants. However, priority was given to students from families with low socio-economic status, low social intelligence and different cultural backgrounds, and students with fewer opportunities were supported. Participation of the students in the activities and sharing the project with all the parents increased the parents' cooperation with the school and their support for the project. In our project, 6 Learning - Teaching Trainings (LTT) activities were carried out. C.1.February 2020-CLIL EDUCATION-Italy-Short-term joint teacher training C.2. October 2021-OUR TRADITIONAL DISHES-Romania C.3.November 2021 -TELL ME YOUR STORY-Greece C.4.March 2022-COME DANCE WITH ME-Portugal C.5.May 2022-WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME?-North Macedonia C.6.July 2022-OUR TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS AND UNESCO CULTURAL HERITAGE-TÜRKİYE Methods and techniques such as questionnaires, pre-test and post-tests, statistical data analysis, observation and interview-based learning, project-based learning, game-based learning, problem solving, case studies, analysis and reflection were applied in our project. While we shared our cultural elements (language, traditional dishes, folk dances, dances, music, children's games, UNESCO cultural heritage) with our partners in our project, we enriched our activities with the CLIL methodology supported by the European Commission, giving our project an innovative aspect. By using the CLIL methodology, we contributed to the increase of intercultural awareness as well as improving the language skills of the students. According to the results of the post-test and focus group interviews applied to our participants; We found that more than 55 percent of respondents had the opportunity to learn more about other cultures. As various groups of students from the participating schools got to know each other, it was observed that there was a positive improvement of at least 30 points in the attitudes of the participants towards different cultures. In terms of developing ICT and language skills through international activities, it was determined that 72% of our participants improved their Digital and language skills. While integrating CLIL methodology into course contents to promote a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning; Improved early language learning awareness and multilingualism. Intercultural dialogue was developed by encouraging teachers and students to work together in multicultural environments. Thanks to this project: By increasing intercultural awareness; negative prejudices and stereotypes against differences have decreased, negative attitudes towards "others" have been reduced through meeting different cultures. The e-Twinning platform was actively used and the awareness of the Erasmus + program was spread. Language skills were improved with ICT skills. The following activities were carried out to increase the impact of the project. Project website, blog, facebook and instagram pages were created, An E-BOOK containing cultural elements of partner countries was created using ICT skills, e-lesson contents were created by teachers with CLIL and these contents were integrated into lesson plans, Project achievements were shared on the Twinspace page, Digital story and e-map digital contents were created. Students and teachers participating in the project shared the different methods used, their experiences and knowledge with other students and teachers. With these shares, it is thought that the projected effects of the project will increase exponentially and spread over the long term. For national and international sustainable dissemination, the concrete results of the project, CLIL integrated e-course contents (e-books, videos, poster and brochure designs, digital storybook, digital music box) are collected by all partner schools and distributed to other local schools and educational and cultural institutions. the widespread impact of the project was increased.