''we can not long survive spiritually seperated in a world that is geographically together'' quoted by Martin Luther inspires our project partnership as it focuses on intercultural dialoque and perfectly underlines our aim.We aim to succeed this interaction via dance and music as we are by nature musical, rhythmical as humanbeing. We are surrounded by music every day,enjoy it for relaxation, and may dance to it, yet many of us have only experience music in school during a weekly class lesson. Music is a part of our life that its nature and purpose is rarely questioned. It is a lifelong activity as a universal part of all cultures. Schools and society must develop our children to be happy, well-adjusted citizens, rather than people who can just pass a test and get through school.Music and dance are an important part of reaching this and of ensuring that the young can achieve their potential and contribute to our society. “Dance in education involves in creating, performing and appreciating movement as a means of expression and communication. Dance differs from the other physical education programme in that primary concern is with the expressive quality of movement and the enjoyment and appreciation of the aesthetic and artistic qualities of movement”. With this project,we want to give our students the possibility to identify themselves with the way of European thinking.We want our students to meet and know different cultures,customs and peeople .We can learn and share our ideas by excanging our thoughts. On the other hand,we want our students to improve their own skills and abilities.We are sure this project will be an opportınıty for improvinng their self-confidence.With the activities,the students will learn to be aware of the beauties of their traditional music, dances and customs. The main target group of this project is students that are the owners of our future. That is why all our activities are students oriented and can be only accomplished with their active participation. The aim of the activities is to enable the students gain knowledge and abilities that they can use in the future. The main objectives of our project are: -To maintain close tights between cultures and share innovative methods and tools lıke popular songs,traditional dances from generation to generation to teach and learn communication -to discover European cultures and introduce our traditional dances, -to respect the cultural, geographical diversity among European countries, -to stimulate creativity and curiosity by producing innovative ideas of dance workshops, -to improve success and motivation of pupils especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, -to develop the communication skills with the help of sharing knowledge in a variety of methods, -to develop ICT skills, use of multimedia and social Networks via internet, -to feel the spirit of being a European citizen through dances. In order to achieve our objectives, we have planned to make ; -A teacher training on '' Music in Education! Ways of integration of music into Curriculum Subjects'' in Italy -4 Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Spain,Poland,Italy and Crotia during two years. - make a book of stories from mobilities , poems and songs, dances of each country. The potential longer term benefits of our project are; -The project will be a good way for making our schools more interesting for the students. -Taking part in international cooperations, activities will be rewarded by students, parents, teachers and local authorities as for offering students the possibility to grow up in international awareness and increasing understanding and tolerance between different cultures. -They will have the chance to compare and share their traditional dances, songs and festivals via different activities.We believe taking part in such a project will help both students and teachers and parents to break the barriers and create an open-minded,tolerant society . So with 5 partner schools taking part in the project and spreading the knowledge gained and involving people activty with the measures on integration put into practice, an estimated number of more than 150 people benefiting directly from the activities.We hope there will be many more involved.
''We cannot long survive spiritually apart in a world that is geographically together'' this quote from Martin Luther inspired our project partnership and we focused on intercultural dialogue which was also one of the main goals of our project. We think we have succeeded in this interaction also because man by his nature loves his music and rhythms. With this project, we wanted to give our students the opportunity to identify with the European way of thinking. We wanted our students to meet and get to know other different cultures, customs and people. We wanted our students to improve their skills and abilities. The way this project was carried out was also a great opportunity to improve their self-esteem. With the project activities, the students learned to be aware of the beauties of their traditional and folk music, dances and ancient customs. The main target group of this project was the students who are the owners of our future. That is why all our activities have been oriented towards them and have been implemented with their active participation. The purpose of the activities was to enable students to acquire knowledge and skills to be used in the future. The main objectives of our project were: • maintain close ties between different European cultures and share innovative methods and tools with folk songs, traditional dances handed down from generation to generation to teach and learn communication; • discover European cultures and introduce our traditional dances; • respect the cultural and geographical diversity between European countries; • stimulate creativity and curiosity by producing innovative ideas for dance workshops; • improve the success and motivation of pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds; • develop communication skills with the help of knowledge sharing in a variety of methods; • develop computer skills, the use of multimedia and social networks via the Internet; • feel the spirit of being a European citizen through dances. To achieve our goals, we have implemented: • A teacher training course on ''Music in Education! Paths for integrating music into curricular subjects''. • During the two years of the project we did short term exchanges of groups of pupils in Spain, Poland, Italy and Croatia during two years. The long-term benefits of our project are: • The project has made our schools more interesting and more engaging for students; • Having taken part in international collaborations, the activities have been positively evaluated by the students, their parents, the teaching staff and also by the local authorities for offering the learners the possibility to grow in international awareness. • The project increased understanding and tolerance between different cultures. • Through the different activities the students had the possibility to compare and share their traditional dances, songs and festivals. We believe that taking part in this project has helped students, teachers and parents to break down barriers and try now, in our small way, to build a more open, more tolerant and peaceful society.