Our aim was to open new horizons for our schools and be involved in international activities which will help us to improve our daily teaching process. We wanted to study and understand positive pedagogy: questions such as how and if it is implemented in the schools of our partners. We wanted to look at positive pedagogy from two sides: from the teachers’ and students’ perspective. We also wanted to take one aspect - seeing the good - of positive pedagogy and expand it to discovering positive things not only in yourself,but in your school and the environment. We wanted the students to recognize and appreciate good things at their schools by making small projects but also seeing how other schools carried out the activities. We wanted to make sure that everyone could be involved, so all our activities were planned to carry out with all the students in the schools. We learned from other schools when the results were compared with those from the partner schools.
At times, all pupils can feel that they don't believe in themselves and their abilities. Teachers may feel that they don't have the tools to help their students with these problems. Especially now in the time of constantly comparing oneself to other people in social media, there is a need for boosting self-esteem, self compassion and trusting oneself. Our main theme in this project was positivity: we helped and encouraged our students to accept and appreciate themselves. We also highlighted the meaning of positive mindset when it comes to the school environment and the areas our schools are located (small, rural and far away from big cities). We gave the teachers some tools and practices to bring positive pedagogy into the classrooms. Although all teachers use some forms of positive pedagogy every day (for example positive feedback, supporting self-images, encouragement), we put it into the spotlight through various activities.