This project's general objective is to promote the cultural values that encourage the cooperation between the students from different countries in order to improve the general attitude in what concerns social inclusion, diversity, gender equality and non discrimination in order to lower the level of non-tolerant attitude by 15%.
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From the begining
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Where we are now |
Our aims to bridge cultural diversity within schools arises from areas of discussion within our own schools:
Our Spanish partner has students from South America, North Africa, China, Pakistan and Romania. Our Sicilian partner has had an influx of immigrants from Syria who have become integrated in their schooling system Our Romanian partner found the needs of of embracing the concept of: Love Is For Everyone came from the rising number of violent acts recorded in the school especially against migrants and students with disabilities deriving from students coming from the rural areas of the country and from abroad (Moldavia Republic), with students whose parents work abroad, the imbalance in the numbers of boys and girls Our other three partners, FYROM, Croatia and Cyprus will bring their experience from previous projects on similar Erasmus+ topics and our students and teachers will have where to learn from. FYROM and Cyprus, who are in the top three best schools in their countries, will be examples to follow by our students and teachers and they will share good practices from their past projects. Our Croatian partner is a private one where teachers pay individual attention to the development of each of our students. Having a reputation for paying individual attention each student’s individual needs the school's staff have specialised in the approach that needs to be applied using methods of encouragement, and developing in students the feeling of empathy, equal rights and equal opportunities. |
October 2017:
First Meeting of all partners in Madrid, Spain March 2018: Second Meeting of all partners, with a student exchange in Varazdin, Croatia May 2018: Third Meeting of all partners, with a student exchange in Prilep, Macedonia October 2019: Fourth Meeting of all partners, with a student exchange in Piazza Armerina, Italy February 2019: Fifth meeting of all partners, with a student exchange, in Limassol, Cyprus April 2019: Sixth and final meeting, with a student exchange, in Galati, Romania FINAL RESULTSOur objectives derive from the horizontal priorities of the ERASMUS+ Programme Guide which refer to inclusion, diversity, equality, gender equality, nondiscrimination in the field of education and not only.
The participants will work on the following activities and obtain the next results: •spreading 1200 flyers •making 6 Interviews - with migrants about their difficulties •creating a video to promote tolerance as a general attitude •making a documentary about the migration process illustrating real cases • writing a magazine "My LIFE experience" with 2 numbers (in English) containing articles on traditions, great personalities from each partner country, a traditional recipe from each country, charity events organized in the benefit of the needy people (activities with the special needed children), "Our students, our pride", Interviews, Crossword puzzle with specific vocabulary, jokes. •organise a Virtual Classroom for English classes •creating and interpreting of questionnaires "How tolerant are you" •cooking workshops-traditional recipes from each partner country •making a photo album •creating and managing a website •taking part in a literary circle "Women - the power of gentleness" to inspire the girl students, to motivate them to aim high and then try to achieve their goals and not settle for the role housewives •writing a CD with lesson plans, handouts, evaluation questionnaires, tests etc (for English and sciences classes) specially tailored for the needs of each student in the classroom •present a school play"Love Is For Everyone" •set up an eTwinning project that twins this project •"Big Brother-Big Sister" activity where older students embark on fun activities with the youngest ones •setting an Erasmus+ corner •ERASMUS+ Club The eTwinning projects will give the project an European dimension and continue the topic of LIFE project to other countries for a better awareness of students in what concerns the change of nowadays society and the need to adapt to a new Europe with it social challenges. For the future, immigrants will find a better place to live in and will meet more welcoming people and will also learn how to respect the people and culture of the host country. The tasks and responsibilities were assigned according to the possibilities and experience of each school.The tasks were equally distributed. There will be a yahoogroup as a private tool for teachers to organize the activities and a Facebook group for all the participants to communicate and upload pictures. All the partner schools will carry on all the activities mentioned above and the results will be uploaded on the website.At the end of each work meeting, the teachers will discuss about the progress of activities and meeting the deadlines. The impact of the project will be measured by questionnaires, which will show the influence of the project activities on the students who were identified as non-tolerant and we expect that the level of non-tolerant attitude to decrease by at least 15%. The participants will: improve their language proficiency, develop a sense of European citizenship education in respect and tolerance for others, how much they have in common with the rest of Europe, Improve ICT skills, team work skills and attitudes, have great interest in promoting the process of building a Europe of the young, improve their inter cultural competence which will guide them to the appreciation of different cultural backgrounds. |