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BUILDING A NEW EUROPE AGAINST STEREOTYPES
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

“Building A New Europe Against Stereotypes" is a project based on national/international activities, a regular exchange of information (texts, presentations, videos, pictures) and mobilities of representatives (students, teachers). Its basic aim is to increase the awareness of the images/prejudices we have about the different cultures and countries involved, of the reasons these stereotypes appear and necessity of change in our attitudes. How can this aim be achieved? First of all, the project is based on the exchange of experiences of students/teachers. We will learn about the different cultures and way of living from the countries participating in the project. We’ll start by stating our stereotypes about our partner countries, process, compare/contrast them in the course of the project and fix and document the changes at the end. Consequently, by working on different aspects of stereotypes and using a variety of innovative pedagogical approaches by means of skill-based activities, students will learn about different ways of seeing their lives, will understand their own national identities, the diversity of European cultures and languages and, the most important, they will be able to get rid of their wrong concepts, prejudices and stereotypes enabling young people to build a more open-minded Europe. Regional is another very important aspect of this project: students will represent not only their nations but their regions as well: Portugal, Turkey, Romania, Lithuania, etc. adding to European linguistic and cultural diversity. We will use different mobilities to learn about the different regions, comparing the new ideas with the ones we had before. The experience will enhance their integration in EU, democratic values and citizenship, social inclusion and lifelong learning. The project includes 4 schools and 4 countries representing one third of the European Union member states. There will be about 76 mobilities of teachers and 64 exchange of pupils in LEARNING/TEACHING/TRAINING ACTIVITIES in may 2015 and in May 2016 lasting 7 days. The activities and the subjects approached at each meeting are correlated with the specificity of each host school. The meetings will be hold by the teachers to organize, to plan the LEARNING/TEACHIN/TRAINNG ACTIVITIES at the end of every project year for pupils (C1) (C2) and search the curriculum, doing Intellectual Output by the responsible teachers. the first LEARNING/TEACHING/TRAINING ACTIVITIES for pupils in May 2015 (C1) (The activities of Poland will be included in) Subtopics: “ Music, Dances, Sports, Arts, Handicrafts,Theatre, Cinema, Museums, Houses, Clothes, Meals of the Nations” the second LEARNING/TEACHING/TRAINING ACTIVITIES for pupils in May 2016 (C2) ( The activities of Italy will be included in ) -Sub-topics : “ How people live/ How people believe and pray/How people entertain/How people Work/How people educate” Description of activities; methodology to be used in carrying out the project; Project team will be created in each school / Erasmus+ corners will be prepared / Digital monitor will be placed / Posters and brochures will be designed / The students will contact each other. / Project will be presented to the beneficiary / Mini-conferences for stakeholders / Applying initial questionnaire and evaluation form Every project meeting has three steps: Preparation, Meeting and Dissemination. Preparation for the meeting: Preparing presentations / A leaflet of daily words and expressions / Travel Manuals In project meeting planned and prepared activities will be done by participating of all partner schools. Host schools will organize the programme and there will be activities on sub-topic, presentations, volunteer quest teachers’ performing classes, cultural visits, lesson observations, evaluation meeting and cultural evening. After the meeting there will be dissemination activities in every school; A photo album of activities / A mini local conference / Articles will be written in the local press / Updating the website / Updating the project corner in the school / Updating Digital Monitor At the end of the first year Project annual and a calendar with project photos and project products will be prepared. At the end of the second year; applying final questionnaire and evaluation form, project annual, , a calendar with project photos and project products, observing and writing final report of the project, DVD with videos, short films, sport activities, concert, presentations and photos, an exhibition of international products, a mini-dictionary of daily words and expressions, a booklet with photos, articles and students' impressions, statistical analysis of the initial and final questionnaires and evaluation forms, publish a special edition of school newspaper To provide long lasting; memory books at school for students and teachers and durable works by students
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