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“Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: How to Prevent and F..
“Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: How to Prevent and Fight the Violence at School"
Start date: Sep 1, 2015,
End date: Aug 31, 2018
PROJECT
FINISHED
CONTEXT
I.I.S. “G.A. Pischedda” includes several addresses, can be considered in fact a comprehensive school. Many studies show a very high degree of suffering of the economy and this is one of the poorest provinces of Italy.
Among the critical issues is:
-high number of unemployed, the consequent emigration;
-spread of microcriminality linked to drug consumption;
-increasing number of early school leavers and failure in education; (25,8%, among the highest at the regional and national);
-low level of the school performance (30%, among the highest at the regional and national);
School is attended by students who come from different socio-economic contexts; also training opportunities aren't equal for all.
Some students show aggressive behavior towards his companions, others exclude them, others are closed in the silence and waive communicate in the group class. Many incidents of bullying do not emerge or for shame or fear.
Through social media are frequent insults, slanders harassment, identity theft; minors who know people on social media and are invited to meetings at high risk for all kinds of abuse.
All these facts have serious consequences about the safety, bad affects in school performance and in ability to grow in a peaceful and civilized environment.
All schools in the partnership share the same kind of problems.
TARGET: All classes groups from 14 to 17
NEEDS
The most relevant need is the prevention of the violence at school and the conflict management in an international approach; because exchange ideas, experiences and practice is fundamental if we really belief in the European citizenship.
OBJECTIVES
This is why, according to the objectives of our project, the most relevant horizontal priorities are:
1. Supporting school to tackle early school leaving (ESL) and disadvantage,
2. Strengthening quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation,
3. Enhancing digital integration in learning, teaching, training and youth work at various levels.
This project becomes part of the strategic plan because his actions combine to reach School's priorities and long-term goals that like in this project are:
• Prevent and fight violence at school
• Reducing (ESL), creating a better educational environment
• Improve attainment of basic skills,
• Enhancing quality education and care of adolescents,
• Improve professional skills in teaching, reducing conflicts and aggressive behavior,
• Promoting multilingualism, the use of ICT, through international, cultural exchanges
• Promoting positive interpersonal relations, cooperative learning, peer education.
PARTNERS EXPERIENCES/COMPETENCES
The partnership:
- was formed thanks to Etwinning: all candidates have clarified their background, interests and needs
-involves people with competences in foreign languages, ITC, and with previous experience in European projects;
EXPECTED RESULTS
-build instruments/strategies to prevent bullying and cyberbulling
-Through education/awareness, to create conditions for the protection of minors online
-Provide training for teachers involved with these types of behaviors
-Set up a path of good practice to be a permanent resource of the school/community
-Reducing disparities in learning outcomes; preventing ESL
-address all students from the lowest to highest end of academic spectrum
-Spread use of European tools for the recognition, validation of competences/qualifications
MAIN ACTIVITIES
•Organization of the project team
•9 International Meetings for plan, monitor and evaluation of the activities
•Creation of the website project, PPt presentation, contests and competitions, questionnaires; calendar
•Creation of the volunteer group, student-tutors and group of self-help
•“Safe Internet Day”, meetings with experts and advisers
•Publication of the brochure: "Ten rules to protect ourselves from bullies" and the handbook: "How to defend ourselves"
•Final project exhibition
TEACHING/LEARNING METHODS: Personalised learning approaches, improve collaborative learning and critical thinking, ICT and Virtual mobility.
DURATION: 36 months.
RESULTS AND IMPACT:project will have a major impact on the elements involved: Staff, teachers, students, parents, school; local community, district and region will be involved through an awareness campaign and exploiting other events for interaction/discussion.
Teachers/student can have improvement in social/communication skills, developing creativity, innovation, flexibility, empathy, autonomy, responsibility. The change in teaching/learning will create better relationships.
DISSEMINATION. All will work to make accessible the results of the European experience in a space as wide as possible especially through EST and Etwinning to spread good practice/ experience gained.
LONG TERM BENEFITS: Better results in school performance, reducing rates of ESL, innovative curricula/internationalization of the school's mission.