The present project consists of the proposal and development of a cultural and social exchange program among the high schools Joan Fuster from Sueca (Spain), Enrico Fermi (Italy) and Mariengymnasium (Germany). This program lets students and the educational community know other lifestyles and the women role in different areas such as sports, research, arts and science. It will also contribute to coeducation creating an inclusive and equal environment, eliminating any situation of discriminatory.The aim lies in analyzing and making students conscious of the present women’s situation in our society as well as its evolution throughout history thanks to the different activities which will take place during the two years' span of the project.This exchange of cultural aims, lifestyles, ideas, trainings and experiences among students, teachers and the rest of the educational and local communities from three different educational centres of the European Union, increases the knowledge as well as the improvement of social skills from the participants. Moreover, it also lets students to develop all the competences (DeSeCo, 2003), i.e., the skills focused on the application of knowledge as behaviour, attitude, motivation, ethical values, emotions or other elements which are applied to different academic, social and professional contexts. These are learning resources and strategies which are considered as essential from an integrating approach in order to reach a complete personal, social and professional development which fits the present day society.The participants in this project are boys and girls between 15 and 17 years old who will participate in the program in an active, cooperative and collaborative way. A large group of students will be involved in the project activities, even if only 10 students and 2 teachers from each school will take part in each LTTA.In order to choose the students who will participate in the “short term” exchange the three centres will consider several criteria. Thus, the type of mobility performed in this project are: short term exchange (five days) for students and accompanying teachers; and short term training events (three days) for teachers.The activities will be performed continuously, using previous experiences and knowledge from the different partners of the project through the national agency platform eTwinning (Twinspace), digital media as email, Skype, Google Drive… One example of these activities is the creation in pairs of an “Avatar”, a female virtual character which shows some features invented by the students. This character will travel to the partner’s countries, Spain, Italy and Germany, in order to increase the sociocultural and historical knowledge. The aforementioned exercises will benefit the relationship between pupils as well as teachers from the other countries. Moreover, it will also improve their English language skills, which can help their future opportunities as they will acquire more autonomy to manage everyday and professional life situations.In order to keep data some surveys will be offered in order to motivate and increase the participation of the students. The results will be analyzed in a regular way and they will be evoked in some tables to observe the differences and to inform the success of the objectives through the different activities. All the schools will be regularly informed and they will be in contact to check their development.The evaluation of the different activities will also be performed continuously and regularly using the document-rubric which helps all the partners in the assessment process. This will enable us to evaluate objectively through the pre-established indicators, and analyze the outcomes of the activities in order to consider their success or failure.The student’s role will be essential in the achievement of the project and they will show their experiences and results through presentations performed in other schools and shared online. Regarding the teachers, we will be supported by the active group as well as the educational community from the three centres.In conclusion, working on this project we are looking for, on the one hand, a promotion of the cultural exchange (Erasmus+) and a benefit of a cooperating and educational innovation training. And, on the other hand, we can also make students and teachers aware of the present differences in gender in society. Thus we expect to eliminate in our students the sexual myths and stereotypes associated to men and women due to their socio-cultural conditions.Key words: gender, teenagers, female role, social context.

Context/background of the projectThe “Edu Care Fully” project was born from the idea of some students who suggested support activities to help some of their fellow students who had weak school results. In each school there are students who have good results and students who are not good at school for various reasons: lack of interest, uninspiring lessons, students from socially disadvantaged areas or migrant families, or who have special needs. Groups of students with good grades and those who needed help were identified by each school. These mixed groups (having good and bad marks) stayed together during different lessons and worked together in different projects on various themes: technologies, cinema, art, history, sports, healthy food and lifestyles, traditions, local culture and folklore, entrepreneurship, marketing, and finance. The projects involved the use of presentations, questionnaires, statistics, video recordings, essays, etc. All the activities were recorded and uploaded to the project website (http://www.educarefully.eu).ObjectivesThe aim of the project was to enable pupils from partner schools to help fellow students who were either at risk of school failure or who had special educational needs to improve their grades and further their personal development by increasing their motivation for daily school and after-school activities. The project was carried out transnationally to gain information about how other schools deal with school failure and to exchange good practices. We aimed to improve the students' digital skills (e.g. working on projects, designing web pages or blogs), their linguistic skills (in their mother tongue and in foreign languages), their social skills (helping those in need), and their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship so they could become more self-confident and socially-aware European citizens.Number and profile of participating organisationsThe project was a joint activity of seven countries from all corners of Europe: Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Germany and Latvia. Between 200 to 350 pupils and 10 to 40 teachers from each partner school participated in the project, depending on the size of the school. The pupils were between 15 to 19 years old and the teachers had different specialties. Description of main activities undertakenPupils worked together, being both promoters and developers of the activities. They worked together during classes and in their free time. Pupils did school assignments and extracurricular activities. They used computers, books, magazines, mother tongue and foreign languages, producing presentations, essays, surveys, meeting evaluations, vocabulary tools, photo albums and videos. Pupils learned more about their own and other cultures. Results and impact attainedThe final product of the project is a booklet, in digital and paper form which contains all the materials produced, the activities carried out, the best practices and ideas developed from the project by the international group of teachers. The second final product is a website where the project can be followed (news, photos, etc.) and where we uploaded all the materials produced. At the end of the project, the pupils have become more autonomous learners and those who previously had bad grades felt part of an international group of students in which they could give their opinions and ideas, and work in conditions of equality. Longer-term benefits-Networks of students, families, teachers and schools that can continue collaborating individually and/or institutionally beyond the project timeframe-Foreign linguistic competences, digital competences and appreciation of other European cultures for teachers and students-Importance of working together in multinational teams in the same European working and studying space-Importance of the sense of equality among students; all of them can contribute if they are helped and they feel and are treated as equals-Improvement of methodologies and school management thanks to the exchange of best practices-Dissemination of the Erasmus+ Program among students, teachers and in the school/municipality (families, organisations, institutions…)-New students, families and teachers want to know more about the Program and want to enrol in other projects-The project website and results will be available for other European schools that want to use the information, to put in practice some of the practices developed -Various references will be available on social networks, eTwinning or the Erasmus+ platform which will improve the dissemination and sustainability of the project-The students learned to voluntarily help those in need, becoming better people and more aware citizens