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Democracy; a journey from ancient times to present

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2019-1-LT01-KA229-060456
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 147,160 EUR

Democracy; a journey from ancient times to present

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This project strives to highlight perception that internalizing democracy culture and approaching it respectfully is important for peace in Europe and peace around the world. The project aims at motivating children to learn more about a democratic lifestyle and democracy culture. Also it will contribute to struggle against discrimination, xenophobia and racism. It aspires to contribute to participants' development to be successful leaders by improving their transversal skills.This project aims to enhance students' skills that are necessary to achieve a democratic culture such as learning to learn, analytical and critical thinking, listening and observing, empathy, flexibility and adaptability, linguistic, communicative skills, co-operation, and conflict-resolution. Through these skills, we want to highlight the benefits of active citizenship and demonstrate that teachers can contribute to the creation of sustainable democracies. The results will be disseminated locally, nationally and internationally to all students involved,teachers, parents, rest of teaching staff and management.The objective of the project: Develop a sense of democracy culture for 500 direct participant students and 500 indirect participant teachers, parents through cooperation between schools in 5 countries (Lithuania,Turkey, Italy, Spain and Greece) over a 24-month period.Our main goal is to help institutions develop better prevention and intervention plans to deal with social inclusion, for which we have set the following goals:1) To raise democratic citizens who can think universally.2) To improve their knowledge and skills.3) To cooperate internationally.4) To create a synergy by encouraging the relationship among students coming from different cultures.5) To make a contribution to cultural integration against any kind of discrimination.6) To promote more active participation in society.7) To promote greater understanding and responsibility for social inclusion, democratic society and cultural diversity.8) To reach these objectives drama performances, exhibitions, conferences, environment related activities, cultural tours, folk dances and competitions, cine-visions will be held. Apart from these methods, a MUN will be held to cultivate skills and enrich their global affairs knowledge through interactive debate. Our participants are aged between 15-18, some of whom are socio-economically disadvantaged and come from different cultures. The project partners are Lithuania,Turkey, Italy, Spain and Greece.Project activities:*Model United Nations. This activity is planned to show how culture affects people's thinking and their approaches to problems.*Drama. Dramas will be formed , proverbs and idioms will be acted out.*National traditions, folklore and cuisine. Students will present their local rituals, cuisine and music, traditional clothing.*Poem reading competition. We will hold a poetry contest.*ICTs and e-learning. Schools will use Internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, micro blogging, social networks.*Cultural tourism. Trips to cultural and historical heritage will be held in countries during the mobilities.*Social awareness and cultural volunteer service. Students will sell their handmade traditional souvenirs and donate the money to chosen charity organizations. Each countrywill inform the others about the cultural conflicts like holocausts and refugee problems their countries experienced in their past.Some short-term results include: giving our target groups of teens the chance to pronounce what their concerns about future democracy are, encourage their critical and creative thinking, expand their knowledge of English,refine their oral production and presentation skills. Throughout the project period, all participants will do their best to turn our international collaboration into an enjoyable experience,where everyone will feel important.The result of this work will be facilitating teachers with teaching resources to enhance teaching process. Each partner school will share their best experiences. Implementation of thisproject will contribute to raising the quality of school education by increasing teachers' knowledge and skills through learning best practices in education across Europe. Our project is student-centered and most activities will be carried out by pupils themselves. Impact on children as learners will be multidimensional –experiences will be positive and enjoyable within an educational environment for children who might not otherwise ever meet and communicate with children and adults from other countries.Also by this international project, we hope that students will enhance their basic and transversal skills which will add to their potential learning power on the labour market.In the future, theirqualifications should help them to find a better job. All staff involved will benefit from sharing experiences with colleagues on different methods of teaching and learning.

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