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Inclusion for a brighter future

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2019-1-PT01-KA229-060709
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 157,205 EUR

Inclusion for a brighter future

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We are aware that we are living in a rapidly changing world and we need to adapt to those changes. This new reality is present in suburban areas, more than anywhere else, and of course in our schools. However we sometimes feel that we live in a society with many people from different countries, but that doesn’t mean that they mingle and learn with each other. On the contrary, there is a tendency to stay within the group, which doesn't help foreign students to feel part of the whole, to learn the national language of the country and has negative consequences on their academic performance, and on their self-fulfillment.The purpose of living in a society where everybody can live together, with collaboration and respect for diversity became more important than never before. This project emphasizes dialogue among partners and generations and the value of differences and similarities between the different countries, so that all participants learn to appreciate them. The priorities for this project are to develop international cooperation while enhancing social inclusion of our students. Our motivation relies on the education of students in the spirit of social inclusion and intercultural education in a modern democratic society, hence a partnership of six countries was built.We also want the participants to engage in thinking about the right to education, about the role of education and human rights education, how to educate aiming at intercultural competence, interculturalism, citizenship and the need for lifelong learning .We want to enable students with social skills, to get to know other people, other cultures and develop new relationships in an European context, so a transnational project can show that it's possible to live peacefully with different cultures. On the other hand we believe that students need to meet different cultures and experience that to be able to accept the other and live in a globalised world, because it's easier to accept what we know, and we hope they will find out that after all we are all very similar.We know that most of our students can't have these experiences if they don't integrate a project like this one, because their families can't afford travelling to other countries, so the project will also help dissipate social inequalities and by creating the sense of inclusion, of being part of a whole, which is school, then the country and ultimately Europe, we want them to feel motivated and eventually achieve success, both in their personal lives and as students and citizens and later professionals. Then they are going to spread the word and show their schoolmates, their friends and their families what they have learned, so that this will be enriching for a large group of people and hopefully will influence their future choices.Since the EU has 4 main aims: to establish European citizenship (This means protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms ), to ensure freedom, security and justice, we want to find out what the countries involved do to promote equal opportunities: tutorial lessons, extra classes, free books and other materials, school canteens, psychology at school, welcome activities (including lessons to learn the language of the country), smaller classes with fewer students, etc. and then communicate the conclusions to local and national educational authorities.The target group will be the students in our schools aged 12-16, some with economic and social difficulties, learning difficulties, weak academic success and in danger of dropping out from school for multiple reasons. We want to engage them in activities that will motivate them to stay at school, learn, study and continue their studies after the project. Thus we will monitor their school life and academic results from the beginning to the end of the project and also their expectations about the future and compare their academic results with the results of the same age group in the two years prior to the project and also with the academic results of the same students at the end of this school year (2018-2019). We hope we will reach the conclusion that the project has motivated students to stay at school, learn and study in order to achieve academic success and ultimately self-fulfillment and self-esteem.This project is also important for teachers, as they are going to work on their professional development in the context of interculturalism and European citizenship and develop their language and ICT skills, because besides real life mobilities, communication and intercultural exchanges are promoted using the e-Twinning platform and social media.By working on the project, both teachers and students will acquire knowledge and skills within the intercultural competence, including human rights, social and educational inclusion, interculturalism, citizenship and European citizenship.

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