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Titled as ‘Diversity is A Fact Inclusion Is An Act’, our project includes five schools from five different countries: CZ, TR, HU, LT and MK.During the last decades, migratory flows have increased drastically in Europe. With the boom in immigration rates and the continued international mobility of the population the partners identified a series of common needs that lead to the decision to implement this project. Violence, aggression, intolerance, racism, ethnic discrimination against national, ethnic minorities and immigrants are tendencies that can be observed in the behavior of the students according to the SWOT analysis done by each partner in their institution. As a result individuals from these marginalized groups isolate themselves in their own communities creating a disharmony in the society. Through this project we aim social inclusion of pupils at their school who have a different religious and social background. On the other hand, there are not only immigrants or minorities who should become an integrated part of our schools, there are also other disadvantaged groups like pupils with special needs and others. The motivation of this project is to improve their social inclusion, as well. During the time of project activities we expect to bring people (students, teachers, parents and also people from the community) with different social background together. Thus we aim to raise awareness for different lives in general. During this process students also become aware of their own lives, share it with other students from other countries and their knowledge, understanding and tolerance of different cultures and traditions will increase. The project is addressed to 150 students from five countries aged between 9 and 14 and will last for two years.The specific objectives are:* To deepen students' knowledge of national, ethnic minorities and immigrants.* To break down stereotypes towards people from different cultures and develop attitudes of tolerance towards them through surveys, discussions, brainstorming and visits to partner countries.* To engage students to tackle issues of oppression, economic inequality, sexism, racism, and other challenges through theatre events and role-plays in workshops.* To deepen students’ knowledge about various religions and religious organizations and to help break down religious prejudices.* To help students improve their self confidence in their lives and perspectives.As for the methodology we will use project based learning method through which students will develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. To promote social inclusion and dialogue we will support the integration of excluded young pupils through giving them responsibilities in local activities and on Twinspace. We will also include them in the mobilities. During the activities we expect to improve social intercourse. To achieve our objectives we will work in a collaborative way. The activities including sports, art, music, games, role-plays, cooking and drama are good elements to create a meeting point.When it comes to the LTTA activities: five short-term exchange of students events will be held in partner countries. During these visits, we will have workshops on the topics of Race & Ethnicity, Religions, Immigration, Gender Equality, Bullying & Bias, Social Classes followed by various events (e.g team sports, children games, theatre, cooking, drawing, and ICT workshops). The aims are to promote tolerance towards the different one and social inclusion of marginalized groups. The outputs during the project: twinspace, questionnaires, presentations: my school, (e-)story book, logo of the project, song of the project, photography exhibition, and brochure of the project: containing team building activities related to the topic, tips and instructions on ICT tools, eTwinning, videos, photos of traditional children games, lesson plans (especially after the theatre event), banners /slogans against racism or discrimination, leaflets containing our project activities.The experience teachers gain while organizing these LTT activities will be used in further teaching settings with other groups and the collaborative activities we have done during our project can be repeated in normal classes or might even become a part of the concept of social integration the schools have or are going to develop.With this project we expect to contribute to intercultural dialogue, encouraging students to be open to new cultures and providing a great opportunity to see the importance of meeting with people who represent them to bring about a better mutual understanding, and ultimately a better coexistence in Europe.
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