walking in each others shoes our comenius multilateral project 2013-2015
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Walking in each other’s shoes
Our Comenius
multilateral project2013-2015
Portugal
N-IrelandBelgium
Germany Poland
Finland
Romania
Turkey
Italy
Spain
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Switzerland
England
The participants
Greecel
Europe, at a decisive moment:
THE STARTING POINT
THE STARTING POINT
The economic crisis and
the Euro-crisis
Youth unemployment
THE STARTING POINT
Well, I guess it’s due to the change of the
climate…
Why is it still winter down there?
THE STARTING POINT
Tension North-South,
East-West
THE STARTING POINT
Is Europe falling apart?
THE STARTING POINT
Or can we find a way towards
a common future?
What could such a future be and where
might be our place in it?
THE STARTING POINT
A fact:
WE
cannot
solve
the crisis.
But we also don’t just want to resign!
Because we believe that we can make
a contribution, and that it is relevant.
Meanwhile we hope that many others will do the same in their places…
OUR CENTRAL IDEA
The key:
EMPATHY
“We want to discover Europe from the perspective of other European citizens.
Only the process of getting to know each other enables us to become empathetic.
Empathy is the key for discovering new aspects of other cultures’ identities,
as well as of our own.
A more comprehensive concept of identity helps us to understand the many
aspects that connect us
and enables us to imagine and contribute towards a common future.”
In other words:
Let’s try and walk in each other’s shoes!
OUR CENTRAL IDEA
OBJECTIVES
Objectives:
1. Students develop empathy (analytical, emotional and practical)
a) on a personal level (role-plays)
b) through tangible things
2. Students build high-order thinking skills (ex.: mock-parliament)
3. Students raise their awareness of different and continuous possiblities in life
4. Students develop analysis and anticipation skills (constructing a vision
of Europe as they would like to see it)
5. Teachers share innovative teaching methods
4 steps from the “I” to the “We” and from the Present to the Future:
WE
PRESENT
FUTURE
I
4 STEPS
1. Who am I?Personal and social identity
2. Who is the Other?
Immersion into diversity in Europe
3. Who will I be?
Developing skills for the job market
4. Who will we be, together?
Imagining the Future
Who am I? Who are the others?
Where will I be? Who will we betogether?
Walking from the “I” to the “We” and from Today to Tomorrow
METHODOLOGY
Metholology: Reflection – feelings – practical work
RESULTS
Documentation of the results:
A tangible result in each meeting
The results of each meeting will be compiled in an e-booklet.
To be decided in England:
- Dates of the project meetings in the first year;- What does each school have to prepare?
- How are we going to do the e-book? “Rules” for the schools who send in material. - Caracteristics of the school-profiles
- Agreement about finances during the meetings…
AGREEMENTS
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