UNITY IN DIVERSITY
About the project
- This project is focused on diversity, tolerance and inclusion.
- We will find ways to foster tolerance and inclusion at school and help our students to interact effectively and constructively in order to create better communities.
- Students will work on cultural diversity and social inclusion, and will research different initiatives dedicated to the promotion of a more inclusive education and a more inclusive society. These issues will be linked to some of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
- Teachers and students will share good practices by networking and project-based learning. Innovation and ICT skills will be boosted too.
- This eTwinning project will accompany an Erasmus+KA229 Project.
- Although in the Erasmus+KA 229 Project we are three partners (Italy, Spain and United Kingdom), in this eTwinning project the partners are Italy and Spain.
1. Promoting diversity and inclusion at partners´ schools and in our communities.
2. Reflecting on diversity related to culture, economic conditions, nationality, belief systems and talents in a global world.
3. Promoting cooperative learning encouraging students to participate and share knowledge by the network.
4. Promoting inclusion and sense of belonging in our schools and in our communities.
5. Accepting and respecting differences as 21st Century citizens and preventing conflict.
6. Building a democratic environment at school and behaving in a socially responsible manner
7. Compensating inequalities and discrimination, through equal opportunities, by the development of digital competences in education, learning to learn and civic competences.
8. Enhancing critical thinking, solving problem approach, self-confidence and communication skills.
9. Developing competences in English language and digital skills.
10. Contributing to the internationalisation of the schools in the project.
The process will include:
- Learning how to use the TwinSpace-Netiquette-eSafety.
- Getting to know each other: Students-Schools-Countries.
- Creation of national and international teams.
- Communication and collaboration using the TwinSpace.
- On-line activities for the International teams.
- Preparation of the mobilities.
- On-site activities and workshops.
- Documentation of the activities carried out during the mobilities
- Intermediate and final evaluation.
Partners will collaborate and share responsibilities during the project. The project will be enriched with other activities like visits to civil organizations or other institutions and with the participation in different regional and global campaigns. Students involved will propose other initiatives to improve school atmosphere and to boost participation.
- TwinSpace creation.
- Webpage for the project.
- Collaborative stories, poems and videos.
- Collaborative e-magazines and presentations.
- Erasmus corner.
- Exhibitions at school.
- Achievement of the aims of the project.
- Evaluation and conclusions.
- Dissemination of the project.
UPDATED SCHEDULE, TOPICS AND ACTIVITIES
December-January, 2020
Due to circumstances the TOPICS of the project have been rearranged this way:
United Kingdom: Digital and economic inclusion. How the good use of digital resources can contribute to equality in our societies? Are ITC tools promoting better, safer and more tolerant communities? Is access to the internet a relevant issue? Should we consider that all persons have the right to a good and proper use of the internet? Is access to information and knowledge a right that should be protected nowadays? Why? How can we contribute to a global citizenship using ITC tool?
JANUARY, 23rd-29th February, 2020
Italy: Cultural inclusion and diversity. Why different cultures want to live together despite their differences? Why immigration is a great challenge today? Has everyone the right to be accepted in a different culture?
Spain: Disability and social inclusion. How can we promote better communities for people with disabilities? Are we creating communities where everyone is taken into account and not left behind? Is vulnerable people important in making decisions and changing the world?
As all the topics are connected, although we will focus on our topic, we can also make references to the others and to the general idea of Cultural Diversity and Inclusion.
PLANS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
June, 2020
We have decided to finish this eTwinning project-Part 1, related to Topic 1, in June-2020 because of these reasons:
1. We have lots of high quality materials as a result of collaborative work, not only during our Erasmus mobility to London but also before and after that mobility. Main collaborative products have done from March to May.
2. The project works as a whole and has an entity. Although it was designed for two years´time, supporting the Erasmus KA229 project, we have adapted it to our real work this year and we have rescheduled the activities due to the present circumstances.
3. We´re planning more activities related to the next topics and mobilities to Spain and Italy next school-year. Those new activities will be the core of a new eTwinning project.
This school-year we have covered topic 1 in our project and the general values of inclusion and tolerance fostered by the project: digital inclusion, immigration, homeless, gender gap... Next school-year are planning activities related to the next topics and mobilities to Italy and Spain
Next school-year, 2020-2021, we´ll start another eTwinning project with the same title Part 2, related to Topics 2 and 3, and we´ll continue with our Erasmus KA229 project.