Results, Impact
Our students will be encouraged to develop
- a new awareness of their individual heritage
- tolerance and respect for cultures that initially are unfamiliar and different
- lively interest in promoting the process of creating a “Europe of the young”
- an improved language proficiency
- a capability to promote and to take part in team building processes
They will
- be encouraged to fight any form of xenophobia
- become motivated to work in groups
- develop new forms of media literacy by learning to use the computer and the internet as a useful tool that renders an efficient working basis.
The staff of teachers will
- in general widen their horizon on an educational, social, professional, cultural and academic level
- experience an interesting exchange of ideas concerning the above mentioned areas of social life
- be increasingly committed to project work and a vivid exchange of ideas
- be confronted with a working reality outside the classroom, maybe one that is to a certain extent more practically oriented than the teaching process
- keep in touch routinely and productively with other European schools
The students´ parents and the respective social surroundings, for instance villagers and the town council will
- get a more tangible idea of Europe and its citizens
- get involved in the process of developing more respect, ethnic appreciation and acceptance of people from foreign European countries
- develop a certain pride and understanding in their children due to their commitment to the huge European idea of togetherness and belonging
- enter into a new form of dialogue with their children in being interviewed by them
Schools will
- get to know different school systems and training strategies
- be stimulated to improve or rethink the further education of teachers
- win a lifelong relationship and thus exchange of ideas to schools all over Europe
All the participants, families and the school society in general will
- get exposed to different cultures
- become familiar with the daily life routine of other European countries
- use the products of this project that are: our “Europedia” with all the information, photos and portfolios that each participating country has presented
- enjoy the success of a European project and develop awareness of its lifelong relevance for our children in particular and society in general.