WOMEN AS SPIRITUS MOVENS TOWARDS EQUALITY IN THE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP
Barbara Walasik
Project Coordinator: • Colegio Diocesano San Atón, Badajoz Partner schools: • Lycée Sud Médoc La Boétie, Le Taillan Médoc • Kuopion Klassiliinen Lukio, Kuopio • Polo Liceale “G.Mazzatinti”, Gubbio • Darüşşafaka Eğitim Kurumları, Istanbul
• IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im C.K.Norwida, Częstochowa
Current and vital needs of our students as the main objectives • insecurities concerning their education and employment • how to cope with those issues • young people’s presence in the virtual world • issues of prejudice and social exclusion
With this project we aim to: • raise students’ hopes for successful careers • reduce the stigma of social and personal failure • improve attainment in basic and transversal skills, especially entrepreneurship • encourage multilingualism and develop digital skills • teach critical thinking, problem solving, risk assessment and decision taking • reinforce intercultural awareness • raise awareness of women’s influence on European citizenship development • draw attention to the problem of unjust treatment of genders
Why have we chosen the topic of women? • we come from different cultural and social backgrounds
• the attitude towards women is different in our countries
• the problem of unjust treatment of genders is still present in the 21st century
• women’s achievements and contribution towards European citizenship is underestimated and deserves much more appreciation
Project webpage
Project Activities with the names of Women Patrons A.2. WOMEN PATRONS A.3. BEAUTIFUL MINDS (Anne Frank) A.4. EQUALITY OF CIVIL RIGHTS (Malala Yousafzai) A.5. CHEMISTRY OF LOVE (Maria Skłodowska-Curie) A.6. YOUNG WOMEN REALITY IN FIGURES (Maria Montesori) A.7. A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY (Elena Miroglio) A.8. WITCHES THEN AND NOW (Jeanne d´Arc) A.9. THROUGH SPORTS TOWARDS CHARITY (Rosa Capella) A.10. “THE BIGGEST, THE GREATEST, THE MOST UNSUNG” (George Sand) A.11. “WOMEN IN BUSINESS WORLD” (Minna Parikka) A.12. THROUGH THE EYES OF A WOMAN (Irene Sendler) A.13. SPORTS AND ARTS PREVENTING GENDER VIOLENCE (Teresa Perales) A. 14. YOUNG WRITERS ON THE ROAD (Hellen Keller)
A.4 Equality of Civil Rights
A.6 Young Women Reality in Figures 1. Gender inequalities at school: • video Malala Yousafzai as an introduction to the problem http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/10/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize/# • surveys at school - the proportion of girls in scientific classes or engineer classes, their school achievements and prospects for further education and future jobs 2. School dropout. Students list the reasons and classify them into categories: • those reasons are discussed in multinational groups and possible solutions are suggested • a role play (using arguments) is filmed with virtual school dropouts and virtual educators and parents https://youtu.be/lqBHxW6JkKQ 3. The European policies and 2020 strategies: • Presentation by the DAREIC Bordeaux representative B Paccalin: the new scheme, interests in studying abroad, the usefulness of the Europass and language passport
A.8 Witches Then and Now • students in national teams search for films and videos showing a problem of social exclusion • two best films are watched during the meeting in Poland • panel discussion • drawing up a code of interpersonal behavior to eliminate social exclusion
A.9 Through Sports towards Charity
Charity walk in Częstochowa
A.14 Young Writers on the Road “Looking for the Happiness Formula� is an e-novel written by students in which each national team writes a chapter. The plot is continued from one country to another. A new chapter is read in each international workshop. Students use one of the most important women in each country as the main characters. The chapters are illustrated with photos or drawings.
http://issuu.com/bezale/docs/chapter_1/0
Expected final results e-book “Looking for the Happiness Formula”
blog
webpage different videos and a DVD apps for smartphones and tablets containing mathematical, linguistic and logical riddles
documentary: “Through the Eyes of a Woman” online newspaper
Europass
wiki – food diary glogsters – digital posters of women patrons for each activity
presentations in prezi about the women who have significantly contributed to the development of the European citizenship films about democracy
The best platform for our project activities is Twinspace in eTwinning https://twinspace.etwinning.net/2456/home
There we can upload: • detailed instructions for each activity • schedules • minutes of teachers’ meetings • description of completed tasks • photos and videos • surveys • dissemination results • links • pedagogical manuals for teachers with examples of good practice in partner countries
Why do we use twinspace in eTwinning? • it is free of charge and easy to access • it is easy to use (intuitive) • it can be used as a project journal • all the materials and documents are stored there and can be accessed at any time • it helps to coordinate the project and disseminate it • we used Twinspace in our previous Comenius project: “A Vision for Europe in the 21st Century”
Twinspace makes it easier for: • partners to communicate and make contribution to the project • school coordinators to draw up interim and final reports • project coordinators to better manage the project • experts to evaluate the project • other users to replicate the ideas and/or activities • teachers, parents, educators to learn about the project and activities carried out at school
• new students to get more information about the school they consider to choose (attractiveness of the school)
Parents’ involvement in the project • interviewees in videos prepared by students
• hosts parents for international students during the meeting in Częstochowa
• personal memories and experience given in the film “Through the Eyes of a Woman” • source of information about the life in the past
Headteacher’s help and support by: • encouraging teachers to apply for different projects in European educational programmes (Socrates, Comenius, Erasmus+) • encouraging students to participate in the projects • promoting projects and their results on the school webpage • promoting projects among city authorities, educational bodies and the media • providing substitution for teachers going to international meetings and workshops • appreciating teachers’ work and their contribution to the credibility and attractiveness of the school in the community
Encountered problems More students would like to travel than we can possibly take. Different school schedules (holidays, school breaks) make it difficult to set the dates for international meetings and workshops.
Current political and social situation (frequent terrorist attacks) in Turkey made us reschedule the project. Instead of going with students to Istanbul we have decided to organize bilateral meetings to complete all the activities and enable the remaining students to go to international workshops. As a result, our project has been prolonged until 30 of November, 2016.
A language barrier discourages teachers of other subjects from taking a more active part in the project; they help but do not want to go to international meetings
Contact information Barbara Walasik, school coordinator of the project • e-mail: walbar@autograf.pl School details: • IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im C.K.Norwida, Częstochowa Poland • webpage: www.norwid.net • e-mail: norwid@ids.czest.pl • tel./fax: 0048 34 324 23 07 Project details: • Women as Spiritus Movens towards Equality in the European Citizenship https://twinspace.etwinning.net/2456/home • facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Women-as-Spiritus-Movenstowards-Equality-in-the-European-Citizenship-357915224396006/
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