DYNAMIC CITIZENS OF EUROPE

Topic(s) addressed

• raising awareness about active citizenship

• developing students' insight, perspective and abilities

• strengthening the concept of active citizenship as a lifestyle

• creating an e-toolkit for schools

Target groups

• 250 students from primary schools (8-14 years old)

• 50 teachers

Methodologies

A tangible output has been produced:

• "Active citizens and environment"- 5 multimedia presentations 

• Exhibition of comic books 

• A magazine containing students’ stories 

• "My school, city, country” 5 presentations 

• A common garden named Erasmus+

with the aim of raising social awareness and boosting the self-management and decision-making skills of the students.

The eTwinning platform was extensively used to search for potential project partners.

Environments

Boosting the perception of active citizenship through:

• role-play 

• group discussion and debates, 

• simulations and multimedia presentations, 

• inviting speakers

Teachers

Using an interdisciplinary approach the teachers created  20 lesson projects which were subsequently integrated into the Active Citizenship e-toolkit.

Through the lesson plans, the teachers helped students to:

• explore issues/ problems and raise their awareness 

• develop positive attitudes and behaviours 

• share the results of their study with the school and wider local community through presentations, material reports, publications and letters to the authorities and various organisations

• develop teamwork skills, material collection, synthesis of information

• hone their creative thinking, critical ability and imagination.

Impact

This partnership was intended to: 

• promote and support active citizenship and responsibility, boost cooperation between schools and local community institutions 

• support schools to use the SEL programs to increase students’ academic achievements 

• boost networking and organization of activities linked to the project 

• broaden the school curricula and interdisciplinary teaching