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European Innovative Teaching Award
Project

DYNAMIC CITIZENS OF EUROPE

School: GYMNASIO - L.T. MAGOULAS KARDITSAS

DYNAMIC CITIZENS OF EUROPE - Greece

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

Project category
Secondary education
Project year
2022

Stakeholders

Coordinators

GYMNASIO - L.T. MAGOULAS KARDITSAS

Address
Greece

Istituto Comprensivo 1 Vasto

Address
Italy

Scoala Gimnaziala

Address
Romania

Ozel Oguzhan Ortaokulu

Address
Türkiye