Walking in each other’s shoes

Our Comenius

multilateral project2013-2015

Portugal

N-IrelandBelgium

Germany Poland

Finland

Romania

Turkey

Italy

Spain

Cyprus

Czech Rep.

Switzerland

England

The participants

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Europe, at a decisive moment:

THE STARTING POINT

THE STARTING POINT

The economic crisis and

the Euro-crisis

Youth unemployment

THE STARTING POINT

Well, I guess it’s due to the change of the

climate…

Why is it still winter down there?

THE STARTING POINT

Tension North-South,

East-West

THE STARTING POINT

Is Europe falling apart?

THE STARTING POINT

Or can we find a way towards

a common future?

What could such a future be and where

might be our place in it?

THE STARTING POINT

A fact:

WE

cannot

solve

the crisis.

But we also don’t just want to resign!

Because we believe that we can make

a contribution, and that it is relevant.

Meanwhile we hope that many others will do the same in their places…

OUR CENTRAL IDEA

The key:

EMPATHY

“We want to discover Europe from the perspective of other European citizens.

Only the process of getting to know each other enables us to become empathetic.

Empathy is the key for discovering new aspects of other cultures’ identities,

as well as of our own.

A more comprehensive concept of identity helps us to understand the many

aspects that connect us

and enables us to imagine and contribute towards a common future.”

In other words:

Let’s try and walk in each other’s shoes!

OUR CENTRAL IDEA

OBJECTIVES

Objectives:

1. Students develop empathy (analytical, emotional and practical)

a) on a personal level (role-plays)

b) through tangible things

2. Students build high-order thinking skills (ex.: mock-parliament)

3. Students raise their awareness of different and continuous possiblities in life

4. Students develop analysis and anticipation skills (constructing a vision

of Europe as they would like to see it)

5. Teachers share innovative teaching methods

4 steps from the “I” to the “We” and from the Present to the Future:

WE

PRESENT

FUTURE

I

4 STEPS

1. Who am I?Personal and social identity

2. Who is the Other?

Immersion into diversity in Europe

3. Who will I be?

Developing skills for the job market

4. Who will we be, together?

Imagining the Future

Who am I? Who are the others?

Where will I be? Who will we betogether?

Walking from the “I” to the “We” and from Today to Tomorrow

METHODOLOGY

Metholology: Reflection – feelings – practical work

RESULTS

Documentation of the results:

A tangible result in each meeting

The results of each meeting will be compiled in an e-booklet.

To be decided in England:

- Dates of the project meetings in the first year;- What does each school have to prepare?

- How are we going to do the e-book? “Rules” for the schools who send in material. - Caracteristics of the school-profiles

- Agreement about finances during the meetings…

AGREEMENTS

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