teaching european citizenship project examples and etwinning kits

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Teaching European Citizenship

Project examples and eTwinning kits

PDW, Stockholm, October 10 - 12, 2013

Beate Vollmer


Workshop Itinerary

I European multi-cultural society and citizenship: Parts I and II

II Project Kits

Neighbourhood Political PartyEuropia

Ideal European CitizenEuropean Utopia

10 – 13 14 – 1617 – 21

III Group work on one particular kit

IV Exchange of ideas on how to put these kits into practice

V Benefits of Teaching European Citizenship


European multi-cultural society and citizenship

Part I: on being a European in the EU: chances and challenges of active citizenship in our neighbourhoods


Istituto Superiore Statale Liceo Niccolò Machiavelli, Rome, Italy

I.E.S. Santa Úrsula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Adalens gymnasieförbund, Adalsskolan, Kramfors, Sweden

OMO Scholengroep Bergen op Zoom e.o. Europese Leerroute, The Netherlands

Albert-Schweitzer-/Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, Marl. Germany


Aims: - Creating awareness in pupils of their status as citizens in the European Union- Reflection on chances and challenges of living in a multi-cultural society- Development of some of the 8 key European competences for lifelong learning

Subjects: Cross curricular, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Arts, Social Studies

Language: English, yet German, Italian, Spanish and French are welcome


Tools: e-Mail, Chat, Other software (Power point, video, pictures, drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes), Web publishing

Age of pupils: 12 – 18

Duration: September 2010 – November 2011

Let‘s get to know

each otherMy school

Being a European in

the EU

Meeting Nov. 2010

My town / city: living concepts,

multi-cultural environment, culture and social spaces

Culture and religionMeeting April 2011Education

Evaluation of the project experience

Meeting October 2011

Practice

Modules


European multi-cultural society and citizenship

Part II: European citizenship according to democratic principles and utopian visions


Aims:

- Heightening pupils’ awareness for the value and the need of democratic principles in a pluralist, multi-cultural society- Studying European history as a process of a continuing democratization- Exploring and evaluating alternative forms of social structures- Learning more about philosophical concepts of social utopia and designing a city


Subjects: Cross curricular, Foreign Languages, History, History of Culture, Language and Literature, Arts, Social Studies

Language: English, Spanish

Tools: e-Mail, Chat, Other software (Power point, video, pictures, drawings), Video conference, Virtual learning environment (communities, virtual classes), Web publishing

Age of pupils: 12 – 18

Duration: November 2011 – August 2012

The concept of democracy

Meeting February 2012

Utopian and Dystopian societies

Meeting April 2012

Utopian, ideal and educating cities

Evaluation of the project experience

ModulesSigns of democratic lifein our environment

Let‘s get to know

each otherPractice

Module I Debating Lab Project in process – Team decision making

Module II

EMSC II logosand trailers

Passion for Spanish

Passion for French

Young EuropeanArtists‘ corner

Module IIIVolunteeringTechnicalmentoring

Press review

Module IV

Module V

Module VI

Passion for Italian

Passion for Swedish

Dynamicproject


Debating about Democracy


eTwinning projects on European Citizenship - empower pupils by developing their civic competence- enrich the school curriculum1. Pedagogical innovation and creativity

Increase in knowledge about citizenship and democracyIntegration of the principles of democratic learningPupils as project plannersEncouragement of critical reflection


2. Integration into the curriculum

Cross-curricular approachIntercultural competencePractise of the 8 key European competences for life-long learning

3. Co-operation between partner schools

Careful collaboration with partners High degree of pupil participationFostering learner mobility


4. Creative Use of ICT technology

Application and deepening of media literacy by means of an extensive use of all the categories of the TwinspaceResearch on the internetProduction of own texts (videos, songs, texts)

5. Sustainability and Transferability

Critical reflection on European citizenshipDevelopment of social responsibilityDeepening of pupils’ communicative Competence (debating)Training social competencesLearning to concentrate on a serious issue

Project kits: European Citizenship

Age:

Topic:

10 – 13

My next door neighbour is a European: opportunities and challenges of active citizenship in a multi-cultural environment

14 - 16

Our political party

17 – 21

Europia – Europe tomorrow – looking at the present for an improvement in the future



European neighbourhood10 - 13

Our political party

14 - 16

Europia

17 - 21

Module I Me, my family and friends

Me and my city Where do I see myself in 20 years?

Module II My school – a multi-cultural social space

The idea of ‚democracy‘

Our visions of a future society

Module III My Neighbourhood – my city

Signs of democratic life in our surroundings

Utopian and Dystopian Societies in Philosophy, Film, Music and Paintings

Module IV My country and its neigbouring countries

Let‘s take initiative – Citizen initiatives

Europia – our European Utopia



European neighbourhood10 - 13

Our political party

14 - 16

Europia

17 - 21

Module V The idea of Europe – the European Union as a neighbourhood

If we were real politicians – Our political party

City plans – then and now

Module VI Our ideal European citizen

Evaluation Twincity – our ideal European city

Module VII Evaluation Evaluation



Our ideal European citizen (10 – 13)

Potential interactive tasks: the joint production of a poster or a web page, that includes the profile of the ‘ideal European citizen’ and takes into account the categories mentioned below.

1) Possibilities for political participation 2) Values3) Social involvement4) Use of public institutions (libraries)5) Foreign language knowledge (language proficiency)6) Media use


Our political party 14 – 16

Potential interactive task: the creation of a party proposal that takes into consideration the categories below. The product should include:

1) The name of the party2) Political Programme3) Slogan that has market impact4) Marketing poster5) Video


Europia – Europe tomorrow 17 – 21

Potential interactive task: the creation of a social utopia which takes into consideration statements about the following institutions:

1) Government form2) Justice3) Labour and Employment4) Transportation 5) Economics 6) Education and science 7) Healthcare8) Integration and equality 9) Cross-cultural contact

10) Environment

Education:good and relaxed atmosphere Abolish the stiff relationship

between pupils and teacher, are on first name with each other

classrooms are planned and painted by the pupils

each class only has 15 pupils Optimal support for every child cooperation with different countriesExchanges, Comenius, eTwinning

pupils get healthy food for free

Energy: Renewable energy wind energy plants

production of energy by fitness equipment

Solar and photovoltaik cells on the roofs

good heat insulation solar heat to warm the water water and energy saving

appliances

Architecture: Less inhabitants Small individual

houses with gardenno blocks of flats

Infrastructure: No cars in the residential

district Electronically

underground railway system (solar and wind

energy)Bicycles at every station Hydrogen and fuel cell

technologies – police, fire truck, garbage truck

Social spaces: Association, sport, cultural Centre

meetings points for all generations

Places for youth cinemas, swimming pools, youth

clubs where they do not disturb anybody

Playgrounds for younger children

free green spaces which also help the environmentCultural places

theatres, libraries, museums etc. free for pupils and students

Governing and laws:

Democracy with many plebiscites

Project “take care for your part of town “

the city council apportions every district a certain sum of money which its inhabitants can use to organize their neighborhood by

themselves Citizens also have duties: e.g. to tend the parks and green spaces

Health care:Everybody has got a

health insurance

Sport Centre Gives the possibility to practice varied sport

disciplines

Integration and equality: Parenting classes

Immigrants learn the language teached by

volunteersHandicapped accessible disabled children have the

right to go to school Sport teams

Contact/relations to other cities/countries

International cooperationSchool

Exchanges and projects like

Comenius, eTwinning

Other common interests: Waste and rubbish

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle A lot of bins all over the city

Waste seperationwaste-to-energy incineration plant every inhabitant cleans a part of

the city every monthEnvironmentally aware inhabitants:

Every inhabitant grows his own vegetable

help to plant trees, flowers School excursion to the agricultural

district

Vision Valley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm2CDswMLaU&feature=youtu.be





Benefits of teaching European CitizenshipReinforcing pupils’ autonomy by developing

Social Literacy

Personal Competence Interpersonal competence

Civic competence

- capacity for self-awareness

- development of a set of ethical values that give some orientation in life

- trust in living in a safe and sustainable social and natural environment

- recognition of one‘s social role: ability to live responsibly in interdependence with one‘s fellow men and with nature

- social engagement

- awareness of one‘s rights and duties as a citizen

- responsibility for one‘s social and natural environment

- active participation as a social and political animal

- volunteering


Thank you for your attention.

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