We´re pleased to inform you about our two-year project:
From our grandparent's to our grandchildren's Europe
We consider that European awareness and citizenship must be built from the knowledge of the different cultures that form Europe. This multilateral project is made up of schools from different cultural backgrounds (Colegio Madre Alberta,Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Staatliche Realschule für Knaben Neumarkt i.d. Opf, Neumarkt, Germany, Saint Ignatius College, Enfield, Great Britain). And the fact that we're all different makes possible to explore, from different points of view, a Europe based on values such as democracy, tolerance and coexistence.
We think that our students, as European citizens, must know Europe's past to become active and commited builders of Europe's future. The shared research of each partner's past will widen the knowledge that our students have about Europe in a way that is not often taught at school regular curricula. The research experience will provide our students with a very valuable experience of meaningful learning where they become actors of their own learning experience.
In the first year of the partnership,the project aims at increasing the knowledge of our nearest past. From a regional and European perspective we can be aware of the achievements that the European Union has brought to our daily life and compare them with the Europe our grandparents knew. Customs, politics, arts, education, environment and others are the topics we'll use to show how Europe has changed during the last fifty years. In the second year, we'll reflect about the Europe we'd like to build for us and for the next generations. New challenges like finding solutions to climate change and multi ethnical coexistence will be some of the issues we'll reflect upon. The students will improve their knowledge and understanding of different European regions and cultures, their past and their current concerns. Furthermore, the project will inspire both students and teachers to open doors to new ways of co-operating, both within the school, the surrounding region, as well as with the partner schools.
The project will set the basis to future cooperation between the associated schools beyond the Comenius framework.
Click here to read more about the Comenius project. (Written in Swedish)