Active, Responsible and entrepreneurIal citizenS unitEd in diversity

<< Background >>WE APPLIED FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT GREATER EQUITY IN EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY A SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPERATIVE, BUT ALSO A WAY TO UTILISE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY AND INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL COHESION. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS ARE STRUCTURED BY CATEGORIES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY SUCH AS SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND CLASS, GENDER AND ETHNICITY. ENSURING QUALITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR ALL REMAINS A CHALLENGE FOR MANY COUNTRIES AND THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT EDUCATION GAP.<< Objectives >>THE OVERALL AIM OF THE ARISE PROJECT WAS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND DISSEMINATE A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION USING PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO FIRSTLY BUILD THE CAPACITY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROFESSIONALS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND SECONDLY TO PROMOTE INCLUSION, EMPOWER DISADVANTAGED AND/OR THIRD-COUNTRY LEARNERS (REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS) AND HELP THEM TO BECOME ACTIVE, RESPONSIBLE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CITIZENS. THE GOAL WAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE AND PROSPEROUS EUROPEAN SOCIETY IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO SOCIETY.<< Implementation >>DURING THE PROJECT WE HAVE CARRIED OUT THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES: RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, MULTIPLIER EVENTS BOTH FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL, A LEARNING, TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITY, THE CREATION OF HANDBOOKS FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS, THE CREATION OF PILOT COURSES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL, CIVIC, COMMUNICATIVE AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES, AN ONLINE TOOLKIT AND TRAINING MATERIAL FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPETENCES AND FINALLY TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETINGS BOTH FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL.<< Results >>OUR PROJECT CREATED THE FOLLOWING 8 OUTPUTS: (1) METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS NEEDS, PRACTICES AND PROPOSITIONS, (2) HANDBOOK FOR EDUCATIONAL STAFF , (3) PILOT COURSES - DEVELOPING SOCIAL CIVIC COMMUNICATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES, (4) TOOLKIT-- PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (5) COOPERATION, NETWORKING WITH ROLE MODELS, PUPILS, COMMUNITIES AND PEER-LEARNING, (6) Ε-LEARNING COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, (7) IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND (8) HANDBOOK FOR PARENTS.