Creative Approach to Resilience and Bravery in Secondary Education

<< Objectives >>This project wants to provide teachers and students with the necessary competences to discuss culturally sensitive issues in school and classroom context, by developing and implementing deep democracy tools adapted to the age and living environment of students between 12 and 18 years. With this project we address three important challenges in education: tackling social inequality; polarisation in the classroom; and overcoming reluctance and incompetence to take on tensions and diverse voices.<< Implementation >>During this project, we develop a training programme for applying the deep democracy toolkit in the classroom. The toolkit aims at professionalising teachers, enhancing teacher and pupil wellbeing and promoting democratic dialogue and inclusive decision-making - and also has an artistic angle. We implement this programme in 12 secondary schools in 4 different countries, reaching 36 to 60 teachers and 240 pupils. We thoroughly evaluate the process and impact of this project.<< Results >>The project will produce a toolkit, consisting of 4 deep democracy tools adapted to the age and living environment of secondary school students; instructional videos clarifying the application of the tools in the classroom and a manual with wider background information. All material will be distributed free of charge via a project website. We will also produce an e-book presenting the course of the entire project and a (digital) photo exhibition of the artistic part of this project.