Who is involved?

Le projet « S’exprimer en toute liberté – Apprendre en toute sécurité » Des écoles démocratiques pour tous a une dimension européenne, nationale et régionale. Elle inclut :

  Les écoles des Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe

Tout d'abord, le projet vise les écoles.

Il souhaite ainsi donner la parole aux enseignants, aux élèves, aux parents et aux chefs d'établissement et faire connaître le travail qui est accompli pour développer des écoles démocratiques et inclusives.

Des informations sur les bonnes pratiques seront disponibles sur le site web du projet, ce qui permettra de nouer des contacts directs entre les écoles.

 

 Réseau des conseillers en politiques d'éducation du Conseil de l'Europe (EPAN)

Le but du réseau est de contribuer à des réformes efficaces dans les 50 Etats qui ont ratifié la Convention culturelle européenne, dans le domaine de l'éducation à la démocratie et aux droits de l'homme, conformément aux objectifs de la Charte du Conseil de l'Europe sur l'éducation à la citoyenneté démocratique et l'éducation aux droits de l'homme, notamment en encourageant l'intégration du Cadre de référence des compétences pour une culture de la démocratie.
 

 Le Comité directeur de l'éducation (CDEDU)

Le Comité directeur de l'éducation (CDEDU) supervise les programmes du Conseil de l'Europe dans le domaine de l'éducation et conseille le Comité des Ministres de l'Organisation sur les questions éducatives.
 

 Le Service de l'éducation du Conseil de l'Europe

Le Service de l'éducation du Conseil de l'Europe coordonne le projet « S’exprimer en toute liberté – Apprendre en toute sécurité » Des écoles démocratiques pour tous au niveau européen.

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Le projet « S’exprimer en toute liberté – Apprendre en toute sécurité » Des écoles démocratiques pour tous du Conseil de l'Europe a pris fin en 2022.

L'objectif principal du projet était de mettre en évidence l'engagement en faveur des valeurs et des principes démocratiques dans la vie et la culture des écoles des États membres du Conseil de l'Europe.

Le Conseil de l'Europe a élaboré le Cadre de référence des compétences pour la culture de la démocratie, qui définit, pour la première fois, les valeurs fondamentales, les aptitudes, les attitudes et les connaissances et la compréhension critiques dont chaque citoyen a besoin pour être actif dans une société démocratique.

Les individus ne sont pas nés avec ces compétences ; elles doivent être apprises. Le projet s'inspirait du travail effectué dans de nombreuses écoles pour une culture de la démocratie et, à travers le prisme du Cadre, vise à fournir une « langue de travail commune » aux écoles de toute l'Europe.

Le projet « S’exprimer en toute liberté – Apprendre en toute sécurité » Des écoles démocratiques pour tous était lié au travail du Service de l'éducation qui fait partie de la Direction de la participation démocratique au sein de la Direction générale de la démocratie et de la dinité humaine ("DGII") du Conseil de l'Europe.

⇒ En savoir plus sur le projet « S’exprimer en toute liberté – Apprendre en toute sécurité » Des écoles démocratiques pour tous

Homepage - Map explanation

Cliquez sur la carte pour être redirigé vers la page pays dédiée. Vous y trouverez la liste des écoles membres du Réseau des écoles démocratiques dans ce pays. Vous aurez ainsi la possibilité d'en apprendre plus sur leur(s) projet(s).

Home - The Democratic Schools Network

Le Réseau des écoles démocratiques

Le Réseau des écoles démocratiques (DSN) est le réseau des écoles du Conseil de l'Europe qui défendent ses valeurs - droits de l'homme, démocratie et État de droit - dans leur pratique quotidienne, et travaillent continuellement à la création et au maintien d'une culture de la démocratie au sein de leur école.

Les écoles de toute l'Europe étaient invitées à rejoindre le Réseau des écoles démocratiques.

Schools projects - intro

Vous découvrirez ci-dessous comment les écoles de toute l'Europe travaillent sur les  six thèmes du projet à travers le prisme du Cadre de référence des compétences pour une culture de la démocratie.

Au printemps 2018, à l'occasion de la phase de pré-lancement du Projet, 2 324 écoles ont participé à l'enquête en ligne Des écoles démocratiques pour tous. Vous trouverez plus d'information concernant cette enquête ici.

Council of Europe Democratic Schools Pledge

Engagement
des écoles démocratiques du Conseil de l'Europe


Notre école promet de :

Partager son travail avec d'autres écoles.

Travailler continuellement à créer et à maintenir une culture démocratique au sein de notre école..

Défendre les valeurs du Conseil de l'Europe : droits de l'homme, démocratie et prééminence du droit dans notre pratique quotidienne.

Useful websites

 Site web Living Democracy (disponible uniquement en anglais)
Living Democracy est un site Web éducatif unique en son genre qui fait la promotion de la démocratie et des droits de la personne dans les écoles. Il combine des plans de cours prêts à l'emploi avec des idées d'action dans la salle de classe.
 

  Page web "J’ai droit, tu as droit, il/elle a droit…"
Une page web regroupant des outils qui permettront aux enfants de découvrir leurs droits de manière accessible et amusante.
 

 Jeu en ligne "A travers la forêt sauvage"
"A travers la forêt sauvage" (Through the Wild Web Woods) est un jeu en ligne  pour enseigner aux enfants les règles de base de la sécurité sur internet.
 

 Manuel de maîtrise de l'internet
Un outil permettant aux enfants, aux parents, aux enseignants et aux décideurs de tirer le meilleur parti d'Internet et de préparer les générations futures à utiliser Internet en toute sécurité et en toute connaissance de cause.
 

 Programme Pestalozzi
Ressources d’enseignement et de formation développées au cours des années dans le cadre du programme de formation du Conseil de l’Europe destiné aux professionnels de l’éducation, connu sous le nom de programme Pestalozzi.
 

 Repères, le manuel pour la pratique de l’éducation aux droits de l’homme avec les jeunes
Les animateurs de jeunesse, les enseignants et les animateurs de l'éducation aux droits de l'homme, qu'ils soient professionnels ou volontaires, trouveront dans Repères des idées concrètes et des activités pratiques qui leur permettront d'inciter les jeunes à prendre l'engagement de vivre, d'apprendre et d'agir pour les droits de l'homme.
 

 Repères juniors – Manuel pour la pratique de l’éducation aux droits de l’homme avec les enfants
Ce manuel est un point de départ pour les enseignants, les éducateurs et les formateurs prêts à s'occuper de la formation en droits de l'Homme d'enfants de 7 à 13 ans.

Makrygialos High School of Pieria

Address: Makrygialos of Pieria

Country: Greece


Project: Journalistic Student Conference

Working language during the project:

  • Greek
     

Themes of the Council of Europe campaign “FREE to SPEAK, SAFE to LEARN - Democratic Schools for All” covered:

  • Dealing with propaganda, misinformation and fake news
     

Competences from the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) addressed and where / how they were integrated:

  • Values:
    All students participate in our action, regardless of their particularities (background, cultural environment, disability) and develop valuing human dignity and human rights, cultural diversity, democracy, justice, equality and the rule of law.
  • Attitudes and Skills:
    As they participate in collaborative actions they develop attitudes like openness to cultural otherness and to other beliefs, respect, responsibility, autonomous learning skills, analytical and critical thinking skills, co-operation skills and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Knowledge and critical understanding:
    As student-journalists develop skills, like knowledge and critical understanding of language and communication, Knowledge and critical understanding of the world: politics, law, human rights, culture, cultures, religions, history, media, economies, environment, sustainability.
     

Target group age range:

  • 11-15
     

Level of education:

  • Lower secondary education

Short description of the project:

Aims/objectives

Makrygialos High School is a small provincial school in Macedonia of Greece with a large percentage of foreign students, in which we develop educational actions with pan-Hellenic distinctions, such as editing of the school newspaper, theatrical performances and other cultural and environmental activities.

The challenge for the students is to publish the school newspaper, to educate them in dealing with the the media and to embrace the principles of democracy and free expression. Thus, in the framework of the educational programme "Publication of the School Newspaper", they participate in the writing and publication of their school newspaper with the supervision of the School Director Mrs. Evangelia Kanali, aiming at informing and raising awareness public opinion on social, cultural, environmental, school life, health and nutrition education.

The highlight of this programme is the organisation of a “Journalistic Student Conference” aimed at students and teachers of the High Schools and the Lyceums in Pieria who issue or plan to publish school newspapers. It is an innovative educational programme that was implemented in Greece for the first time by a school and aims at educating students and teachers with media issues such as writing articles, selecting themes, gathering records, practical application, but mainly embraces the principles of intimate, honest, unselfish and democratic journalism. The Conference was held on 27 March 2018 and was attended by 307 students and 72 teachers from 17 High Schools and Lyceums in Pieria. This innovative action was selected from among 748 schools across Europe to be presented in the Oslo conference in which the new Council of Europe education campaign “Free to Speak, Safe to Learn - Democratic Schools for All” was launched in November 2018.

The Makrygialos High School journalistic group will continue this programme in the school year 2018-2019 and will organise the “2nd Journalistic Student Conference” aimed at training students and teachers in electronic journalism and in entrepreneurship, giving students experience of business processes (marketing, advertising, revenue management for public purposes, business plan). During the 2nd Conference, they will organize a Pieria School Newspaper Exhibition, so that the local society of school newspapers can see the students’ reflections and interesting creations. The Conference will be extended to the region of Central Macedonia and later to the whole of Greece, with the ultimate goal of becoming an institution for the country’s educational community. In addition, in April 2019 they will present their innovative action to students and teachers from the Istituto D’Istruzione Superiore – “Sandro Pertini” in Lucca in Italy, with whom they are twinned, hoping that it will result in a collaboration between the two schools and the developing of joint actions.
 

Expected results/outcomes

Our innovative educational action

It is vital for a democratic school to provide students with a solid education on media and information literacy as part of the curriculum. The writing and production of school newspapers serves the basic purposes of Education, as it is an interdisciplinary activity consistent with the curriculum that combines multimodality, cooperation, critical ability, cognitive and linguistic development of students. However, journalist groups feel strongly about the need for expert information on issues related to writing and publishing school newspapers, such as:

  • What are the stages of creating a newspaper?
  • How to write an article, an essay, an interview, a documentary?
  • What constraints are imposed by journalistic ethics, such as objectivity, impartiality, but also misinformation, misleading public opinion?
  • How to avoid getting lost in the stream of information or being victim of propaganda and fake news?
  • How is the management of economic issues related to the production of the newspaper?

The Director of Makrygialos High School Mrs. Evangelia Kanali, along with her student journalists, took the initiative of planning and organising the “Journalistic Student Conference” for students and teachers of High Schools and Lyceums in Pieria which issue or plan to issue school newspapers, as the schools do not have their own professional journalists. For this purpose they invited high-level media industry specialists to teach students and teachers about issues related to editing school newspapers and to basic concepts of journalistic ethics.

The Conference’s second objective was the school newspaper award. Every year, schools produce a significant number of student newspapers, the appeal of which is limited to the narrow boundaries of the local community or the school community. For this reason, the Makrygialos High School journalistic team wanted to promote and award school newspapers of High Schools and Lyceums in Pieria to motivate them into creating something new. The team presented all the school newspapers in Pieria and the Conference Review Committee awarded the "Best High School Newspaper" and the "Best Lyceum Newspaper”. The evaluation criteria used were: the variety of subjects, social, cultural and environmental issues, the correct use of language, the quality of journalistic speech.

The Conference’s third objective was a contribution to Local Educational History. The Makrygialos High School journalistic team gathered together all newspapers from Pieria’s High Schools and Lyceums so as to make an Archive of School Newspapers, to ensure they are not lost in time and with the hope that this initiative will be a small achievement in the History of the Pieria Student Press. Thereafter, the aim is to compile an archive of all the school newspapers published during the year for each subsequent Journalistic Student Conference with a view to submitting the archive at a future date to the General State Archives. Their next goal is to organise an Exhibition of the Pieria School Papers, in the belief that the promotion of school newspapers is an important factor for presenting children's views, highlighting their talents and communicating the school with their social environment.

The fourth objective of the Conference was to provide feedback to student journalists and their respective teachers. The Makrygialos High School journalist team invited archaeologists to show the students and teachers rare archaeological finds kept at the Makrygialos Museum, thus giving students the opportunity to report on, interview or write an article in their newspapers and take an active role as a journalist. At the same time, the Makrygialos High School journalistic team aimed to give visibility to the newly established Archaeological Museum of Makrygialos and to encourage Pieria schools to visit it, a goal that was immediately achieved.
 

Changes

Innovative features of this educational action

The Journalistic Student Conference is an innovative event created by a democratic school. It- sets up a network of communication for the school journalist groups in Pieria and for exchanging views on important social, political and cultural issues, such as peace, democracy, equality, diversity, environment, education. It gave them the opportunity to inspire each other, to interact and take part in new creations in a spirit of co-operation and teamwork.

The Makrygialos High School journalistic group developed constructive co-operation with the Directorate of Education of Pieria, the local authorities, the local community and the Parents' Association, and asked them for funding for the awards and the Conference organization. They all responded to this request, recognizing the multiple benefits for the educational community and the city of Pieria from a democratic school open to society.

In evaluating the innovative character of this educational programme, it is clear that the above initiatives were developed by students with a different national, cultural background who:

  • through their newspaper seek to gain a "step" and "voice" to express themselves, to communicate with the world around them
  • through their articles, documentaries and interviews, claim the truth and raise public awareness of important issues
  • listen to the needs of the educational community and strive to contribute to their innovative initiatives
  • see another side of education; one where they are not empty pots filled with sterile, irrelevant knowledge, but responsible, participatory citizens who can become actors of school and social life.

The Journalistic Student Conference is an action of a democratic school that gives the opportunity to all pupils, regardless of their particularities (origin, cultural environment, disability):

  • learn how to learn, how to conquer exploration and cooperative knowledge;
  • develop critical ability and scientific thought to explore the causes or the consequences of problems;
  • seek and disseminate information and ideas from around the world through their school papers;
  • transform original ideas into innovative applications and activate their talent and skills for expression and creation;
  • practice the recording of different textual items, such as articles, essays, interviews, documentaries and the production of oral and written speech;
  • develop social and communication skills such as responsibility, planning, strategy and planning skills, needs analysis, organizational, teamwork and communication, decision-making and problem-solving strategies to become active in the future and socially sensitive citizens.

The Conference gives teachers the opportunity to understand that they should:

  • teach their students how to collaborate by taking roles and to feel creative by composing one or more sheets of their newspaper
  • be proud of the collective work, overcoming individualism and personal insecurities
  • ensure a pleasant and attractive school environment for all pupils without discrimination or exclusion
  • organise school life according to the democratic principles of freedom, dialogue, equality, justice, respect for diversity

In addition, students and teachers following the suggestions of the high-level media industry specialist journalists get to:

  • realize the power of the press and the importance of the news
  • become familiar with press-related concepts such as misinformation, false news, brainwashing, propaganda, anaesthetising of receivers;
  • learn to apply and exploit a variety of different sources of data acquisition, but also critically manage the knowledge they derive from the internet
  • understand the concept of a cross-thematic approach to information
  • sharpen their critical thinking and perceptions to identify useful information from unnecessary information, insignificant events from worthwhile news
  • learn to use methods and practices of science, technology and the arts to investigate, judge, comment, argue, and express themselves artistically
  • practice a variety of writing styles, such as article, essay, interview, documentaries, op-ed.

The media journalists also help students and teachers to understand that propaganda, misinformation and fake news can polarise public opinion and undermine democracies and that there is a duty to apply the following fundamental principles of journalistic ethics:

  • utilise a variety of different sources for data mining and learn to distinguish useful information from unnecessary information
  • collect, cross-check and document information
  • keep professional secrecy about information sources
  • transmit news regardless of their personal political, social and religious beliefs.
  • avoid legal difficulties by working responsibly and according to professional ethics.
  • publicize the truth objectively and impartially and not by misleading public opinion with false news and propaganda.
     

Challenges you faced

Organising the Journalistic Student Conference was a bold and difficult task. The challenges were important, but the benefits were great. Press articles, TV quotes and letters of congratulation - now in the school archive - all demonstrated that a small provincial school managed for the first time in our country to organise a Conference with high-reaching goals and a strong impact on the local and wider society.

To sum up, the Journalistic Student Conference is an innovative pedagogical action of a school operating according to democratic principles such as freedom and responsibility, participation, equality and justice. A school where teachers offer not only knowledge but vision and passion for their job and open new horizons according to the interests and sensitivities of students who in turn learn to go beyond the narrow boundaries of the school and become creative, responsible and active citizens in keeping with democratic culture.
 

Time-frame of the project:

The Makrygialos High School journalistic group will continue this programme in the school year 2018-2019 and will organise the “2nd Journalistic Student Conference” aimed at training students and teachers in electronic journalism and in entrepreneurship, giving students experience of business processes (marketing, advertising, revenue management for public purposes, business plan). The Conference will be extended to the region of Central Macedonia and later to the whole of Greece, with the ultimate goal of becoming an institution for the country’s educational community.
 

Council of Europe materials on citizenship and human rights education used while preparing or implementing your practice:

  • Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
  • Living Democracy - manuals for teachers
  • Democratic governance of schools
  • All Different – All Equal
  • Managing controversy
  • Teaching controversial issues-training pack
  • Signposts
  • We CAN!
  • Mirrors
  • Human Rights and Democracy Start with Us – Charter for All
  • Freedom(s) - Learning activities for secondary schools on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
  • How all Teachers Can Support EDC/HRE: A Framework for the Development of Competences
  • Multimedia Material (ex. video “Beat Bullying”, series of cartoons “Democracy and Human Rights at School”, video “Corporal punishment at school: how two parents decided to change things”)

Olena Pchilka Kovel City Lyceum

Address: Nezalezhnosti street 19, Kovel, Volynska region, 45000

Country: Ukraine

 School website


Project: Student Council President Elections

 

Working language during the project:

  • Ukrainian
     

Themes of the Council of Europe campaign “FREE to SPEAK, SAFE to LEARN - Democratic Schools for All” covered:

  • Making children’s and students’ voices heard
  • Improving well-being at school
  • Developing democratic school environment
     

Competences from the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) addressed and where / how they were integrated:

  • Value democracy, justice, fairness, equality and the rule of law
  • Respect
  • Civic-mindedness
  • Knowledge and critical understanding of the world: politics, law, human rights, culture, cultures, religions, history, media, economies, environment, sustainability
  • Conflict resolution skills

Preparing for the Student Council President Elections students learn about and gain understanding on the topics of laws and rules, the democratic process, the voting system, the media, human rights. Students are given the opportunity to experience the values and principles of the democratic process in action: they participate in shared governance where they may put civic education and democracy into action, develop an awareness of good leadership qualities. These include critical thinking, analysing information, expressing opinions, taking part in discussions and presidential debates, negotiating, conflict resolution and participating in the electoral campaigns. Students increase their knowledge of political efficacy, campaign strategies and gain an understanding of the democratic process. In this way they become confident, tolerant, open and courageous to defend their point of view. Students reflect on and assert the power and decision-making processes in their school and government.

  • Linguistic, communicative, and plurilingual skills,
  • Knowledge and critical understanding of language and communication
  • Skills of listening and observing

Developing campaign strategies, preparing campaign materials, students create posters, flyers, posters, notices, banners, emails, e-board announcements, forums and web pages to conduct their electoral campaigns. Participating in these activities they develop their linguistic and communicative skills, learn to use sound judgment to make good decisions based on information gathered and analysed. Students learn to listen actively to others, work with and stand up for others, organise and deliver information appropriately, consider all pertinent facts and alternatives before deciding on the most appropriate action, regulate and control their emotions. They learn to express their ideas effectively in such activities as presentations, meetings, negotiations, debates. Students learn to use appropriate language schemes when they take part in presidential debates.

  • Cooperation, communication, responsibility, leadership, citizenship

Organizing a central election commission, discussing details of how to run the elections, election rules, posting policy and campaign plans, students take personal responsibility for task performance, developing a spirit of solidarity with others. They learn to complete a task in a timely and consistent manner. They learn to cooperate in building a team, working together, sharing tasks, being responsible for certain issues and supporting others. Working well in a team, students show their respect and empathy to others and have the maturity to realise that no activity is a stand-alone activity. Being engaged in discussions students develop their communication skills, learn to solve problems. They learn to take responsible decisions in choosing a candidate to vote for.
 

Target group age range:

  • 11 -15  and
  • 15 - 19
     

Level of education:

  • Lower secondary education
  • Upper secondary education

Short description of the project:

The project focuses on active citizenship, human rights, awareness of good leadership qualities, of human relations, of power structures and of how to operate effectively within them. Student government would not exist without students who are interested in providing input on institutional issues and serving as representatives of the student body.

The election process is still one of the primary means for students to begin their political participation and gain an understanding of the democratic process. Involvement in shared governance at the school level begins with participation in student government elections. Every student at Kovel City Gymnasium is eligible to vote for the Student Council President. It is important that students understand the voting system to be used and it is advisable to raise any specific questions with management before the elections are held.

The project includes three stages. At the first stage (October, two weeks), students organise a Central election commission, the members of which discuss details of how to run the elections, election rules, posting policy, campaign plan. All candidates register for the 2019 Student Council Election President and conform to the campaign rules as they are expected to, be familiar with the school policies and regulations. To be placed on the official ballot, all candidates must submit their completed petitions to the office of the Central election commission for Student involvement no later than 4pm on Thursday,22 October. During the pre-election marathon, campaigns play an enormous role.

At the second practical stage (November, 3-4 weeks), the members of the central office compile and publish a list of voters (in order to vote in an election everyone must be registered to vote), registered candidates ask other students to help with a candidate's campaign, meet with a group of students or use school website to develop campaign strategies, prepare campaign materials, print posters, create social media pages and create a Facebook page for campaigning, conducting presidential debates. Candidates are allowed to use flyers, posters, notices, banners, emails, e-board announcements, forums and web pages to conduct their electoral campaigns.

Their campaigns are organised for the purpose of promoting their respective candidates and the values for which they stand. All school members can vote for the candidates and each member has one vote per position. Voting takes place on 7 December 2019 (a Day of local government).

At the third stage the results of the elections are verified and announced by the members of the Central election commission. The Inaugural Ceremony of the Students’ Council president is held on 19 December 2019 (a Day of Gymnasium) in the assembly hall. The student Council President takes the oath during the ceremony and presents her/his speech during the Election Day assembly. S/he talks about the importance of the council body and assures that many more programmes will be conducted under her/his leadership to the utmost satisfaction of the school. The School’s Principal in her presidential remarks congratulates the outgoing student council president, expresses her wishes for the upcoming Student council president and his team to shoulder the responsibilities with human values, to make the best use of the council body, organise variety of programmes and develop leadership qualities.

The newly elected candidate begins working with the current Student Council leaders and attending their meetings to become familiar with the general Student Council procedures and the current projects.
 

Aims/objectives

  • Create citizens who value civic duty and understand the importance of engaging in political activity;
  • Provide students with opportunities to participate in shared governance where they may put civic education and democracy into action;
  • Promote fairness, equality of opportunity, and justice for all students;
  • Develop student potential and encourage them to make a well-informed, honest, interested and active citizenship;
  • Develop not only leadership abilities within the youth of today, but also leadership for the community, state and nation of tomorrow. In this process, it is also the objective to develop an awareness of good leadership qualities, hopefully, for a more informed, concerned and active citizenry of tomorrow;
  • Increase student involvement and school pride;
  • Provide a living workshop of democratic processes, through such activities as elections and participation in a constitutional representative assembly;
  • Contribute to the educational experiences of students by providing them with a positive involvement in the school, with widened areas of responsibilities and with more direct participation in organising and implementing activities.
     

Expected results/outcomes

This increases students’ sense of political efficacy, the belief that their political participation is worthwhile. Through engaging in student government elections as candidates, students are more likely to participate actively in civic and political life as adults.
 

Changes

  • Students who devote time and energy into their school experience through active engagement in their academic pursuits and participation in extra-curricular activities tend to take initiative, persist at school and enjoy higher levels of achievement.
  • Students who run for political office in school elections feel empowered to make decisions in the school setting and begin to understand their power to affect change within their own political environments in the future.
  • Students have become aware of their own potentials in making differences to their society.
  • Students develop a sincere regard for law and order appropriate to this democratic society.
     

Challenges you faced

There is little known about the experiences of candidates in student government elections or the students’ perceptions of the election process.

Young adults have limited knowledge of the impact of civic engagement and less confidence in collective actions, such as voting.
 

Time-frame of the project:

October 2019 – December 2019
 

Council of Europe materials on citizenship and human rights education used while preparing or implementing your practice:

  • Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
  • Living Democracy-manuals for teachers
  • Democratic governance of schools
  • Addressing violence in schools through EDC/HRE
  • All Different – All Equal
  • Compass
  • Compasito
  • We CAN!
  • Human Rights and Democracy Start with Us – Charter for All
  • Freedom(s) - Learning activities for secondary schools on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
  • How all Teachers Can Support EDC/HRE: A Framework for the Development of Competences
  • Multimedia Material (ex. video “Beat Bullying”, series of cartoons “Democracy and Human Rights at School”, video “Corporal punishment at school: how two parents decided to change things”)

Video EPAL Korydallou

Epal Korydallou

Address: Karaoli and Dimitriou Street 70, Korydallos, 18122

Country: Greece


Project: Digital Resistance

Working language during the project:

English, Greek
 

Themes of the Council of Europe campaign “FREE to SPEAK, SAFE to LEARN - Democratic Schools for All” covered:

Making children's and students' voices heard

 Addressing controversial issues

 Dealing with propaganda, misinformation and fake news
 

Competences from the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) addressed and where / how they were integrated:

Knowledge and critical understanding of the world: politics, law, human rights, culture, cultures, religions, history, media, economies, environment, sustainability

Co-operation skills

Valuing democracy, justice, fairness, equality and the rule of law
 

Target group age range:

15 - 19
 

Level of education:

 Upper secondary education


Short description of the project:

Aims/objectives

 The project is called “Digital Resistance” and focuses on the necessity of teaching students how to protect themselves against digital “dangers”, especially fake news and misinformation and also how to create a responsible digital identity.

This program’s goal was to create a handbook for the teachers so as to apply new teaching strategies based on enquiry-based learning techniques and problem orientated tasks to enhance their students’ critical thinking skills and make them responsible digital citizens. Epal Korydallou contributed to the digital handbook for teachers by writing Chapter 4 entitled ‘Creation of a Digital Output’, aiming at providing both teachers and students with some basic guidelines on creating a variety of digital outputs after their work on deconstructing fake news using online fact checking tools in the classroom. Also, Epal Korydallou, on the basis of the teaching models provided in the handbook, created a teacher’s dossier with digital examples for deconstructing specific fake news on current affairs and lessons plans in Greek as a framework for the teacher’s training sessions that were conducted before the implementation of the project in the associated schools.

Students working in teams created several outputs varying from more classical forms such as powerpoint presentations, posters, leaflets, comics and videos, to more original ones such as small workshop campaigns on spreading out news to the school community, a graffiti in the schoolyard and a theatrical Karagiozis shadow puppet show, all inspired by their work on fake news and misinformation issues.

Last but not least, Epal Korydallou created a website (www.digi-res.eu) that hosted the activities and the collective work of all partners in the project, and an Instagram account #nofake.gr so as to initiate students to share their work with their peers in other EU countries where the project was implemented.

Aim: Supporting media and information literacy against "fake news" connected to indoctrination and discrimination

Objectives:

  • Promoting digital citizenship
  • Bringing the topic of «fake news» in classrooms
  • Sharing perspectives on «fake news»

 

Expected results/outcomes

  • Constructing a project website
  • Dissemination events / visibility objects to teachers, students and stakeholders
  • Teachers’ training using the learning methodology developed in the Digital Handbook providing with a Teacher Dossier/additional material / lesson plans
  • Dissemination of the handbook translated into the mother tongue to schools
     

Changes

  • Responsible use of social media
  • Develop critical thinking and digital skills
  • Strengthen democratic culture
  • Become a responsible digital citizen
     

Challenges you faced

  • Students’ resistance to adopt new attitudes towards digital identity
  • The topic of fake news was not incorporated into the curriculum, so the implementation time was limited and often the students involved had to spend extra-curricular time in school.
     

Time-frame of the project: 2018-2019
 

Council of Europe materials on citizenship and human rights education used while preparing or implementing your practice:

Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture

Managing controversy

 Teaching controversial issues - training pack

Video CEIP Manuel Foguet

 

Video Prosocial week Lithuania