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Towards the Recognition of
Non-discrimination Principles at School
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Case Studies
60 case studies identified through Europe focusing on intercultural issues, integration, non-discrimination values and human rights at school
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Best Practices
12 best practices have been identified throughout Europe on intercultural competences and human rights at school
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Reports
6 reports presenting the main findings related to the survey on human rights and intercultural issues carried out in the partners' countries
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Factual Background
Guidelines on the challenges encountered by secondary school teachers in managing multicultural classes
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Teachers in a Multicultural Environment
Guidelines on improving teachers’ skills in dealing with multicultural environments
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Teachers for an Inclusive School
Guidelines on the acquisition of intercultural competences based on understanding human rights and non-discrimination values
Global Citizenship Education Multiculturalism and Social Inclusion in Europe
The publication focuses on the Integration of Immigrant Students at School.Events
The I Have Rights project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
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Conferences
The I Have Rights project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
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Training Activity
The training activity 'Expert in Multicultural School Environment' was organised in Siena (IT)
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Press Review
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Case Studies
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60 case studies have been identified. The case studies focus on intercultural issues, integration, non-discrimination values and human rights at school.
Breaking of Stereotypes
TEACHER INFORMATION
Name of the teacherInesa Grikšaitė-Lendraitienė
Email:Country:Lithuania
Subject taught:Lithuanian language
Years of experience:8
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Name of the School:Gedminai progymnasium
School Typology:Lower Secondary School
Country:Lithuania
City:Klaipeda
Web site:CASE STUDY
Background and Context:Klaipeda Gedminai progymnasium is located in a port city. 888 students study in this school and 17 students who came from foreign countries. It is mainly children of mixed marriages (Lithuanian and foreign citizens).
Factual Description:The boy in the 7th grade is from the mixed family. His mom is Lithuanian and his dad is Japanese. The student, when he is asked about his nationality, willingly tells about and shares Lithuanian and Japanese cultural differences. Classmates do not exclude him because of cultural or physical differences.
Activities carried out:However, during the lessons about human evolution, when I was telling about the formation of human races, a pupil tensed and began anxiously watch the environment. Some of the classmates turned to him and replied, "Here is about you." The boy disconcerted. Regarding the result of the situation, I realized that this topic should be given more attention than the others. I was looking for material, which could help easily and properly clarify that the complexion, physical appearance does not distinguish one person from another, that people cannot be judged according to their appearance. Therefore, I gave my students a task to collect the famous people's thoughts, speeches against racism. The students presented their works and emphasized that stereotypes destructs communication and the deeper knowledge helps to form the right attitude. We discussed that it does not matter how a person looks because all the hearts beat in the same way, we all feel the pain, and we all have dreams and aspirations. Children were happy to be engaged in discussion and reflection as we all concluded that a man is judged not by his physical appearance.
Assessment and lesson learnt:The student now feels free and comfortable in the class, even during some discussion about the inherent differences. His classmates do not give more attention to that boy.
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