ERASMUS +

We are better friends with our stories

The project idea was developed as a result of the needs identified in all partner schools - that of helping students to get to know their cultural heritage and the European cultural heritage, while also boosting and exploring their creativity through the medium of stories.

Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds - mainstream, minorities, students with SEN, students with behaviour problems, high achievers, students in orphanages. The main priority of our initiative is to create a culture of acceptance and respect among these. By involving them in activities related to stories, they will be able to acquire values and principles in a non-threatening environment.

The world of stories is a world without boundaries or frontiers. Stories represent holistic approaches to teaching and learning that allow childrens involvement with rich, authentic material. Stories are an essential communication tool for experiential learning because they have the power to safely move participants from their comfort zones to encounter something totally new. They offer a whole new imaginary world created by language that children can gain access to and learn to enjoy, while also acquiring language on the way.

More than anything, our children need something to spurt their creative capacity. Regular classes are centred on teaching methods that have become increasingly stern and objective in terms of transfer of knowledge. It is often the case that teachers are overwhelmed with the amount of contents and structures that need to be passed on to the students, that they forget that the focus on “how” perhaps supersedes the “what”. We have all become increasingly routine in our approach to education and we have left aside the meaningful part of it – that of shaping individuals who are able to create, to assess, to analyse and to let their imagination run free.

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