ABOUT THE PROJECT
Born to promote the inclusion, the Inclusive Break project aims to make the school recess a common learning space in which support the integration of everybody. Especially because of any kind of difficulties students may have (disabilities, fewer opportunities, insecurities or difficulties to socialize), they need to feel safe, united, respected and not judged in a strong social system as the school. Instead, this last one is often a place of stereotype, bullyism episodes, group labels and divisions.
Through the Inclusive Break project, it is expected the improvement of the school time quality, promoting the acceptance of others, paying the appropriate attention to students’ needs, helping them to feel integrated and raising awareness of their difficulties.
In order to set this spiral of inclusiveness in the school and in the lifetime, it will be created an interactive handbook composed of a non-formal pedagogical methodology, as well as of activities promoting the participation and the inclusion of all the students. It will lead the experts to improve their skills and to put in place the set-out approach.
The handbook and all the project process will be backed by the aim to raise values related to equality and solidarity, going, instead, against exclusion and intolerance. It will influence not just the scholastic field, but it will reflect on society too.
OBJECTIVES
- Increase the transferability of innovative and non-formal methodologies through the development of an interactive manual;
- Creating innovative practices in the field of school education through the development of a work methodology based on non-formal education and the development of inclusive activities to identify, enhance and evaluate significant competencies for the personal and social development of students;
- Encourage the disappearance of stereotypes and bullying behaviors among students;
- Organizational development of 6 institutions with different cultural and organizational experiences.
ACTIVITIES
- Investigating the innovative and non-formal pedagogical methodology;
- Developing an inclusive and interactive handbook;
- Developing dynamic activities;
- Experimenting the methodology with students;
- Recording resources of the project’s process;
- Spreading the methodology.
RESULTS
An interactive handbook will be created, comprehensive of the pedagogical methodology, inclusive activities, audiovisual tools and fully accessibility for disabled people. It will be developed through various steps, such as:
- Research on the social, emotional and physical benefits of recess as learning spaces
- The design of the methodology;
- The testing phase of the handbook with students;
- The recording of resources related to the project’s stages;
- The handbook final edition.
NEWS
The end of Inclusive break and a start of a new era
The Inclusive break project is officially concluded, as well as the deliverables development, but the collaboration among partners will continue for sure. Together, they worked hard to increase the participation of students who do not usually relate to each other,...
The final meeting and Spanish event
On the 17th and 18th of July 2023, all partners of the project attended the final gathering and event in Valladolid, Spain. The meeting aimed to underscore the significance of breaks for students and policymakers alike, shedding light on the positive influence these...
Empowering educators with the handbook
In a world that strives for equality and inclusivity, the Inclusive Break project main goal has emerged to transform the ordinary school break into a dynamic and inclusive learning space through the development of the handbook, crafted to serve as a guiding light for...
The Italian event to promote inclusion in schools
In an effort to promote inclusion and provide equal opportunities for all students, CEIPES and the "Maredolce" school organized an event to present the project results on the 5th of July. Participants had the opportunity to understand the benefits and possibilities...
Recording of resources
The phase of resources recording came to an end. With this activity, the partnership recorded audiovisual material to create video tutorials of the workshops part of the innovative methodology. How did it work? First, they recorded right the workshops implemented...
The workshops in Palermo
Italian Partners, CEIPES and MAREDOLCE school, tested the workshops designed through the project “Inclusive Break: equal opportunities in educational centres”. These workshops are a second part of a methodology in phase of structure, which aims to foster the break and...
The testing phase of the methodology
All the consortium of Inclusive Break project tested the workshops designed as part of the methodology to enhance the power of break in schools. In particular, workshops are focused on three macro-categories: sports and outdoor activities, inclusive and traditional...
The investigation on the break as learning space
The "Inclusive Break" project (2021-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000032638) reached the first goal! The Consortium analysed the school break benefits and its dynamics in the first project result, the investigation "The school break as a learning space". In particular, the...
The project implementation in Spain
We continue with the implementation of the Inclusive Break project. Thanks to CEIP Lope de Vega, in Spain we are carrying out inclusive sessions in their breaks, as part of the testing phase of the project. The pupils of the first cycle of primary school have already...
Partners meet in Palermo to work together on making breaks learning spaces
On 15 and 16 December, partners of the KA2 Erasmus + project “Inclusive Break” met in presence for the first time in Palermo, hosted by the Maredolce school. The main goal of this meeting has been the team building goals to develop a good collaboration and to achieve...
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