“P.O.L.I.S. – Promote citizenship education at school to build inclusive societies” is promoted by the Istituto Magistrale S. Rosa of Viterbo, in collaboration with 5 schools from Norway, Lithuania, Turkey, Malta and Greece.
The project aims to contrast the widespread disengagement among young people and the absence of a shared, and therefore respected, set of rules in different aspects of social life. To achieve this, partners will create a set of learning units on active citizenship education aimed at showing the direct and negative effects of disaffection, to support students’ reflection on the importance of being active citizens.
POLIS will address the issue of youth disengagement from 6 different angles, each one assigned to a partner, creating a Learning Units (LUs) compendium for active citizenship with non-formal learning methods (ie. Role-playing games and experiential learning in situation) to demonstrate concretely the possible consequences of disengagement and support students’ reflection on the importance of being active citizens. The topics covered are: –
- Sustainable citizenship and respect for the environment – Norway
- Digital citizenship and critical thinking, ability to understand and defend against fake news online – Lithuania
- Promotion of peace, tolerance and respect – Turkey
- Inclusion and diversity, human rights – Malta
- Importance of youth representation in decision-making processes and stakeholders. The tangible sub-product of this topic is the training and appointment of “Local Leaders” among the participating students – Greece
- Shared rules within the school to enhance the school environment. The tangible sub-product of these LUs is the launch of the POLIS Regulation – Italy