bye, Polarity

Today we celebrate not only the beginning of a new year, but also the end of our project. The project team looks back on the past two years and is delighted with the success of the materials produced and the workshops held. Of course, there have been some challenges, but thanks to the good cooperation we have been able to overcome them!

We would like to remind you which materials you can already find on our website or will soon be able to find:
🌟Learning and teaching materials on the topic of polarity and polarisation
🌟Methodical didactical concept
🌟Report on polarising messages on social media
🌟Summary on common social media plattforms used by young people 2022/2023
🌟Workshop Design to deal with polarisation on Social Media
🌟Guide for pupils to become Ambassadors for a United Europe on Social Media Platforms

Well, and all that remains for us to say now is stay warm-hearted, sensitive, and wonderfully passionate on creating a harmonious society! The team members will definitely continue to do so! 😊

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳🎊🎉

Many people associate the Advent season with stress and a hectic pace. Yet the days before and during Christmas are actually particularly well suited to reflecting on essential values such as charity, mindfulness, generosity and social commitment.

And we all have it in our power to focus our attention more on these values and not get carried away by the hectic pace around us.

Because what we focus on will grow! - Maybe it will also be a beautiful Christmas tree for next year 😊🎄

Yesterday, another Multiplier Event took place at BRG Klusemannstraße in Graz, where the project was presented to student

There was also a workshop on diversity again, where students discussed controversial issues and were made aware of the importance of treating each other with respect, appreciation and empathy, despite differing views 🌟

Yesterday at the Multiplier Event at the Bundesrealgymnasium Klusemann, the topics of polarisation and diversity were discussed together with students.

The students also presented the great posts they had created as part of the social media challenge launched within the project! Their engagement and the creativity of the posts were finally rewarded with a prize.🏆🤩

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." This is stated in the first chapter of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which represents one of the most important foundations of our coexistence. 🧔🏿‍🧕👩‍🦰👳‍♂️

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed on 10th of December 1948 and defines rights that all human beings are entitled to without restriction from birth. 👶

With the "International Human Rights Day", which takes place annually on the 10th of December,📅 the United Nations reminds us that these rights are repeatedly violated worldwide. 🌎

Let us therefore work together for a world in which human rights are respected and protected! 🕊️✨

As the project is coming to an end, it is now important to disseminate the project results as widely as possible.🗣 Two Multiplier Events have already taken place in Cyprus 🇨🇾, where the developed materials were presented to the target groups and the implementation of various activities to counteract polarisation was discussed.👥

“𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥” 🎶🌎– Ludwig van Beethoven
This was also the conviction of the students who took part in the learning teaching and training activity in Nicosia in October. Together with the project team they produced a video on the topic of “bye, polarity” in all project languages. We are happy that we are able to show you the result now 🤩

You can find the video here ⤵️

Bye, Polarity! Eine ausgewählte Gruppe von Schüler:innen des Medienzweiges war im Oktober 2023 mit Prof. König und Dir. Zins auf Zypern bei einem internationalen Erasmus+ W...

Did you know that empathy has been a compulsory subject in Denmark since 1993? 👩‍🏫 In this subject, pupils learn both to communicate their feelings 🗣 and to empathise with others. This enables them to show vulnerability and makes them aware that every pupil has worries and fears. The class then works together to find solutions to these problems.💡 The subject also aims to prevent bullying and humiliating behaviour towards other pupils.

Do you also think this subject should be compulsory across the EU?

Last week the 3rd transnational project meeting took place in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Since the project ends on the 31st of December, the project team gathered to discuss the remaining steps to finalise the last project result – the guide for young people to become ambassadors of a united Europe 🌟. The challenges ⛰ and achievements 🏆 of the project as well as the dissemination 🗣 of the project results after the end of the project were other important topics of the meeting.

The LTTA, IMPROVE AGAINST POLARITY, successfully took place in Nicosia, Cyprus between the 10th and 13th of October 2023.

Students, teachers, and trainers from all partner countries came together and discussed their personal perspectives on polarity and polarisation🌝🌚 exchanged country differences and ideas, 🗣️ and built strong relationships 🤝🏻🌏

The training event ended with the creation of unifying content on social media by the participating students, that you can find under the hashtags and . 💫

We are very hopeful that this training week served young people to become ambassadors of a united Europe , who actively co-create their future and stand up for their values such as respect, freedom, empathy, awareness, acceptance and courage. 🫂✨

In yesterday's and today's LTT sessions we delved deeper into the topic of polarisation. We looked at how prejudice, conditioning and experience affect our first impressions of people.

We then had two panel discussions where students and teachers talked about how polarisation affects them personally and exchanged ideas on how different groups (family, associations, friends) can be used to actively counteract it.

In addition, Cypriots were interviewed about how they are affected by polarisation in their daily lives and how they see the political situation in Cyprus.

Last but not least, a multilingual music video was produced, which will be available on our website soon, so stay tuned! 😉