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The ACTIVE project deals with this very phenomenon and its aim is to empower pupils (aged 12 to 15) and teachers to initially advocate active and responsible citizens and democracy in the school context as role models and multipliers. In order to transform schools into promoters of "open, creative and responsible citizenship", students and teachers will first have to transform themselves. Both groups will engage with others and experts in their own attitudes, knowledge, language and behavior and create a sense of self-reflection and an atmosphere in the school where debate, open dialogue and critical thinking are welcome. Teachers will have the opportunity to protect pupils, create opportunities and share responsibility for them. This also means that the whole of society, politics, administration, civil society and professionals must be more involved in school life and ready to support teachers and pupils.

The main goal of the project is to enable pupils to orient themselves in the world they live in and to understand it so that they can act as active and responsible agents in a democratic society.

https://www.active-citizen.eu/

Project number 2021-1-CZ01-KA220-SCH-000032673

The project aims at empowering pupils (aged 12 to 15) and teachers to defend active and responsible citizens and democracy in the context of school

In the time of so cooled “post-true” or “post factual” society described in the Oxford Dictionaries as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” the need for critical thinking, understanding of the context and possible impacts of ones actions and openness to support mutual discussion is crucial for active and responsible citizenship. All these is multiplied and closely connected with rise in usage of internet and social media as these are becoming the primary influential factor in the “consumption” of information and opinion making. In this context only active and responsible citizens that are open to communicate despite possible differences in values and needs and are able to reflect up on (possible) impacts of their decisions and actions can ensure sustainably of the democratic values and democratic society.

The project objectives

The ACTIVE project is precisely addressing this phenomenon aiming at empowering pupils (aged 12 to 15) and teachers to defend active and responsible citizens and democracy in the context of school to start with, as role models and multipliers. In order to be able to transform schools into promoters of ‘open, creative and responsible citizenship’, pupils and teachers will have to transform themselves first. Together with each other and experts, both groups will look at their own attitude, knowledge, language and behavior and create a sense of self-reflection and a school atmosphere where debate, open dialogue, and critical thinking are welcomed. Teachers shall be empowered to protect pupils, to create opportunities and to share responsibility for them. This also means society as a whole, politics, administration, civil society and experts has to be more involved with school life and ready to support teachers and pupils.

PARTNERS

GYMNÁZIUM JOSEFA RESSELA, CHRUDIM (CZ)

ODPOVĚDNÁ SPOLEČNOST, Z. S., PRAGUE (CZ)

EUROPEAN CENTER OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETENCE & EXCELLENCE – ECECE, KLAGENFURT (AT)

LEARNABLE SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA A R.L., PESARO (IT)

AKADEMIA WSB, DABROWA GORNICZA (PL)

SUKROMNA ZAKLADNA SKOLA FELIX, BRATISLAVA (SK)

https://www.active-citizen.eu/