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Specific objectives: O1. -7 trained school inspectors in democratic school cultures, and facilitation techniques during 2 training courses/2 flows in Oct. 2018, in Norway; O2. –creating a methodology of intervention in the teaching-learning process containing methods, facilitation techniques and tools to be used in interdisciplinary projects, supporting democratic school cultures, in March.2019.
Activities: -disseminating information on the course in area; -selection of 7 participants; -the 7 school inspectors participate in 2 structured courses in Norway on democratic school cultures and facilitation techniques, the role of the teacher as a change agent; -DEOR in county’s schools, after the end of the courses; -selection and organizing 4 training learning-by-doing workshops in county for at least 150 teachers in the field of democratic school culture – citizenship, human rights, facilitating techniques - to be integrated in teaching-learning practice, in May.2019.
Results: -7 school inspectors and 150 teachers with improved competences in democratic school culture, facilitation techniques; -500 brochures containing the proposed methodology of intervention reminded above; -4 semestrial interdsiciplinary workshops in the county schools based on the democratic school culture, which last at least for the next two school years, and which value the individual capacities, for formation of the decision-maker, in a democratic society.
Summary of project results
In the report by I.S.J. Olt, in the SWOT analysis for the last two school years, we found the following weaknesses in Olt county schools: a big difference between the practical needs of the students and the excessively theoretical knowledge they receive, the situation leading to the increased risk of early school dropout due to the lack of interest for the instructional-educational process for placing the student in the centre of attention; low skills and abilities of many teachers in carrying out interdisciplinary projects and introducing topics related to democracy, citizenship and human rights; lack of courses related to democracy, citizenship and human rights. There are no specializations in human rights and school democracy in universities or the construction of interdisciplinary projects; the increased phenomenon of bullying in the county schools which led to the increased risk of early school leaving due to socio-economic reasons or physical appearance of the students from rural areas.
To improve the situation, the management of I.S.J. Olt found the necessary opportunities: three school inspectors attended the Building Democratic School Cultures course at The Wergeland European Center, Oslo, Norway. As a result of their mobility, they have substantially improved their managerial skills and abilities regarding EDH / HRE in accordance with national and/or European priorities.
- four school inspectors attended the "The Teacher as a Change Agent" course at Newschool AS, Oslo, Norway. As a result of their mobility, they gained new knowledge and improved their skills and competences in facilitating techniques and human rights, the management of conflict and leadership.
Following the activities described above, seven school inspectors and over 150 teachers have improved their skills in democratic school culture, citizenship, human rights and facilitation techniques.
Another result was the publication as an open educational resource of the proposed intervention methodology entitled "Handbook for building the school democratic culture with the teacher as an agent of change".