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Human Rights for Beginners 2 (HRFB 2 from now on), is the second part of Human Rights for Beginners (HRFB), that was implemented during 2020, in cooperation with the Council of Europe. Its goal is to educate secondary education teachers in critical aspects of democratic culture and human rights that have been identified within the school milieu. HRFB 2 aims in bridging the gap between formal and non-formal education, a gap that has been already identified by the CoE and educators (see section 4.1). Its modus operandi is to be proactive and transfer important knowledge to the school environment, while addressing important issues and behaviors that arise due to ignorance, before their birth or formation.
The main activities will be two two-day educational seminars for secondary education teachers that will be held in Trikala (Ioannina) and Kalamata and will be based on 6 specific subjects. To secure the diffusion of knowledge within the school environment, two winning proposals (that will be voted by the participants) regarding the implementation of the material covered and group projects will be implemented, with student participation. The main activities are supported by other fore and background activities (website, design and prints, record keeping, evaluation, closing event).
The main beneficiaries are the participant educators and their students. Furthermore, beneficiaries will be the students’ parents, future students and a wider audience that participates in the educational processes. By the project’s end, 80 public school teachers and more than 200 students will have gained deeper knowledge of the seminar’s content. More than 500 people will be more aware in issues pertaining to human rights.
New Wrinkle (NW) will prepare all main and supportive activities, implement, support and monitor them, and finally will present a full accountability report.
Summary of project results
The project "Human Rights for Beginners 2" provided an innovate solution to the current problems that can be found in the school environment. Through the 2 two– day seminars, 69 educators of the secondary education were trained in selected educational material from the Council of Europe, by specialized trainers. The seminars focused on 6 main topics: Making student’s voices heard, preventing violence and bullying, addressing controversial issues, dealing with propaganda – misinformation and fake news, tackling discrimination, improving well – being at school. During the second part of the project, the participants were asked to transfer the knowledge gained from the training to the school environment by choosing one of the thematic areas of the training and implementing a group project on the specific topic, in cooperation with the students. This process provided a double result: The students that participated directly on the project were directly trained in aspects regarding human rights, while another part of the students and the wider school environment had the opportunity to be educated on those aspects by watching or participating indirectly in the student’s and teacher’s group projects.