CALL FOR SUSTAIN BIENNIAL 23rd – 30th November 2013 “The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”(Anatole France)
SUSTAIN (Sustaining Development in Early School Education) is a Comenius project that aims to gather and share good practices from partner countries in a two-year programme to encourage excellent results, innovative products to improve the quality of education and training through local workshops, online classroom implementation, and a face to face International Teacher Training Course. The project targets pre-primary and primary teachers - and their students (Students aged 512).
What is Sustain Biennial? The biennial for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is one of SUSTAIN project outcomes, and It will be held every two years. First it will be organized in Istanbul with the contribution of art crafts made by teachers and their students. There will be participants from Turkey, Italy, Romania and Bulgaria.
Focus of the Biennial: The focus of this year’s biennial will be “World Citizenship and Democracy” as one of the sub-themes of Sustainable Development Education with the aim of raising people’s awareness about the interrelation between sustainable development and key competencies. Furthermore, it will present a different perspective on environmental problems in order to create active, informed and responsible citizens who are willing and able to take responsibility for themselves and their communities. If we want to maintain our democratic society, we should teach our children active citizenship – which goes beyond teaching them to obey specific country laws. We, therefore, aim to improve their self-confidence to learn how to deal successfully with personal and social challenges; such as bullying and discrimination. This event will be an opportunity for teachers and students by giving them a voice: in school life, in their communities and in society at large.
Sustaining Development in Early School Education 518321-LLP-2011-TR-COMENIUS-CMP This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
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Target Group We cordially invite teachers from pre-primary & primary schools to create their own lesson plans and exhibit their students’ artwork with the theme of “World Citizenship and Democracy” in the biennial. Duration The biennial will be held between 23rd-30th November 2013. The artwork from the biennial will be exhibited at Topkapi Doga School’s Hamam for 8 days.
Place The biennial will be held at the Topkapi Doga School (http://topkapiilkokul.dogakoleji.k12.tr) which is located in the heart of the European side of Istanbul. The school restored the historic Turkish Bath which was added into the education building, art gallery, library and the exhibition site for use by students.
Involvement to the Event: The pre-primary & primary school teachers from partner countries can contact the Local Experts in their countries. You can create lesson plans with the theme of “World Citizenship and Democracy” and produce arts and crafts with this topic for exhibition in our biennial. Arts and crafts can be posters, paintings, hand crafted items and toys.
Deadline for submission is 1st November,2013 (Please contact the local expert in your country. You can find details on the last page.) Sustaining Development in Early School Education 518321-LLP-2011-TR-COMENIUS-CMP This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
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How to enter to the event: There is a social campaign going on in many countries, where people collect the caps of plastic water bottles. When they reach a certain amount, they are given a wheelchair. The aim is to raise awareness about using waste materials within the framework of recycling. The entry “ticket” for the biennial will be those blue caps. People will be asked to bring a cap if they want to visit the biennial. In the end, all caps will be collected and a wheelchair will be given to a person in need.
Partners and contact people: Doga Schools – TURKEY Gözde Eissler:
[email protected] Center for Creative Training – BULGARIA Iva Ninova:
[email protected] and Iglika Angelova:
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UVT(Valahia University of Targoviste) – ROMANIA Ana Maria Suduc:
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Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci” – ITALY Emanuela Iannazzo:
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For more information about the event and organisational issues please contact: Gözde Eissler E-mail:
[email protected] Phone: +905378319584/+90216443642 http://www.sustain-project.eu Sustaining Development in Early School Education 518321-LLP-2011-TR-COMENIUS-CMP "This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein." Sustaining Development in Early School Education 518321-LLP-2011-TR-COMENIUS-CMP This project has been funded with support from the European Commission
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