The issue of gender equality and gender differences has long since been dealt with at school. Since the 1960s coeducation has become the rule in many European countries, enabling boys and girls to learn together and to experience and tolerate their differences. In consequence school life has changed to see students and staff members of different sexes work together harmoniously.
The societies have changed as much with women doing the same jobs a men, having the same qualifications as men, but still not working under the same conditions. Families are also open to change nowadays, with parents separating and founding new families with new partners, same-sex marriages being legal in many European countries and single-parent families, so that the children experience a number of challenges with regards to their education. Another aspect that needs to be considered is the changing economic situation of families, if one parent or even both parents become unemployed because of the negative influences of the globalized world on local markets. This leaves some impact on the young generation, too.
As the four participating schools come from different regions of Europe, the living and learning conditions of the students vary and they have different ideas of what to expect from their future life. Learning and working together in a united Europe, understanding the roots and values of our way of life in Europe, sharing experiences and getting to know people from other countries is at the heart of the motivation for the project.
In Erasmus+ project "Gender Differences: Understanding each other on different levels" we have partners from:
The societies have changed as much with women doing the same jobs a men, having the same qualifications as men, but still not working under the same conditions. Families are also open to change nowadays, with parents separating and founding new families with new partners, same-sex marriages being legal in many European countries and single-parent families, so that the children experience a number of challenges with regards to their education. Another aspect that needs to be considered is the changing economic situation of families, if one parent or even both parents become unemployed because of the negative influences of the globalized world on local markets. This leaves some impact on the young generation, too.
As the four participating schools come from different regions of Europe, the living and learning conditions of the students vary and they have different ideas of what to expect from their future life. Learning and working together in a united Europe, understanding the roots and values of our way of life in Europe, sharing experiences and getting to know people from other countries is at the heart of the motivation for the project.
This can be done by sharing and exchanging good practices and also by using innovative material and ICT.
- Erasmus von Rotterdam Gymnasium (Germany);
- Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Majorana (Italy);
- IES Alonso Sánchez (Spain);
- Cesis State Gymnasium (Latvia).
