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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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This section presents the main information about the Pathway through Religions project

Context
Migrations towards Europe and within European countries, is part of the history of the continent. As a consequence the composition of the religious beliefs within the European population is changing.
Objectives
The aims of the Pathway through Religions project are:
  • To promote awareness of religions and foster a sense of mutual tolerance
  • To provide secondary school teachers with the competences to deal with multi-religious classes
  • To develop students’ social, civic and intercultural competences and prevent discriminating behaviours
Target Groups
The main target groups of the project are secondary schools teachers and students
Activities
The project activities will be organized in the following phases:
  • Phase 1 –Teachers Guide on How to Deal with Diversity in the Classroom
  • The guide aims at providing secondary school teachers with a consistent set of learning materials to develop the necessary skills in order to deal with complex and diverse classrooms, resulting from migrations and refugees phenomenon.
  • Phase 2 –Interactive Didactical Map of Religious Sites
  • This phase is dedicated to the creation of a Interactive Didactical Map of Religious Sites: places (e.g. pilgrims’ routes, ghettos, hostel for pilgrims etc.), sites of worship (churches, synagogues, mosques) and/or artistic masterpieces (e.g. paintings, statues etc.) that are significant from a religious point of view and build a consistent set of teaching and learning information to in depth the knowledge of the different religions cohabiting in the local areas.
  • Phase 3 –On-line Training Course on a Comparative Analysis of Religious Traditions
  • This phase is dedicated to the creation of an online training course to promote, through mutual understanding, a better integration among students with different religious beliefs and backgrounds within their classes.
  • Phase 4 - Training and Multiplier events
  • Workshops addressed to teacher, school directors and policy makers will be organized in order to test and present the project results.
Expected Results
The main project deliverables include:
  • Teachers’ guide on how to deal with diversity in the classroom
  • Interactive didactical map of religious sites
  • Online training course on a comparative analysis of religious traditions

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This web site 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.