Output 1

“VALUES AND INTERESTS OF ADOLESCENTS IN EUROPE”

A STUDY FOR ERASMUS+ PROJECT

“FORUM THEATRE, A LEARNING INSTRUMENT FOR EDUCATION - FOR LIFE”

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This study, together with its conclusions, is a relevant and referential point of view for what mean today modern values, demands and responses of education, interests and expectations of European society from the individual, and the latter from the world living.

 

The conducted research aimed to see how students receive information and how they use it to become involved and to be active citizens who respect and promote the fundamental European values such as solidarity, non-discrimination, human dignity.

 

We were interested in their views on various attitudes (belonging to the community, tolerance and respect for self and others, empathy for disadvantaged groups, protecting the environment and encouraging sustainable development, respect for human rights) and the areas of teenagers’ interests. We applied an on-line questionnaire to more than 250 students. The on-line questionnaire can be seen here. The responses are stocked in a Google database that can be seen here.

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We presented the study at the multiplier event (E1) and it was classified as a useful tool not only for the project but also for teachers to perform extracurricular activities and attractive lessons, centered on students’ values and interests.

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The purpose of this study was:

• to identify the values and interests of young people in European countries involved in the project,

• to establish themes for forum theatre plays to be performed in the project.

Research objectives were:

 • Development of a tool to identify the interests and values of young people;

• Identifying common interests of young people - the basis for communication and friendship relations- that can be used by teachers in their relation with students;

• Choosing themes to be performed in the project forum theatre plays directly correlated with students' interests;

 • Identification of intervention strategies for the development of active citizenship among young Europeans.