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Presented on the 2nd meeting of the multilateral school partnership Our TRESAURES in Portugal (Feb, 2011) MAJOR COMMUNITY PROBLEMS – Our work on the Project and its themes began with understanding our community. Unfortunately, every community has its problems and talking about major community problems nowadays is inevitable. Nevertheless, learning about community, its challenges and opportunities eventually leads to a better society. Therefore, as involved and active citizens and students, we conducted some research on what burdens our own community the most revealing crime, violence, anti-social behavior, poverty, racism/discrimination and unemployment as our community's major problems. However, even though all the problems may seem numerous and complex, we think that the solution lies within proper education. In other words, learning about democracy, non-violent behavior, communication, human rights, diversity and accepting differences teach us all to be responsible citizens who understand the community and treat it respectfully.
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Private Economics High School INOVA
MAJOR COMMUNITY MAJOR COMMUNITY PROBLEMSPROBLEMS
Our Community: Challenges and Opportunities
Theme 1Theme 1
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about our community –its challenges, and opportunities:
TVTV NewspapersNewspapers InternetInternet SchoolSchool
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LearningLearning
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the community and helping it cope with and solve the problems – better society
as involved and active citizens and students, we have conducted some research, and would like to share our findings with you
UnderstandingUnderstanding
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poor communicationpoor communication lack of respect for each otherlack of respect for each other
Violation of each other’s rights – influence of the media
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““Our TREASURES” questionnaireOur TREASURES” questionnaire
Major Community Problems:
crimecrime violenceviolence anti-social behavioranti-social behavior povertypoverty racism/discriminationracism/discrimination unemploymentunemployment
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CrimeCrime......
violation of law, an activity against morality, a foolish and disgraceful act
violation of the parking lawviolation of the parking law speedingspeeding going through a red traffic going through a red traffic
lightlight teenagers – disturbing the teenagers – disturbing the
publicpublic peacepeace
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...Crime...Crime>>>>>>
! Minor crimes – if not properly sanctionedlead to:
theftsthefts cheatingcheating deceitfulnessdeceitfulness
...turning crime into a major community ...turning crime into a major community
problem...problem...
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ViolenceViolence
verbal or physical agressionverbal or physical agression
cause of pain and sufferingcause of pain and suffering
violence feelings and rageviolence feelings and rage
family violencefamily violence
bullyingbullying
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Anti-social behavior...Anti-social behavior...
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...Anti-social behavior...Anti-social behavior
Starting at the early stage of life – developing anti-social patterns:
lyinglying fightingfighting
Heavy exposure to media violencemedia violence Parents and teachers – play animportant role
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Poverty...Poverty...
low incomeslow incomes
inability to ensure basic goods andinability to ensure basic goods and
servicesservices
low levels of health and educationlow levels of health and education
rise in the cost of living – people less ablerise in the cost of living – people less able
to afford key attemsto afford key attems
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...Poverty...Poverty
LACK OF EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG
ABUSE
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Racism/Discrimination...Racism/Discrimination...
stereotyping and offensive behaviorstereotyping and offensive behavior
lack of culture respectlack of culture respect
privileged and not privileged groups ofprivileged and not privileged groups of
peoplepeople
hate crimehate crime
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...Racism/Discrimination...Racism/Discrimination
Hate crime against certain social groups defined by: religion,religion, sexualsexual orientation,orientation, disability,disability, nationality,nationality, gender,gender, age,age, politicalpolitical orientationorientation
ConsequencesConsequences: damaged property, damaged property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse, insultsbullying, harassment, verbal abuse, insults
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UNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT
INVOLUNTARILY UNEMPLOYED
PEOPLE
INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC
HEALTH
ECONOMIC CRISIS – GLOBAL
PROBLEM
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Others...Others...
Our school’s special needs students: 3rd grade boy & 4th grade girl– born with cerebral palsy
Despite physical disability, limited movements and other musculoskeletal problems – excellent and well-behaved students
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Fighting against stereotypes and offensive behavior, misunderstanding and rejection only because they are in a wheelchair
Other students – helping them in getting good education and a firm starting point in life
...Others...Others
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Solving the problemSolving the problem
proper education – key pointkey point
learning about community, its obligations, learning about community, its obligations, expectations, and responsibility from the expectations, and responsibility from the childhoodchildhood
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Our school’s efforts...Our school’s efforts...
...in fighting community problems:...in fighting community problems:
““Project Citizen” Project Citizen”
curricular and extracurricular activities and workshops
opportunity for students to learn and work efficiently for the community
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How does it work?How does it work?
Students and mentor teacher – topic of a major concern & focus :
statingstating presentingpresenting solvingsolving
the problem through active involvement the problem through active involvement in searching for different people’s in searching for different people’s opinions, attitudes and understanding of opinions, attitudes and understanding of the society’s needsthe society’s needs
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Topics...Topics...
Our “Project Citizen” topics cover: Helping Disabled Students in Their Helping Disabled Students in Their
Everyday LifeEveryday Life Making Streets Safer for ChildrenMaking Streets Safer for Children Highlighting the School’s PlaygroundHighlighting the School’s Playground Gambling and Betting Among Young Gambling and Betting Among Young
PeoplePeople Impact of Media on YouthImpact of Media on Youth Graffiti – Art or VandalismGraffiti – Art or Vandalism Stop Violence in SchoolsStop Violence in Schools
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...also......also...
We learn about: democracydemocracy human rightshuman rights non-violent behaviornon-violent behavior communicationcommunication diversitydiversity accepting differencesaccepting differences
workshops and lectures - “Mali korak” (meaning, “A Small Step”)
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Conclusion...Conclusion...
According to our school students’ opinions
proper educationproper education
is crucial for understanding our is crucial for understanding our community, its requirements and demands community, its requirements and demands as well as problems and how to solve as well as problems and how to solve themthem!!
