Anikó Kelemen-Molitorisz, Istanbul, 26-30 September 2009

Tolerance and Dialogue in Education

NEW INITIATIVES IN BUDAPEST

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Overview

Introduction

Problem of school agression in Hungary

New initiatives in Budapest:

• Tolerance training film

• Tolerance Day 6 October 2009

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Problem of school agression in Hungary 1.

• Challenge• The role of mass media• Leaders of the city: scrutinize the events• Most conflicts:

among pupils in 9th grade in vocational schools

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Problem of school agression in Hungary 2.

Committees and action plans in the country• Municipality of Budapest: expert committee• Schools: individual measures:

teacher trainings,creation of community areas,development of

community areas,etc.

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Problem of school agression in Hungary 3.• Projects:

‘Violence free and health conscious school’best practices for safe school,conferences for the safe school,school aggression research, etc.

• The General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest: Action Plan against Aggression

• Implementation by the ‘Aggression-treating working group’

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Tolerance training film 1.

• Creation of methodological tools

• Tolerance training DVD

• 90 minutes = 4 X 22

• The topics: Communication, Stereotypes and Minorities, Migration, Dialogue among Religions.

• Wide range of purposes

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Tolerance training film 2.

• 12 charismatic pupils very different cultural background talking, arguing, and participating

in situations inspiration and provocation

• New ideas about different cultures

• Usability: in class, during excursions etc.

• Presented in June 2009 - warm welcome

• Suggestion: methodological booklet

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Tolerance training film 3.

Methodological booklet:• Different ways of using the DVD• Background information about the pupils• Short self-presentation• Precise definitions of the key notions:

discrimination, interculturalism, migration, multiculturalism, tolerance, stereotype etc.

• Variations of class situations• Generates discussions, even about

taboos.

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Tolerance Day – 6th October

• DVDs free of charge for schools• Obligation: short report• Special guest: Elliot Aronson

• presentations of pedagogical initiatives results and doubts in preventing school aggression ‘Violence free and health conscious school’ the tolerance training DVD

• roundtable discussions• workshops about teaching tolerance

Elliot Aronson is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of California in Santa Cruz. He has long-standing research interests in social influence and attitude change, cognitive dissonance, research methodology, and interpersonal attraction. Professor Aronson's experiments are aimed both at testing theory and at improving the human condition by influencing people to change dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors.

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Conclusions

• Tolerance Day: great opportunity to gather teachers, students, child welfare experts, psychologists, educators, parents

• Big challengeHuman resourcesSupport from decision-makers

• Great interest for methodological tools• Your opinion ?

Thank you for your attention!