ZOOM OUT – APPROACHING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FROM AN INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Duration: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2026
Europe has a rich and vast children’s literature heritage: folk tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, the unforgettable Andersen’s fairy tales, the rebel female Lindgren’s characters Pippi and Ronja, the engaging plots of Herge’s Adventures of Tintin, the magic of Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, the fascinating literary univers of Ana María Matute, or the unsettling story of Collodi’s Pinoccio… Currently, we find a growing problematisation of children’s literature related to the reproduction of stereotypes and prejudices on axes of discrimination such as gender, origin, racialization, sexual orientation or social class. Zoom Out is a project that aims to foster critical thinking and common values by approaching European children’s literature from an intersectionality to develop citizenship, cultural awareness & literacy competences among students and teachers. It engages school teachers, pre-service teachers and students in the elaboration of educational resources, it develops resources to foster social and intercultural competences and critical thinking from an intersectional perspective, with the aim of raising awareness on inclusion and diversity.
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
PARTNERS:
Escola La Sínia (Spain)
Escola Joan Miró (Spain)
Fundacja Laboratorium Zmiany (Poland)
Fundacja Artem Silesiam Promovere (Poland)
Osnovna škola Josip Pupačić (Croatia)
Associazione SCOSSE (Italy)
Il Pungiglione (Italy)
Association “Petit philosophy” (Croatia)
GOALS:
Foster critical thinking & common values by approaching European children’s literature from an intersectionality to develop citizenship, cultural awareness & literacy competences among students and teachers
Engage school teachers, pre-service teachers & students in the elaboration of educational resources
Develop resources to foster social & intercultural competences & critical thinking from an intersectional perspective
Raise awareness on inclusion and diversity
MAIN ACTIVITIES:
Mutual-Learning Internal Training and a Teachers’, a Pre-Service Teachers’ and Students’ Workshops to engage target groups in the development of resources
Capacity-Building Internal Training and a European Promising Practices Research to develop resources
Handbook for primary school teachers and school librarians
Toolbox with innovative practical resources
Awareness Campaign on social inclusion and diversity
TARGET GROUPS:
Primary school teachers
Pre-service teachers
Primary school students
Wider educational community
TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT:
400 000,00 € (funded by Erasmus+ K2, Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación - SEPIE)
CONTACT:
Bruno Ćurko (mala.filozofija@gmail.com)
Marija Pavlic (marijapavlic.n@gmail.com)
