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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Germany (November 2016)
Gender and Identity session in Kiel
From November 5th to 12th, we were in Germany on our Erasmus + project named "Differences, Identity and Active Citizenship". In this workshop, which took part in Thor-Heyerdahl-Gymnasium in Kiel, Germany, we attended several conferences and activities for one week with one teacher and nine students.
We searched for the biological and sociological impacts of the social role and gender identity concepts in this workshop which was attended from 5 different countries. We attended lecture conferences from various universities and non-governmental organizations. During this one week all of the students organized a panel and hosted three speakers and İrem Ünveren from our students was one of the moderators. At the same time we had the opportunity to share cultural differences with new friendships.
Here is the link for our partner school's blog. If you want to discover more about the session, I invite you to click the link:
We would like to thank everybody who worked and helped us.
Watch the video to find out more about the trip!
Ps: If you want to read in Turkish about the session that took place in Germany, hit the link to go our school's website. http://www.tevitol.k12.tr/haberler/634-5-12-kas-m-2016-tarihleri-aras-nda-differences-identity-and-active-citizenship-isimli-erasmus-projemizin-almanya-ayag-nda-yer-ald-k.html
Good News!!!
Ilanne who was in Kiel last November has won a prize in Paris for a short video about the Kiel seminar. You can watch the video below.
Our Partner School From German
Denmark (September 2016)
A Visit to Denmark
In September 2016, as a group of students from our school’s Erasmus+ club, we visited the lovely countryside of Denmark, a town called Ringe. Our hosts were students from Midtfyns Gymnasium. They welcomed us in their houses for five days, we also went to their school with them every day. In the school hours we attended their classes or made discussions and workshops about our topic, “Globalization and Cultural Differences.” It was thrilling to hear the ideas of people from such diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. After school, we either went to the “Youth House,” a house allocated for the youngsters of Ringe, (where they can cook or watch a film or do activities; basically to hang out) or went sightseeing around the town with our hosts. In Youth House we prepared traditional dishes for each other, finding the necessary ingredients were a bit hard. We taught them our own folk dances and danced to some popular Turkish music too. They have taught us one of their folk dances too. One day visited the neighbor city called Odense, hometown of Hans Christian Andersen. In the end, we have left Ringe having discussed relevant topics for the European youth, learned a lot about the Danish culture and created beautiful memories. We spent the last two days in Copenhagen; the capital of the country was a metropolitan and multinational city. While we were sightseeing around Copenhagen, we visited the famous and cultural tourist attractions. This visit to Denmark made us learn a lot while having fun.
Our Partner School from Denmark
Spain (April 2016)
We created this video as a showcase to our experiences. If you want to see our perception of Spanish identity and culture, go and hit the button to watch our video!
Ps. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to record the moments from Spanish school.
Yağmur’s Tale: From the beginning to the end, the Spain adventure was really unique for me. I’ve learned a lot: I’ve learned about a whole new culture, I’ve learned about the history of a country I’ve been for the first time, and more importantly I’ve met meet awesome people. During this 6 days trip, we visited 2 big cities in Spain, we tried Spanish foods, we shared our culture with our new friends, we even exchanged languages. I miss my host family and all my friends I’ve met there.
Berfin’s Tale: I had a quite different experience than the rest of the group because my host family was British. Thus I explore the Spanish lifestyle with the help of my British host sister. She has been living there more than 10 years, so she has an expertise in analyzing the Spanish living style. During our chats about the cultures, we exchanged the way we perceived the Spanish culture. While we were waiting at the meeting point for at least half an hour, we had lots of time to discuss the typical Spanish behaviors. My most favorite moment was the time that I made Turkish coffee and taught her how to do it. We sat on the couch for hours and told our fortune with Turkish coffee.
Ekin's Tale: I think the best part of the Spain exchange was the day we visited Seville because there was feria in Seville. A lot of people even the little kids were dressed up, so it was a great opportunity to experience a piece of Spanish culture. Even 8-10 years old kids were riding horses with their suits, and I think it was an interesting scene. The amusement park of the feria was also pretty impressive. I have seen a fast Ferris wheel for the first time in my life. It was fun but scary at the same time. After we I had one of the greatest weeks of my life in Spain.
Interviews
Our Partner School From Spain
France (May 2016)
Read the short passage that tells our experiences of the workshop!
Last year, we had four different choices between projects. One of them is from France, and it was about linguistic problems between societies. Other 9 students and I decided to go France as a part of the project. The travel was long and tiring. When we landed to Brest, we met a German student who came for the same project. Then we went to school. The first day was for meeting up, we just meet our host families. Activities and lessons started after that day. We collaborate our information ( researches, surveys...). There were students who came from Danmark, Turkey, Spain, and France, so we got to see different perspectives. We had the chance to make a conversation with people who were migrated from Africa to France. They talked about their life and social differences. We also learn some sentences from body language, some sentences from Brittanica which is old Bretagne language. We made a collaboration with traditional dances, body languages, and old languages. After these activities we had a free day, in that day school took away us for kayaking, canoeing, and sailing. It was our last day, after 6 hours of flight we finally came to Turkey. All week was productive, we learn things about body language, and how it differs from language to language (Turkish, German, French...), we had the chance to discuss with different races.
Our Partner School from France
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