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In spite of gender equality be a topic of national and European political agendas, there is a need for action on the way to an effective gender equality. This is because currently, we continue to face a wide range of discrimination in our daily lives that must be combated and eliminated.Considering gender equality a philosophy that brings together a set of egalitarian, just and non-discriminatory values, beliefs and attitudes, we believe that it must be learned and seized from an early age, in order to promote effective behaviour changes with concrete consequences in societies of tomorrow. Therefore, we intend to work on the gender equality thematic at pre-school education level (project goal).Accomplishing this purpose, we defined as objectives of the project Colourful Children:- Build and test a learning methodology for gender equality aimed at pre-school- Train educators and school leaders in the thematic area of gender equality- Encourage critical thinking for gender equality in pre-school children- Disseminate the results/products of the project- Enhance transnational cooperation between partners.We defined as direct target groups of the project the educational communities of each of the 8 kindergartens participating in the project (2 preschools in each municipality):- 834 children between the ages of 3 and 6 years- 80 childhood educators and other preschool staff- 1668 parents and caregivers.The total number of individuals indirectly participating in the project activities is 19860, i.e. they are the elements of the educational communities of all kindergartens in the 4 municipalities.Regarding the context, the identified needs, the goal and objectives and the target groups involved, the following activities will be developed over the 3 years of the project.A partnership agreement will be signed at the beginning of the project, which will establish the management, evaluation and communication procedures between the partners. The project will have 3 transnational project meetings where the issues related to project management and evaluation will be worked out: one at the beginning, one in the middle and the other at the end of the project. The evaluation of the project will be streamlined by an internal entity to the partnership.The learning methodology for gender equality is intended to be an innovative product, built by the kindergarten teachers and tested with the children, which will address the issues of gender and equality in a gender mainstreaming strategy, that is, apart from dealing concretely and specifically gender equality issues, the theme of gender equality will also be worked on in the classroom from any other subject of curriculum guidelines.A collection of 8 mini-books (intellectual product) will be created, each addressing a specific topic of gender equality. Each kindergarten will develop a mini-book, being the history and illustrations created by the children under the guidance of the kindergarten teachers.The educational games available in mobile/web app is another intellectual product that is intended to be developed with the aim, like the mini books, of sensitising the children to the issues of gender and equality. Four computer games will be developed, each under the responsibility of a country of the partnership.On the 3 transnational workshops will be the moment for the kindergarten teachers training, in addition to being the place of the learning methodology development.As dissemination activities of the project, we have, with greater emphasis, the multiplier events and the local workshops. The project will also include a website, presence on Erasmus+ platforms, presence on social networks, communication through posters, leaflets, newsletters and press releases.Then, it is intended, in addition to an initial project disclosure event, to promote in each municipality 3 multipliers events - one at the end of each school year – in order to disseminate the results achieved in each period. The local workshops, which take place after the transnational workshops, are moments of training and development of the learning methodology for gender equality, promoted by the kindergarten teachers who participated in the transnational workshops and addressed to their colleagues of all the kindergartens of the municipalities. As a result, we hope that intellectual products will be integrated into the daily life of all kindergarten classrooms in the municipalities members of the partnership. We aim to go further and, through the International Association of Educating Cities, to disseminate innovative products to more municipalities and countries so that they intend to adopt them for their kindergartens.
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