Gong is participating in the implementation of the DETECT – Enhancing Digital Citizenship project, which aims to empower teachers and young people to recognize manipulative publications in social networks and resilience to the effects of disinformative political propaganda. Manipulative political messages garner great attention, both on social networks and in the “real world”. Not only…
Tag: Citizen education
Civic Education in Schools
GONG is currently working on training teachers to acquire the skills to teach students about civic engagement and participation in policy making. Because GONG believes in civic participation, it included an “Education for Citizenship Literacy” module in its curriculum to educate teachers about political decision-making processes and civic engagement. Workshops on these topics were held…
Media Literacy in Schools
An educational program for educators and teachers tackling media literacy is one of the most important educational programs that GONG has designed. It aims to equip teachers to properly educate and inform their students about the significance of media literacy today. The program also focuses on teaching students how to develop a critical approach towards…
Ambassadors of Solidarity
Intercultural learning involves learning about differences, other cultures and their customs, openness of communication, building relationships with others, and developing awareness that building a community in which we live is only possible with the involvement of all of its participants. Training for intercultural competences for young people, with the aim of interconnecting young people and…
Teaching Interculturalisam for Solidarity & Inclusive Society
From 2 to 7 of July, a joint seminar by GONG and Nansen Dialogue centre was held in the city of Zadar in Croatia. Combining and upgrading two of the GEAR project partners’ educational seminars that already proved to be successful – Nansen Dialogue Centre Osijek’s Intercultural Education for Inclusive Societies and GONG’s Civic Literacy …
The media’s balance between free speech and hate speech and how to develop media literacy in education and society
The conference between freedom of speech and hate speech – media literacy in the education system and society was held on October 16, 2015 at Journalists House, Perkovčeva 2, Zagreb. It is held with the financial support of the fund “Alumni Engagment Innovation ” of the US State Department, the program centers on knowledge of…