The role of myths and legends in terms of the principle of education spreading and continuing culture has been important because these things have gained a blessing by the society. It is a fact that the way that was used in the education of the child in societies is to explain the values in these narratives by telling the stories, myths and legends. These stories have importance such as the function of the tradition as well as the opposing thoughts, the model function, the mirror function. It is possible to take advantage of these functions as well. Myths and legends are literary works that include love of nature, environmental awareness, joy of life. Myths and legends have creative thoughts and wisdom and intelligence. Due to these features of myths and legends , it is important to give them more attention in educational settings. It has been an important source of motivation for our project that myths and legends teach social values to school-age students, contribute to personality development, develop their creative intelligence, create an awareness of nature and environment, and increase their love for people and life. In addition, it is another source of inspiration for our project to make the whole process by bringing together the myths and legends of different cultures and thus providing cultural integration.
Our project aims to achieve:
- To make participants be aware of myths and legends from different cultures
- To contribute to the education of the participants through myths and legends.
- To make participants learn social norms, social adaptation behaviors through myths and legends
- To contribute to the personality development of the participants
- To contribute to the creation of awareness of nature and environmental protection through themes in myths and legends.
- To make participants gain a positive stance towards life
- To develop the sense of belonging towards their own society by learning the concepts of belonging such as the love of homeland and love of the nation in myths and legends.
- To develop creative thinking, free thinking of the participants
- To create cultural integration among participants due to the fact that the participants consist of individuals from different cultures.
- Improving linguistic skills in the participants
- Contributing to the increase of the participants’ ability to work together and to express themselves
The project includes approximately 2000 students between the ages of 11-15 who study at project partner schools and about 200 teachers and administrators working in these schools. Students and teachers and administrators will participate in country mobilities. The project is a 24-month project that begins on September 1, 2020 and ends on August 31, 2022. During this two-year period, project mobility will take place in each project partner country. The duration of these mobilities will be one week and each mobility will have a sub-theme. According to the theme of the mobility, activities related to legends and myths will be carried out. These activities will be drama studies, musicals, theater plays, digital story making. Apart from country mobilities, these activities will also be held locally. In activities, methodologies such as learning by doing, acting, drama, showing, pair work, group work, watching, listening will be used. Within the scope of the project, project activities and project objectives will be shared in the project website, eTwinning page, facebook page,Erasmus plus project results a school education gateway.
At the end of the project, legend myths, which are also a part of cultural heritage, will be revived. It is easier to give values education to students by using the legends and myths in education. Creative thinking skills of the participants will increase. By using myths and legends, the environmental awareness of the participants will develop and the participating schools will be environmentally friendly schools. Legends and myths will provide cultural fusion. Legends and myths will also make some lessons easier to learn. As a result, the use of legends and myths in educational environment will provide social, cultural and academic development for participants. With the dissemination of these long-term results, legends and myths will not only shape the educational environment, but also perform a social function. Participating schools will have made an important contribution to this social and educational impact with this project.
