Mobility to Madeira - May 2019

1. DEBATE - MAY 2019
MULTICULTURALISM
AND THE E.U.

2. HIGHLIGHTS
LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY

3. Multiculturalism
and the EU
In every mobility a debate is held. The goal is
to foster critical thinking and a healthy
exchange of ideas that we hope will spark
creative solutions and help develop stronger
bonds between our students.
During the Madeiran mobility the main topic at
hand was Multiculturalism. All school partner
communities looked into its meaning and its
differences from interculturalism, their
advantages and disadvantages, good and bad
examples of multiculturalism in each country /
region as well as the history of multiculturalism
in each country.
DEBATE

4. All participants were given guidelines that helped them
organize and prepare for the debate.
You can check them out here:
https://pt.calameo.com/read/004477568957c22c7da93
GUIDELINES

5. Prior to the actual debate in Madeira island, all members of every partner's
school community had the opportunity to share their views on the topic by
contributing to the discussion held online on Flipgrid. Fifty videos were created
generating over 2000 views and nearly 84 hours of engagement.
You can check what was said and even add to the conversation here:
https://flipgrid.com/nomidebate
DEBATINGONLINE

6. On the 9th of May, Europe Day, students and teachers taking part in the No Man is
an Island project gathered in the Madeiran Legislative Assembly to participate in ta
debate about multiculturalism and the European Union.
The debate, which took place in the Committee Room, was attended by the head
of Europe Direct Madeira, Marco Teles, and the President of the Legislative
Assembly, Tranquada Gomes, who opened the event with a short speech
welcoming all participants and addressed the students participating in the debate,
noting that at a time when there is talk of a crisis in Europe, this type of activities
highlights the importance of extolling the fundamental values for the success of the
European project: citizenship, tolerance and respect for others.
The debate lasted about 40 minutes and after a short break the teams had the
opportunity to present how their school/country dealt with any issues raised by
multiculturalism with the aim of promoting the sharing of good practices in each
region.
After the debate, students and teachers learnt a bit more about the history and
culture of Madeirans through a guided tour of the Legislative Assembly
headquarters.
Debating multiculturalism in Europe
9TH MAYEUROPE DAY

7. Each country team presented their proposals which were then voted on. All
proposals were approved with the exception of the Finnish proposal that stated:
"we need to take more highly educated immigrants because they are more
productive and often sophisticated and they can assimilate better to the Finnish
society".
You can check all the proposals here.
https://pt.calameo.com/read/004477568d4fb19dda951
THE PROPOSALS

8. After the debate we asked our students to reflect on what they had learnt from
the activity. Below you'll find the videos some of them created. Just click to follow
the links to view them.
WHAT DID YOU
Learn?
https://youtu.be/01kvhGVrVZU
https://youtu.be/Kyq4l6a3r64
https://youtu.be/pCavZ2pUdRU
https://youtu.be/oDMKGEzpQlA
https://youtu.be/CMra4o2HS8o

9. Legislative Assembly website:
Madeiran Newspaper:
Madeiran Local TV News:
The debate activity had its fair share of media coverage, thus allowing us to further
spread the word about the No Man is an Island project, but more importantly about
what it aims to accomplish.
IN THE MEDIA
https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/ver/61558/Alunos_de_varios_paises_debatem_importancia_do_multiculturalismo_nas_escolas_?fbclid=IwAR0I1TZgr4C-
f308Nk82nCq1kMcYmLytbFmcSNzY2C23M5kTfWvBSJXUCJg
https://www.alram.pt/pt/noticias/xi-legislatura/iv-sessao-legislativa/2019/maio/assembleia-acolhe-debate-que-
assinala-o-dia-da-europa/
https://youtu.be/FCXNLp39fIE

10. EUROPE
DAY
2019